Check bus arrival times in a transit app
When to use this goal
For older students who ride a bus with staff and need to know when the next bus comes without asking. Present levels in phone use and reading times or minutes decide fit. The app is the one the local transit agency supports.
- Baseline
- Across 2 or 3 trips, ask the student 6 times when the next bus comes and record whether they found the right route and time in the app.
- Tips
- Save the student's usual stops as favorites. Teach scheduled versus real-time arrivals. Phone battery and data plans are part of the plan.
- Limits
- Real-time data can be wrong; teach a backup (the printed schedule). Requires a phone and data.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID fn-fa-057.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, at a bus stop during a community trip, using the transit app on the student's phone, the student will open the app, find the stop and route, and say how many minutes until the next bus independently in at least 5 of 6 opportunities, across 3 consecutive community trips, as measured by direct observation collected at each trip using public transit.
Baseline: 1 of 6 opportunities.
- Condition
- Observable behavior
- Criterion
- Measurement method
Measurability check11 of 11 met
Met: Observable behavior. Stated as an action.
Met: Condition. Stated.
Met: Unit fits the behavior. Opportunities fits this behavior.
Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.
Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.
Met: Method produces the metric. Direct observation gives opportunities data.
Met: Review timeframe. Stated.
Met: Baseline and target compatible. Same unit, change in the right direction.
Met: Aligned with area of need. Still about Functional Academics.
Met: Level of support. Defined.
Met: Blanks filled in. Nothing left to fill in.
Checks structure and wording only. Whether the goal fits the student is the team's call.
Short-term objectives (optional)
When are objectives required?Required for students on alternate assessments (34 CFR §300.320(a)(2)(ii)); some states require them for everyone.
Paste into your IEP system
Most district systems have a separate box for each part of a goal. Copy them one at a time, or all at once as labeled text.
- Area of need
- Functional & Independence Skills - Functional Academics
- Baseline
- 1 of 6 opportunities.
- Annual goal380 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, at a bus stop during a community trip, using the transit app on the student's phone, the student will open the app, find the stop and route, and say how many minutes until the next bus independently in at least 5 of 6 opportunities, across 3 consecutive community trips, as measured by direct observation collected at each trip using public transit.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- At a bus stop during a community trip, using the transit app on the student's phone
- Behavior
- The student will open the app, find the stop and route, and say how many minutes until the next bus independently
- Criteria
- In at least 5 of 6 opportunities, across 3 consecutive community trips
- Evaluation method
- Direct observation
- Schedule
- At each trip using public transit
Copied as plain text, with straight quotes and plain dashes.
Matching data sheet
Opportunity tracker. One box per opportunity in each session.
Opportunity tracker
Opportunities- Student label:
- Target:
- in at least 5 of 6 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive community trips
- Collection schedule:
- at each trip using public transit
- Method:
- Direct observation
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, at a bus stop during a community trip, using the transit app on the student's phone, the student will open the app, find the stop and route, and say how many minutes until the next bus independently in at least 5 of 6 opportunities, across 3 consecutive community trips, as measured by direct observation collected at each trip using public transit.
Key: + demonstrated independently · P demonstrated with a prompt (note type) · − not demonstrated · NA no opportunity occurred
| Date | Activity / context | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | # + (of 6) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Record up to 6 opportunities per session, matching the goal's denominator.
- Define in advance what counts as an opportunity so every data collector records the same thing.
- Count only + marks toward the criterion unless the goal specifies prompted responses.
The CSV opens in Excel or Google Sheets, with formulas. Sheets print blank; no student data is stored.