SMART Goal Components
Co-Teaching Mastery
Writing Effective IEP Goals
IEP Fundamentals
Common IEP Goal Mistakes
100

What does the 'S' in SMART stand for?

What is Specific?

100

This co-teaching model involves both teachers delivering the same instruction to smaller groups simultaneously.

What is Parallel Teaching?

100

This part of the goal describes the expected outcome in clear terms.

What is the objective?

100

his term refers to changes in how a student learns the material without altering the curriculum."

What are accommodations?

100

Goals that are too vague or broad often lack this key characteristic

What is specificity?

200

This component ensures a goal can be tracked and measured

What is Measurable?

200

Before delivering a co-taught lesson, teachers engage in this process to align on objectives, strategies, and assessments.

What is Intellectual Preparation?

200

Goals should use these kinds of verbs to describe observable actions."

What are action verbs?

200

IEP teams are required to review and update the IEP at least this often to ensure it meets the student's needs

What is annually?

200

Goals without a clear endpoint or timeline fail to be this.

What is time-bound?

300

Goals must be directly related to the student's needs and learning to be this.

What is Relevant?

300

In this model, one teacher works with the majority of the class while the other provides focused instruction to a smaller group.

What is Alternative Teaching?

300

The statement 'By the end of the school year' indicates this part of a goal.

What is a time frame?

300

Services such as speech therapy, occupational therapy, and counseling fall under this category in an IEP.

What are Related Services?

300

Writing a goal without this makes it impossible to track progress

What is measurability?

400

The 'T' in SMART indicates that a goal should have this.

What is Time-bound?

400

"This term describes the seamless division of instructional roles between two teachers, allowing them to teach the entire class together.

What is Team Teaching?

400

This is a plan to regularly assess progress toward the goal."

What is progress monitoring?

400

This principle ensures that students with disabilities are educated with their non-disabled peers to the maximum extent appropriate.

What is the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)?

400

A goal set too high or too low may not be considered this.

What is achievable?

500

This component ensures the goal is realistic and possible for the student.

What is Achievable?

500

During co-teaching, teachers often use this type of data to make in-the-moment instructional decisions and adjust their teaching strategies

What is real-time or formative data?

500

Goals should be aligned with these to ensure academic relevance

What are curriculum standards?

500

The primary goal of an IEP is to provide this for students with disabilities.

What is a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)?

500

Failing to include this can make a goal irrelevant to the student's unique needs.

What is baseline data?

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