Check food safety temperatures with a thermometer
When to use this goal
For high school students in food service, culinary or job programs who must check refrigerator, freezer or cooked-food temperatures against a posted limit. Present levels in reading a digital or dial thermometer decide readiness.
- Baseline
- Observe five checks. Every check must be read, compared and logged correctly; one miss is a safety concern.
- Tips
- The criterion is every check because this is a safety task. Coordinate with the food service supervisor.
- Limits
- This goal does not replace food safety training or the supervisor's responsibility for food safety.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID ma-mtm-066.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, during a food service shift or culinary lab, at each scheduled temperature check, with a posted chart of safe temperatures, the student will read the temperature, compare it to the posted limit, record it on the log, and tell a supervisor when it is out of range independently in 5 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks of checks, as measured by direct observation collected at each scheduled check.
Baseline: 3 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. 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 Measurement, Time & Money.
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.
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- Area of need
- Math - Measurement, Time & Money
- Baseline
- 3 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal439 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, during a food service shift or culinary lab, at each scheduled temperature check, with a posted chart of safe temperatures, the student will read the temperature, compare it to the posted limit, record it on the log, and tell a supervisor when it is out of range independently in 5 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks of checks, as measured by direct observation collected at each scheduled check.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- During a food service shift or culinary lab, at each scheduled temperature check, with a posted chart of safe temperatures
- Behavior
- The student will read the temperature, compare it to the posted limit, record it on the log, and tell a supervisor when it is out of range independently
- Criteria
- In 5 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks of checks
- Evaluation method
- Direct observation
- Schedule
- At each scheduled check
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Matching data sheet
Opportunity tracker. One box per opportunity in each session.
Opportunity tracker
Opportunities- Student label:
- Target:
- in 5 of 5 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive weeks of checks
- Collection schedule:
- at each scheduled check
- Method:
- Direct observation
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, during a food service shift or culinary lab, at each scheduled temperature check, with a posted chart of safe temperatures, the student will read the temperature, compare it to the posted limit, record it on the log, and tell a supervisor when it is out of range independently in 5 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks of checks, as measured by direct observation collected at each scheduled check.
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.
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