Ask a campus office for information
When to use this goal
For students applying to or starting college or training who wait for information instead of asking admissions, financial aid or accessibility services. Present levels in phone and email skills (fn-tr-013, tn-pse-012) decide the mode.
- Baseline
- Use 5 questions (real ones first, practice to fill in). Count a contact when the student reached the right office, asked a clear question and recorded the answer.
- Tips
- Students 18 and older speak for themselves with colleges, which often will not talk to parents without the student's consent. Pair with tn-pse-030 for choosing the right office.
- Limits
- Offices may be slow to reply. Counts asking, not the quality of the answer.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID tn-pse-029.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, when the student has a real question for a college office, such as admissions, financial aid or accessibility services, the student will contact the right office by phone, email or in person, ask the question and record the answer independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive data collection periods, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected at each real or practice contact, summarized monthly.
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. 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 Postsecondary Education Readiness.
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 - Postsecondary Education Readiness
- Baseline
- 1 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal466 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, when the student has a real question for a college office, such as admissions, financial aid or accessibility services, the student will contact the right office by phone, email or in person, ask the question and record the answer independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive data collection periods, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected at each real or practice contact, summarized monthly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- When the student has a real question for a college office, such as admissions, financial aid or accessibility services
- Behavior
- The student will contact the right office by phone, email or in person, ask the question and record the answer independently
- Criteria
- In at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive data collection periods
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- At each real or practice contact, summarized monthly
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 data collection periods
- Collection schedule:
- at each real or practice contact, summarized monthly
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, when the student has a real question for a college office, such as admissions, financial aid or accessibility services, the student will contact the right office by phone, email or in person, ask the question and record the answer independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive data collection periods, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected at each real or practice contact, summarized monthly.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Preview shows 4 of 12 rows.
- 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.