Sample Objectives for Core Competency IEP Goals
Goal Area Personal
Core Competency Personal Awareness & Responsibility
Code Goal Possible Objectives
• by showing when I am joyful/happy on my face
I can show a sense of accomplishment • by showing I am joyful/happy with my body
PAR1a
and joy • by showing that I am joyful/happy with words, pictures, symbols or objects
• by showing that I have completed a job or task
• by showing what I like/do not like using words, pictures, symbols and/or objects
I can express my needs, wants and
PAR1b • by showing what I want using words, pictures, symbols and/or objects
preferences
• by showing what I need using words, pictures, symbols and/or objects
• by seeing pictures or videos of myself others and identifying the emotion
PAR1c I can recognize emotions
• by showing what emotion I am feeling with words, pictures, symbols or objects
• by identifying what makes me happy
• by identifying what I am interested in
PAR2a I can feel happy and proud
• by identifying what I am good at/ my strengths
• by showing some thing I did, that I am proud of
I can seek out experiences that make • by choosing activities that make me feel happy/ interested
PAR 2b
me feel happy and proud • by choosing activities that I am good at/ make me feel proud
• by completing activity that is hard for me, and then choosing an activity that I love to do
I can celebrate my efforts and
PAR2c • by completing an activity on my own
accomplishments
• by sharing with others something that I did that I am proud of
Sample Objectives for Core Competency IEP Goals Shelley Moore, 2021
• by recognizing when I do not feel content or ready to engage with others
• by trying out different tools and actions that can help me feel more content and ready to
I can use strategies that help me
PAR2d engage with others
mange my feelings and emotions
• by choosing which tools and actions I need to help me feel content and ready to engage
• by using a tool or a strategy when I need to feel more content and ready to engage
• by engaging in different learning tasks and activities
• by taking pictures/videos of my learning
• by sharing my learning using words, pictures, symbols and/or objects
PAR2e I can create evidence of my learning
• by identifying when I am meeting a goal
• by choosing my favourite pieces of evidence of how I met a goal
• by collecting different kinds of evidence of meeting a goal
• by showing that I am ready to learn and engage with peers
• by sitting beside and learning with a peer
• by join a small learning group with my peers
I can recognize and/ or explain my role
PAR2f • by engaging in learning activities in my whole class
in learning activities
• by helping my friends/classmates with their learning
• by showing that I am listening when I am learning with my peers
• by sharing my learning with my peers
• by discovering what I like and do not like
I can participate in activities that • by engaging in activities with my friends and classmates
PAR2g support my well-being and share how • by showing/making choices in a safe way about what I like/want/need
they help me • by showing/making choices in a safe way about what I do not like/want/need
• by following instructions and listening to people I trust
Sample Objectives for Core Competency IEP Goals Shelley Moore, 2021