Check a pictured personal goal each day
When to use this goal
For students with significant support needs who can pick from pictures and are ready to own a simple daily goal. Present levels in communication and symbol use decide the number of goal options and the yes or no response mode.
- Baseline
- Offer the end-of-day check for a week and record whether the student marked the goal without a prompt. Separately note whether the mark matched what staff saw; accuracy is a later step.
- Tips
- The student picks the goal from options the team knows are within reach, and can change it each month. Celebrate yes days and keep no days neutral. Share the weekly record with the family.
- Limits
- Measures the checking routine, not progress on the goal itself. Agreement between the student's mark and staff observation should be reviewed before treating marks as data about the goal.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID tn-sd-027.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, at the end of each program day, with a pictured personal goal the student chose from three options, such as walking to the mailroom, packing own lunch or greeting a coworker, the student will mark whether the chosen goal happened that day with a yes or no symbol independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, for 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily, summarized weekly.
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 Self-Determination.
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 - Self-Determination
- Baseline
- 1 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal449 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, at the end of each program day, with a pictured personal goal the student chose from three options, such as walking to the mailroom, packing own lunch or greeting a coworker, the student will mark whether the chosen goal happened that day with a yes or no symbol independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, for 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily, summarized weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- At the end of each program day, with a pictured personal goal the student chose from three options, such as walking to the mailroom, packing own lunch or greeting a coworker
- Behavior
- The student will mark whether the chosen goal happened that day with a yes or no symbol independently
- Criteria
- In at least 4 of 5 opportunities, for 3 consecutive weeks
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Daily, summarized 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 at least 4 of 5 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- for 3 consecutive weeks
- Collection schedule:
- daily, summarized weekly
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, at the end of each program day, with a pictured personal goal the student chose from three options, such as walking to the mailroom, packing own lunch or greeting a coworker, the student will mark whether the chosen goal happened that day with a yes or no symbol independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, for 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily, summarized weekly.
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.