IEP Studio printable resource
IEP meeting checklist
Student / code:
Meeting date:
Before the IEP meeting
- Review the current IEP, evaluation data, progress reports, and work samples.
- Update present levels with current, specific baseline data.
- List the student's strengths, interests, needs, and family priorities.
- Draft measurable annual goals tied to present levels and educational need.
- Bring recent progress data in a format the team can understand quickly.
- Confirm required participants, invitations, notices, and district timelines.
During the IEP meeting
- Confirm introductions, roles, the meeting purpose, and the planned end time.
- Invite the student and family perspective before moving into proposed goals.
- Connect each goal to a documented present level and baseline.
- Check that every goal names an observable behavior, criterion, measurement method, and timeline.
- Clarify who will collect progress data, how often, and how progress will be reported.
- Document decisions, questions, disagreements, and agreed next steps in plain language.
After the IEP meeting
- Complete required notices, signatures, and document distribution according to local procedure.
- Share goal measurement directions with each person responsible for data collection.
- Set the first progress-monitoring dates before the calendar fills up.
- Verify that accommodations, services, supports, and staff responsibilities are understood.
- Store records according to school policy and avoid unnecessary copies of student information.
- Schedule the next progress review and note any follow-up promised to the family or team.