Ask library staff for a missing item
When to use this goal
For students who give up when a book is not where the catalog says, or who cannot find a resource. Present levels in communication and library skills, not grade, decide fit.
- Baseline
- Plan a few missing items with the librarian and record whether the student asks, gives up or keeps searching. Note what the student says.
- Tips
- A natural follow-up to finding a book with the catalog (tn-cs-002). Teach the student to show the catalog record on a phone or paper. Fade the help card once asking is routine.
- Limits
- Opportunities depend on items being missing; plan them with the librarian. Does not measure library browsing.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID tn-cs-017.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, at the school or public library, when an item they searched for is not on the shelf, the student will go to the desk, show the item details and ask staff to help find it or place a hold independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive data collection periods, as measured by frequency recording collected weekly during library visits.
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 goal385 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, at the school or public library, when an item they searched for is not on the shelf, the student will go to the desk, show the item details and ask staff to help find it or place a hold independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive data collection periods, as measured by frequency recording collected weekly during library visits.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- At the school or public library, when an item they searched for is not on the shelf
- Behavior
- The student will go to the desk, show the item details and ask staff to help find it or place a hold independently
- Criteria
- In at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive data collection periods
- Evaluation method
- Frequency recording
- Schedule
- Weekly during library visits
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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:
- weekly during library visits
- Method:
- Frequency (event) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, at the school or public library, when an item they searched for is not on the shelf, the student will go to the desk, show the item details and ask staff to help find it or place a hold independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive data collection periods, as measured by frequency recording collected weekly during library visits.
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.