Keep a daily work log on the job
When to use this goal
For transition-age students in work-based learning or a community job who are building functional writing skills, including students with significant support needs. Present levels should describe the student's writing mode (handwriting, typing, word bank, device). Fits when a supervisor or job coach wants a record of tasks.
- Baseline
- For eight shifts, collect the logs and record which sections were filled in and with what support. Count a log as met when the date, two tasks, and a note are all present and readable by the supervisor.
- Tips
- Ask the supervisor to read the note and respond, so the writing has a real reader. Word banks should use the job's own task names. The log can later grow into a weekly summary or a timesheet.
- Limits
- Shift schedules control how often data is collected. Job coaches may fill in sections without meaning to; train them on the support levels. The goal does not measure spelling or handwriting.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID wr-exp-085.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, at the end of a work-based learning shift, given a work log form with spaces for date, tasks, and a note, the student will fill in the work log with the date, at least two tasks completed in words, and one note for the supervisor (such as supplies needed or a question) independently in at least 7 of 8 opportunities, across 4 consecutive weeks of shifts, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected after each shift, summarized weekly.
Baseline: 2 of 8 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 Written Expression.
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.
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- Area of need
- Writing - Written Expression
- Baseline
- 2 of 8 opportunities.
- Annual goal480 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, at the end of a work-based learning shift, given a work log form with spaces for date, tasks, and a note, the student will fill in the work log with the date, at least two tasks completed in words, and one note for the supervisor (such as supplies needed or a question) independently in at least 7 of 8 opportunities, across 4 consecutive weeks of shifts, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected after each shift, summarized weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- At the end of a work-based learning shift, given a work log form with spaces for date, tasks, and a note
- Behavior
- The student will fill in the work log with the date, at least two tasks completed in words, and one note for the supervisor (such as supplies needed or a question) independently
- Criteria
- In at least 7 of 8 opportunities, across 4 consecutive weeks of shifts
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- After each shift, summarized weekly
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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 7 of 8 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 4 consecutive weeks of shifts
- Collection schedule:
- after each shift, summarized weekly
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, at the end of a work-based learning shift, given a work log form with spaces for date, tasks, and a note, the student will fill in the work log with the date, at least two tasks completed in words, and one note for the supervisor (such as supplies needed or a question) independently in at least 7 of 8 opportunities, across 4 consecutive weeks of shifts, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected after each shift, 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 | 6 | 7 | 8 | # + (of 8) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Preview shows 4 of 12 rows.
- Record up to 8 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.