I use post it notes as part of my progress monitoring for IEP goals, as well as to keep track of special education meetings on my calendar. You can customize Post-Its to use for rubrics, data collection tables, checklists, behavior tracking, notes home, keeping track of meetings on your calendar or encouraging notes for students or staff, or simply as reminders.

Progressing Monitoring: This is a simple and effective way to document student progress and avoids cumbersome binders or file folders. I print out the post-it notes and place them on clipboards in various places in the preschool classroom. See examples of some of my post it notes below. I prefer the 3”x3” size for progress monitoring. You may have a different preference, so I have included various sizes templates. Print directly on the size of your choice!

I have a clipboard in the bathroom for adaptive skills such as toileting, dressing, and handwashing. I also place them in centers, circle time, and small group to track progress on communication goals, social skills goals, academics, and fine motor goals. We even use them at recess for communication, gross motor, and social skills. Depending on the student, I may have a clipboard specifically for them with their goals, especially if they have a one-to-one paraprofessional. In other cases, the clipboard may follow the student around the classroom and multiple staff will document progress in the center/area they are supervising.

All staff in the classroom can document and track progress on goals throughout the day. This can be helpful when services are provided using the itinerant model where services providers come in for short periods of time to work with students/staff and then leave the classroom.