Renew library items before the due date
When to use this goal
For students with a library card who keep items past the due date or return them unfinished because they never renew. Present levels in using an app or phone and in tracking dates, not grade, decide fit.
- Baseline
- For a month or two, log each due date and whether the item was renewed, returned or late. Ask the family how the student handles due dates at home.
- Tips
- Count each due date as one opportunity. Teach what to do when an item cannot be renewed because someone else has a hold. Pair with returning items on time.
- Limits
- Some libraries renew items automatically; check before choosing this goal. Does not cover fines or fees, which belong in personal finance.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID tn-cs-003.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, when a borrowed library item is due within three days, using the library app, website or phone line, the student will check the due date, renew the item before it is due and note the new date in their calendar independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive monthly reviews, as measured by frequency recording collected at each due date.
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. Frequency (event) 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 Community Services: Library, Post Office & Bank.
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 - Community Services: Library, Post Office & Bank
- Baseline
- 1 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal389 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, when a borrowed library item is due within three days, using the library app, website or phone line, the student will check the due date, renew the item before it is due and note the new date in their calendar independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive monthly reviews, as measured by frequency recording collected at each due date.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- When a borrowed library item is due within three days, using the library app, website or phone line
- Behavior
- The student will check the due date, renew the item before it is due and note the new date in their calendar independently
- Criteria
- In at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive monthly reviews
- Evaluation method
- Frequency recording
- Schedule
- At each due date
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 monthly reviews
- Collection schedule:
- at each due date
- Method:
- Frequency (event) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, when a borrowed library item is due within three days, using the library app, website or phone line, the student will check the due date, renew the item before it is due and note the new date in their calendar independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive monthly reviews, as measured by frequency recording collected at each due date.
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.