Schools that use Goalbook report having more efficient IEP meetings, improved communication, reduced paperwork, and significantly higher compliance rates. Goalbook creates a living, breathing profile for students with special needs, providing an easy-to-access IEP summary, and empowering all team members with a forum to communicate and share student data securely, and in real-time. Though IEPs are intended to be helpful plans, they are often static documents that are updated only several times a year, and are not even accessible to many educators who work with the student. The student’s “team” is generally comprised of the student’s teachers, special educators, administrators, and parents. According to federal regulations, special education students must have a signed Individual Education Plan, or IEP, that is reviewed annually to determine how well a district’s program is meeting a student’s unique needs. Thirteen percent of America’s public school students receive special education services. We see far too few tools and services for this important demographic.” “This represents an important shift in the way we organize the delivery of education to students with special needs. “The importance of Goalbook’s innovation can’t be overstated,” said NewSchools CEO Ted Mitchell. The investment will be used to scale the company and develop a best-in-class “Goalbook Toolkit,” an online set of individualized goals, fully aligned to the Common Core State Standards, which will include assessments, instructional resources, and videos to aid special education teachers. The NewSchools investment leads a $915K Seed Round, which included Rethink Education, Ed-Mentor, Patient Capital Collaborative, Greg Gunn, Steve Shulman, and Joe Gleberman. October 18, 2012-Oakland, CA- NewSchools Venture Fund today announced a $200,000 investment in Goalbook, the first social and mobile platform for special education teachers and administrators to manage student individual learning plans. We place strategies at the fingertips of teachers to maximize access to the standards for every student.Innovative platform enables everyone on the student’s team to collaborate and celebrate student progress. Every standard has adapted goals so that teachers can start at the most appropriate level for students.Īligned instructional strategies and resources aid teachers as they plan instruction. We use strategies and supports aligned to the UDL framework to develop scaffolded instruction at mild, moderate and intense levels of support. Our repository includes content for Pre-K to Grade 12 in Reading, Writing, Math, and Speech, in addition to Behavior, Social and Emotional Learning, Autism, Occupational Therapy, Alternate Academic and Life Skills, and Transition. We take each state and Common Core standard, identify its “Essential” – or “Core Purpose” – and create IEP goals, resources, and strategies. We presume competence and write the first goal at a grade level expectation. We take each college and career readiness standard and create specific and measurable learning goals aligned to the standard. Support teachers with designing learning targets and instructional plans that respond to the different ways students learn and their individual needs.Įmpower teachers to identify learning barriers and apply effective strategies based on research to ensure all students can access the general curriculum.
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