The old ways aren’t necessarily the best ways.

My name is Jon Lindberg, and I’m an award winning, 18 year veteran special educator in Utah that is fed up with inefficient, time consuming, and wasteful paper based data collection systems in my classroom. It’s the 21st century, and there is an easier way!

Over the last year, I learned how to harness the awesome functionality of Google Sheets to transform my IEP goal data collection from a clunky, cluttered, paper based system into an empowering digital system, where data is reinforcing to enter, and rewarding to view! With this system, you are able to:

• Replace clunky, bulky, physical classroom data binders with digital binders you can access anywhere.
• Make more immediate, data driven decisions to improve student outcomes.
• Report on progress more accurately, quickly and efficiently (DURING CONTRACT HOURS!) using an onboard (and hidden) progress reporting system, saving you hours of time and stress.

Every sheet in my system provides the user with:

• Color coded data input, output, and analytics that immediately inform you of your student’s performance on their IEP goals.
• Access and performance analytics at the top of every sheet, providing you with immediate information on the last time a goal was worked on, and the student’s performance.
• A hidden progress report generator that receives data as it’s entered, which you then copy and paste into your reporting software, saving you hours and hours of time.
• Links to sheet resources at the top right of every sheet, providing you with links to videos about the system, and templates for data gathering instruments.