IEP meeting notes template for parents and teachers

What’s in the template

The minutes open with these details:

• Student
• Grade and school
• Date of meeting
• Time (start and end)
• Type of meeting (initial / annual review / re-evaluation / amendment)
• Notes taken by
• Team members present (name and role)
• Invited but absent
• Interpreter or advocate present
• Meeting recorded (yes / no, and by whom)

Then the body follows the meeting in this order:

1. 1. Introductions and purpose — Who is present and in what role, and what the meeting is for. Note if any required team member was excused and whether you agreed to that in writing.
2. 2. Parent concerns and input — What you said about your child's strengths, needs and your priorities. Write down your own words; they should appear in the IEP.
3. 3. Present levels of performance — What the team said the student can do now, with the data cited: assessments, grades, progress monitoring. Ask for the numbers.Academic: · Reading / writing / maths data cited: · Communication: · Social, emotional and behavioural: · Functional and daily living: · Progress on last year's goals:
4. 4. Goals discussed — One line per goal: area, what was proposed, how it will be measured, and anything you asked to change.Goal area: · Proposed goal: · Measured by / how often reported: · Changes requested:
5. 5. Services, supports and accommodations proposed — Each service with minutes per week, who delivers it, where, and the start date. Each accommodation and modification as worded.Service (type, minutes, frequency, provider, location): · Accommodations: · Modifications: · Assistive technology: · Transportation / extended school year:
6. 6. Placement and time with peers — Where services happen, how much of the day is in general education, and the team's reasoning.
7. 7. Questions I asked and answers given — Your questions and the response, with who answered. Note anything the school said it would find out.
8. 8. Agreements and disagreements — What the team agreed. Anything you did not agree with, stated plainly, and what you asked for instead.Agreed: · Not agreed / my position: · Taken under consideration by the school:
9. 9. What was signed — Attendance sheet, consent for evaluation, consent for services. Note if you signed only to show attendance, or took the document home.Signed: · Not signed / taken home: · Documents received at the meeting:
10. 10. Follow-up and dates — When the written IEP and prior written notice will arrive, when services start, progress report dates, the next meeting.IEP document expected by: · Services start: · Progress reports: · Next meeting:

At the end: action items, as a table you can keep across meetings.

The template

Download it as a Word file, or copy the text version into your own document.

IEP Meeting Notes

Student: 
Grade and school: 
Date of meeting: 
Time (start and end): 
Type of meeting (initial / annual review / re-evaluation / amendment): 
Notes taken by: 
Team members present (name and role): 
Invited but absent: 
Interpreter or advocate present: 
Meeting recorded (yes / no, and by whom): 

1. Introductions and purpose
   [Who is present and in what role, and what the meeting is for. Note if any required team member was excused and whether you agreed to that in writing.]

2. Parent concerns and input
   [What you said about your child's strengths, needs and your priorities. Write down your own words; they should appear in the IEP.]

3. Present levels of performance
   [What the team said the student can do now, with the data cited: assessments, grades, progress monitoring. Ask for the numbers.]
   Academic:
   Reading / writing / maths data cited:
   Communication:
   Social, emotional and behavioural:
   Functional and daily living:
   Progress on last year's goals:

4. Goals discussed
   [One line per goal: area, what was proposed, how it will be measured, and anything you asked to change.]
   Goal area:
   Proposed goal:
   Measured by / how often reported:
   Changes requested:

5. Services, supports and accommodations proposed
   [Each service with minutes per week, who delivers it, where, and the start date. Each accommodation and modification as worded.]
   Service (type, minutes, frequency, provider, location):
   Accommodations:
   Modifications:
   Assistive technology:
   Transportation / extended school year:

6. Placement and time with peers
   [Where services happen, how much of the day is in general education, and the team's reasoning.]

7. Questions I asked and answers given
   [Your questions and the response, with who answered. Note anything the school said it would find out.]

8. Agreements and disagreements
   [What the team agreed. Anything you did not agree with, stated plainly, and what you asked for instead.]
   Agreed:
   Not agreed / my position:
   Taken under consideration by the school:

9. What was signed
   [Attendance sheet, consent for evaluation, consent for services. Note if you signed only to show attendance, or took the document home.]
   Signed:
   Not signed / taken home:
   Documents received at the meeting:

10. Follow-up and dates
   [When the written IEP and prior written notice will arrive, when services start, progress report dates, the next meeting.]
   IEP document expected by:
   Services start:
   Progress reports:
   Next meeting:

Action items
No. | Action | Who | Due | Done

Example: filled-in iep meeting notes

What the template looks like once it’s been used. The organisation and people are made up.

Action items

Tips for iep meeting notes

• Write down the numbers cited for present levels, with the date of each measure. They are the baseline for next year's argument.
• Record each service as minutes per week, setting and provider. Compare it line by line with the current IEP.
• Use initials for who said what. “DP: will send data every two weeks” is a commitment you can quote.
• Note what you signed and what each signature meant. Attendance is not consent.
• Keep your disagreement short and specific in the notes, and repeat it in writing after the meeting.
• Type the notes up the same evening and file them with the IEP and the school's letters.

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Or let the notes write themselves

A template helps when you’re the one typing. If you’d rather not be, an AI note taker can draft the summary and action items for you. Most send a bot into the call; QuietNote captures from your own computer instead, so nothing joins the meeting and you decide when capture starts. It’s in private beta. Whatever you use, read the draft before you send it, and tell attendees you’re recording where the rules require it.