Report on a home goal set with family
When to use this goal
For students whose goal work happens only at school and who are ready to carry it home. Present levels in communication decide whether the report is spoken, written or shown with photos from home.
- Baseline
- Track the first month of weekly check-ins as baseline. Talk with the family about how realistic the log is at home; a log that is never filled in is a planning problem, not a student failure.
- Tips
- The family and student choose the home goal; school only supports the check-in. Keep the log short. Families who cannot track can send a photo or a one-word text instead.
- Limits
- Relies on family participation, which varies with family schedules; never penalize the student for that. Measures reporting, not whether the home goal was reached.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID tn-sd-045.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, at a weekly check-in, after setting a home goal with family, such as making own lunch or practicing an instrument, with a home log, the student will report progress on the home goal using the home log and name the next step independently in at least 3 of 4 opportunities, across 2 consecutive months, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data 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. 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 4 opportunities.
- Annual goal396 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, at a weekly check-in, after setting a home goal with family, such as making own lunch or practicing an instrument, with a home log, the student will report progress on the home goal using the home log and name the next step independently in at least 3 of 4 opportunities, across 2 consecutive months, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- At a weekly check-in, after setting a home goal with family, such as making own lunch or practicing an instrument, with a home log
- Behavior
- The student will report progress on the home goal using the home log and name the next step independently
- Criteria
- In at least 3 of 4 opportunities, across 2 consecutive months
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- 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 at least 3 of 4 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 2 consecutive months
- Collection schedule:
- weekly
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, at a weekly check-in, after setting a home goal with family, such as making own lunch or practicing an instrument, with a home log, the student will report progress on the home goal using the home log and name the next step independently in at least 3 of 4 opportunities, across 2 consecutive months, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data 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.