Clean the kitchen after cooking a meal
When to use this goal
For students who cook a meal but leave counters, the stove, and the sink for someone else. Fits once a cooking routine is in place; present levels decide fit, not grade.
- Baseline
- Run the routine on at least 3 separate days in the setting where it will be measured before setting a target. Mark each step as independent, prompted (note the prompt type), or not done, and count only independent steps. Note the steps missed most often; they usually need direct teaching, not just more practice. Take an after-cooking photo of the kitchen as the standard; score each step against what the photo shows.
- Tips
- Pair with a cooking goal so cleanup becomes part of cooking. Students sharing a kitchen can split the steps on a chore chart and each be scored on their own steps.
- Limits
- Does not judge how clean surfaces are beyond a visual check. Long cooking sessions can leave little time; schedule time for cleanup so it is measured fairly.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID tn-il-018.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, after cooking a meal in the training apartment kitchen, with cleaning spray, cloths, and a broom, the student will clean the kitchen until it matches the after-cooking photo, performing at least 8 of 9 steps independently, on 3 consecutive cooking sessions, as measured by a task-analysis checklist collected at every cooking session.
Baseline: 3 of 9 steps independently.
- 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. Task-analysis steps fits this behavior.
Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.
Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.
Met: Method produces the metric. Task-analysis checklist gives task-analysis steps 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 Independent Living.
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 - Independent Living
- Baseline
- 3 of 9 steps independently.
- Annual goal365 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, after cooking a meal in the training apartment kitchen, with cleaning spray, cloths, and a broom, the student will clean the kitchen until it matches the after-cooking photo, performing at least 8 of 9 steps independently, on 3 consecutive cooking sessions, as measured by a task-analysis checklist collected at every cooking session.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- After cooking a meal in the training apartment kitchen, with cleaning spray, cloths, and a broom
- Behavior
- The student will clean the kitchen until it matches the after-cooking photo
- Criteria
- Performing at least 8 of 9 steps independently, on 3 consecutive cooking sessions
- Evaluation method
- A task-analysis checklist
- Schedule
- At every cooking session
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Matching data sheet
Task-analysis checklist. Marks each step in each session.
Task-analysis checklist
Task-analysis steps- Student label:
- Target:
- performing at least 8 of 9 steps independently
- Mastery rule:
- on 3 consecutive cooking sessions
- Collection schedule:
- at every cooking session
- Method:
- Task-analysis checklist
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, after cooking a meal in the training apartment kitchen, with cleaning spray, cloths, and a broom, the student will clean the kitchen until it matches the after-cooking photo, performing at least 8 of 9 steps independently, on 3 consecutive cooking sessions, as measured by a task-analysis checklist collected at every cooking session.
Key: I completed independently · S completed with support (note prompt type, e.g., G gesture, V verbal, M model, P physical) · N not completed
| Step | Session 1 Date: | Session 2 Date: | Session 3 Date: | Session 4 Date: | Session 5 Date: | Session 6 Date: | Session 7 Date: | Session 8 Date: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Checks that the stove and oven are off | ||||||||
| 2. Puts away food and ingredients | ||||||||
| 3. Washes the dishes or loads the dishwasher | ||||||||
| 4. Wipes the counters with cleaning spray | ||||||||
| 5. Wipes the stovetop once it is cool | ||||||||
| 6. Wipes the table | ||||||||
| 7. Sweeps the kitchen floor | ||||||||
| 8. Empties the trash if it is full | ||||||||
| 9. Hangs the cloth to dry and puts cleaning supplies away | ||||||||
| Steps independent (I) | ||||||||
| Initials / notes |
Preview shows 4 of 12 rows.
- Write the date at the top of each session column. Mark each step I, S, or N.
- Total the number of I marks for the session. The goal counts steps completed independently (target: 8 of 9).
- Use the least intrusive prompt first and record the prompt actually needed.
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