IEP Builder — Inclusive Leadership Lab
IEP Builder

A thinking partner for the educators who know their students best

You already know your students. You already care deeply about getting their IEPs right. Our tool is built to work alongside you, strengthening your IEP writing as you go and helping you connect what you know about a student to the document that reflects that knowledge.

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Student Profile
Present Levels
Annual Goals
SDI and Services
Progress Monitoring
Present Levels of Performance
Academic Performance
Jayla reads at a 2nd grade level per Jan 2025 DIBELS (ORF: 42 wcpm). She demonstrates difficulty with phonemic awareness and decoding multisyllabic words.
✦ Writing Partner
You have cited strong assessment data here. The next step is connecting this finding to how it affects Jayla's access to grade-level content. That connection links your present levels to your goals and strengthens the whole IEP.
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A Partner, Not a Watchdog
The AI coach offers guidance in the moment as a knowledgeable colleague, not an evaluator standing over your shoulder. You stay in control of every word.
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Builds Expertise Over Time
The goal is never just a better IEP. The goal is a more confident educator. The more you use this tool, the less you need it.
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Grounded in What IDEA Requires
The tool explains the why behind every IEP component so you understand the law you are working within, not just the form you are filling out.
Built With Teachers, For Teachers

Built to support you, not supervise you

Every feature in this platform was designed around one principle: you are the expert on your students. Our job is to give you the right support at the right moment.

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A Writing Partner, Not a Watchdog
Our AI coach offers guidance in the moment as a knowledgeable colleague helping you say what you already mean. You stay in control of every word. Nothing gets written for you. Everything gets stronger because of you.
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Builds Your Expertise Over Time
The goal is never just a better IEP. The goal is a more confident educator. The more you use this tool, the less you need it, because you will carry the knowledge forward to every student you will ever serve.
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Grounded in What IDEA Actually Requires
The tool explains the why behind every IEP component so you understand the law you are working within, not just the form you are filling out. That understanding is yours to keep.
What Makes This Different

Every other platform checks whether the fields are filled in. We help you understand what belongs in them.

Other IEP tools are built for documentation efficiency. We built ours to develop the educator writing the document. That is a different bet than every platform in this space.

Other IEP Platforms Inclusive Leadership Lab
Generate goals from a goal bank so the form gets done faster Help you write goals connected to what you know about this student so you can stand behind every word in the IEP meeting
Flag fields that are empty so the document passes a compliance check Explain why each component matters under IDEA so you understand the law you are working within, not just the checklist
No support once the IEP is written Connected to your coaching system so your growth shows up in your professional development, not just the document
What You Will Experience

Coaching that happens in the moment, on the IEP you are actually writing

Every feature is designed to support your thinking, deepen your understanding, and help the IEP reflect what you already know about your student.

Goal Writing Support

Writing a measurable, defensible IEP goal is genuinely hard. Our tool supports you through that process in real time, with feedback grounded in IDEA standards and framed as options you can act on, not corrections handed down from above.

  • ✦ Feedback grounded in IDEA's measurability standards, explained in plain language
  • ✦ Positive reinforcement when your goal writing is strong, not just flagging what needs work
  • ✦ Suggestions framed as options you can act on. You make every decision.
Annual Goals: Jayla M. Goal Writing
Reading Goal 1 — Let us look at this together
"Jayla will improve her reading skills by the end of the year."
✦ Writing Partner
You know what you want for Jayla. This goal just needs a few more details to capture it. Adding her current reading level, a specific target, and a way to measure progress will help this goal say what you already mean. Here is a starting point you can shape: "Given her current ORF of 42 wcpm, Jayla will read 3rd grade passages at 85 wcpm with 95% accuracy by May 2026, measured monthly."
Math Goal 1 — This goal is really strong
"Given her current performance of 40% accuracy on 2-digit multiplication, Jayla will solve 2-digit by 2-digit multiplication problems with 80% accuracy across 3 consecutive probes by April 2026."
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This goal meets measurability standards and connects directly to your data. The three consecutive probes criterion shows consistency, not just a one-time result. This is the kind of goal you can walk into an IEP meeting confident in.
IEP Alignment View: Jayla M. Alignment Check
Reading Assessment Finding
ORF: 42 wcpm (2nd grade). Phonemic awareness deficit noted in January 2025 evaluation.
Math Assessment Finding
40% accuracy on 2-digit multiplication. Strong number sense, procedural fluency developing.
✦ Something to Consider
Your evaluation identified phonemic awareness as a key area of need, and your reading goal targets oral reading fluency. You may want to look at whether your SDI plan addresses phonemic awareness directly. You know this student best.
The Connection Between Sections

The strongest IEPs tell a coherent story. What you observe in your present levels should connect directly to the goals you set. Our tool helps you see those connections as you write.

  • ◈ Surfaces alignment gaps between present levels and goals before the IEP meeting
  • ◈ Framed as a question you can investigate, not a finding handed to you as a verdict
  • ◈ Helps you find connections you already sense but have not yet put into words
For Leaders and Coaches

A view that helps coaches know where to show up and how to help

The Leader View surfaces the IEP quality picture across a building or caseload. It is designed to help leaders show up for their teachers with the right support at the right time, not to create evaluation systems or generate scores that travel outside the coaching relationship.

  • ◉ Surfaces which educators could benefit from coaching and what to focus on
  • ◉ Designed to inform coaching conversations, not replace them
  • ◉ The data stays in the coaching relationship where it belongs
  • ◉ Helps leaders be proactive partners rather than reactive observers
Educator IEPs Stage Coaching Focus
T. Johnson 14 Developing Goal writing support
M. Rivera 11 Growing SDI connection
A. Washington 9 Strong Continue building
D. Patel 16 Growing Present levels depth

Coaching View: Jefferson Elementary

Who This Is For

Built for educators at every stage of their practice

Whether you are in your first year or your fifteenth, this tool meets you where you are and supports the work you are already doing.

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Teachers New to Special Education
When you are learning IEP writing from scratch, having a knowledgeable partner in the room makes a real difference. This tool explains the why behind every component so you build understanding from the start, not just form-filling habits.
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Experienced Special Educators
You already know how to write an IEP. This tool is for the moments when you want to sharpen your practice, catch a connection you might have missed, or write goals you feel more confident defending in the meeting.
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Directors and Instructional Coaches
The Leader View gives you a picture of IEP quality across your building so you can show up for your teachers as a proactive partner. The goal is coaching conversations grounded in real evidence, not compliance reviews after the fact.
Our AI does not write the IEP. It develops the educator writing it, and that knowledge goes with them to every student they will ever serve.
Inclusive Leadership Lab
Currently Under Development

This tool is being built right now, and you can be part of it

We are building and testing with real educators, and we want the people who do this work every day to have a voice in what we create. We are offering a limited number of spots in our low-cost pilot program for teachers, coaches, and districts who want early access.

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    Full access to the IEP Builder as features are released
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    Direct input into what we build and how it works
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    Regular check-ins with the Lab team throughout the pilot
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    Low-cost access well below future standard pricing
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    First in line for the full platform when it launches
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