How should goals be written for co-taught classes, including classes like science and social studies?
IEP goals address the skills or behaviors for which specially designed instruction is required. IEP goals should not reiterate the curriculum but should address the skills or behaviors the child needs in order to be successful in the regular classroom. Co-teaching is a service delivery model. A child’s receipt of services through a co-teaching model should be decided after the goals and objectives/benchmarks are written. Once the goals are written, the IEP team will address whether or not the goals can be implemented in the regular education classroom with the use of supplementary aids, services, or modifications, including the use of a co-teaching model of instruction.
