IEP Goals and Objectives with Common Core Standards
The National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET) has designed an app for iOS to assist educators in creating a list of students who have received IEPs and in planning lessons and goals for each of the students. The IEP Goals & Objectives with Common Core Standardsallows users to easily create a list of students, and for each student, choose and build a list of IEP Annual Goals, Short-Term Objectives, and Behavioral Objectives that include Common Core State Standards. For each objective, teachers have the option to add a Mastery Level. The output of each student’s list of Goals and Objectives can then be sent, by email or text message, to others working with the student. Teachers can also build an exportable list of enrichment experiences from a list of more 2,700 Suggested Activities to enhance each student’s development. Cost: $9.99
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