Check for schedule changes every week
When to use this goal
For working students who can read a schedule but miss shifts because they do not check it when it is posted or updated. Present levels in reading schedules and using a phone calendar, not grade, decide fit.
- Baseline
- For a month, record each new schedule or change and whether the student checked and updated their calendar the same day. Compare with any missed or late shifts.
- Tips
- Count one opportunity per posted schedule or change notice. Reading the schedule itself is taught in functional academics; this goal is about the weekly habit. Fade the reminder once the habit is steady.
- Limits
- Depends on the workplace posting schedules on a regular day. Does not measure whether the student arrives for the shift; that is a vocational skills goal.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID tn-ef-013.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, on the day each new work schedule is posted, on paper or in the scheduling app, the student will open the new schedule, find their shifts and add or change them in their phone calendar the same day independently in 4 of 4 opportunities, across 3 consecutive monthly reviews, as measured by frequency recording collected weekly.
Baseline: 1 of 4 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 Employment Foundations.
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 - Employment Foundations
- Baseline
- 1 of 4 opportunities.
- Annual goal358 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, on the day each new work schedule is posted, on paper or in the scheduling app, the student will open the new schedule, find their shifts and add or change them in their phone calendar the same day independently in 4 of 4 opportunities, across 3 consecutive monthly reviews, as measured by frequency recording collected weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- On the day each new work schedule is posted, on paper or in the scheduling app
- Behavior
- The student will open the new schedule, find their shifts and add or change them in their phone calendar the same day independently
- Criteria
- In 4 of 4 opportunities, across 3 consecutive monthly reviews
- Evaluation method
- Frequency recording
- Schedule
- Weekly
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 4 of 4 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive monthly reviews
- Collection schedule:
- weekly
- Method:
- Frequency (event) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, on the day each new work schedule is posted, on paper or in the scheduling app, the student will open the new schedule, find their shifts and add or change them in their phone calendar the same day independently in 4 of 4 opportunities, across 3 consecutive monthly reviews, as measured by frequency recording collected weekly.
Key: + demonstrated independently · P demonstrated with a prompt (note type) · − not demonstrated · NA no opportunity occurred
| Date | Activity / context | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | # + (of 4) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Preview shows 4 of 12 rows.
- Record up to 4 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.