Palette of goals and objectives (for IEP forms)
The palette of goals and objectives is a repository for "stock" goals, benchmarks, and related items. Items in the palette can be pasted into a particular student's IEP form, to create specific goals and objectives for that student. The goals/objectives palette is available when you are on a goal entry form of the IEP.
The palette consists of items organized into five hierarchical levels:
1. Area of need
2. Category
3. Measurable objective (content standard)
4. Goal (annual goal)
5. Benchmark (short-term objective)
The items at the fifth level (benchmarks or short-term objectives) appear in green-colored text. To copy a selected item from the palette onto the goals page of an IEP form, all five levels must be present.
If your web browser has JavaScript enabled, then a separate window will appear when you click on the "Palette" link, on a goal entry form for an IEP. This separate window makes it easier to paste goals and related items into the IEP.
If your web browser does not have JavaScript enabled, or you would prefer not to use the separate goals/objectives palette window, then you can use the "in-line" palette. The in-line palette appears at the bottom of the goal entry form on the IEP, below the SAVE and CANCEL buttons. (The editable palette on this page is also an in-line palette.)
When you are editing an IEP, the goals/objectives palette cannot be customized. On this page, however, you can customize the palette to include your own goals and objectives.
For the first two levels, the palette displays a short description (title) for the item, up to 80 characters. For the remaining three levels, the palette displays the full description (text), unless the full description is not available. If the full description is not available, then the palette displays only the short description. The short description is a required item at all levels; the full description is optional, and only used if present at Levels 3, 4, and 5.
Unless you are an administrator, you must be the creator of an item in the palette, before you will be able to edit or to delete that item below.
Because of the relative complexity involved in editing goals here, you should have some training in using this form before you start. It may be more convenient to create a spreadsheet for your custom goals, and then give it to an administrator to import into the program. The spreadsheet should have five columns, one for each of the five levels listed above. Each row in effect represents a benchmark, with its associated annual goal, measurable objective, category, and area of need.
CAUTION: Before pressing the UPDATE SELECTED ITEM button at the bottom of this form, ensure that (1) the radio button representing the item you wish to update is highlighted, and (2) that you pressed REDRAW PALETTE before editing the associated text. Otherwise, you could accidentally overwrite text from another item onto the target item.
Some items need revision (cannot save).
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