Trade a shift the approved way
When to use this goal
For working students who skip a shift or ask a friend to cover it informally when a conflict comes up. Present levels in planning and workplace communication, not grade, decide fit; check first that the workplace allows swaps.
- Baseline
- Learn the employer's swap rule first. Run practice scenarios and record whether the student asks a coworker, gets approval and updates the calendar, and how they handled any real conflicts. Use practice scenarios first, then real workplace moments once the student has a job or work experience placement, and agree with the employer or job coach on who records real events.
- Tips
- An opportunity is scored only when every part of the swap happens: the trade, the approval and the calendar update. Teach that a swap is not final until the supervisor approves it.
- Limits
- Not every workplace allows swaps; use the time-off request template instead when they do not. Real conflicts are irregular, so data may be sparse.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID tn-ef-014.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, when the student has a conflict with a scheduled shift at a workplace that allows shift swaps, the student will ask a coworker to trade, get the supervisor's approval through the required form or app, and update their own calendar independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive data collection periods, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected every two weeks.
Baseline: 0 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. Opportunity (trial) 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.
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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
- Transition & Postsecondary Skills - Employment Foundations
- Baseline
- 0 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal429 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, when the student has a conflict with a scheduled shift at a workplace that allows shift swaps, the student will ask a coworker to trade, get the supervisor's approval through the required form or app, and update their own calendar independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive data collection periods, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected every two weeks.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- When the student has a conflict with a scheduled shift at a workplace that allows shift swaps
- Behavior
- The student will ask a coworker to trade, get the supervisor's approval through the required form or app, and update their own calendar independently
- Criteria
- In at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive data collection periods
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Every two weeks
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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:
- every two weeks
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, when the student has a conflict with a scheduled shift at a workplace that allows shift swaps, the student will ask a coworker to trade, get the supervisor's approval through the required form or app, and update their own calendar independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive data collection periods, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected every two weeks.
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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