Ask for the next task when finished
When to use this goal
For students who finish a task and then sit, wander, or wait silently until someone notices. Present levels in communication (speech, AAC, or a card) decide the request form.
- Baseline
- Set up 5 short tasks over 2 or 3 work periods and record what the student did when each ended: asked within a minute, waited, or left. Time the wait; a long silent wait is the problem this goal addresses.
- Tips
- Count the request as met if it comes within one minute of finishing. Teach a short script (I am finished. What is next?). The third condition, finding the supervisor in another room, is the realistic workplace version.
- Limits
- Short planned tasks create opportunities but are not real work pace; also record real end-of-task events. Students who finish very quickly may need fn-voc-021 (finding a listed task) as a companion.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID fn-voc-009.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, when the assigned task is finished during a school-based job with a supervisor in the room, the student will tell the supervisor the task is done and ask for the next task independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive data collection periods, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily during work periods, summarized every five opportunities.
Baseline: 1 of 5 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. Opportunity (trial) recording 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 Vocational & Work Readiness.
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
- Transition & Postsecondary Skills - Vocational & Work Readiness
- Baseline
- 1 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal417 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, when the assigned task is finished during a school-based job with a supervisor in the room, the student will tell the supervisor the task is done and ask for the next task independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive data collection periods, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily during work periods, summarized every five opportunities.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- When the assigned task is finished during a school-based job with a supervisor in the room
- Behavior
- The student will tell the supervisor the task is done and ask for the next task independently
- Criteria
- In at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive data collection periods
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Daily during work periods, summarized every five opportunities
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 4 of 5 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive data collection periods
- Collection schedule:
- daily during work periods, summarized every five opportunities
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, when the assigned task is finished during a school-based job with a supervisor in the room, the student will tell the supervisor the task is done and ask for the next task independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive data collection periods, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily during work periods, summarized every five opportunities.
Key: + demonstrated independently · P demonstrated with a prompt (note type) · − not demonstrated · NA no opportunity occurred
| Date | Activity / context | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | # + (of 5) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Record up to 5 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.