Use a task app instead of coach prompts
When to use this goal
For students who rely on the job coach to say what comes next and are ready to use a picture, video or checklist app on a phone or tablet. Present levels in device use decide the app and the number of steps shown.
- Baseline
- Count task changes in a typical shift. Record whether the student used the app on their own, after an alert or only after a coach prompt.
- Tips
- Build the app content with the student, using photos or videos from the real site. Self-prompting tools let the job coach fade and travel with the student to new jobs.
- Limits
- Some sites limit phone use; agree on rules with the supervisor. App reliability and battery matter.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID fn-voc-052.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, at each task change during a work-based learning shift, with a task app on own phone or tablet, the student will independently check the task app and start the next task without a prompt from the job coach in at least 5 of 6 opportunities, across 3 consecutive shifts, as measured by direct observation collected at each shift.
Baseline: 2 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 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
- 2 of 6 opportunities.
- Annual goal358 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, at each task change during a work-based learning shift, with a task app on own phone or tablet, the student will independently check the task app and start the next task without a prompt from the job coach in at least 5 of 6 opportunities, across 3 consecutive shifts, as measured by direct observation collected at each shift.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- At each task change during a work-based learning shift, with a task app on own phone or tablet
- Behavior
- The student will independently check the task app and start the next task without a prompt from the job coach
- Criteria
- In at least 5 of 6 opportunities, across 3 consecutive shifts
- Evaluation method
- Direct observation
- Schedule
- At each shift
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 shifts
- Collection schedule:
- at each shift
- Method:
- Direct observation
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, at each task change during a work-based learning shift, with a task app on own phone or tablet, the student will independently check the task app and start the next task without a prompt from the job coach in at least 5 of 6 opportunities, across 3 consecutive shifts, as measured by direct observation collected at each shift.
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.