Student-Led IEP Slides: Editable Presentation for Transition Teens

These student-led IEP meeting slides give a student a 15-slide editable deck to customize and present at their own IEP meeting: who is here, strengths, goals in their own words, how it is going, accommodations, plans for education, work, and living, supports, questions for the team, and a thank-you.

Why I made this: A lot of the students I have coached know more about themselves than they can say in a room full of adults. Their own slides on the screen give them something to point to and an order to follow. They also walk out with a deck they can update next year instead of starting over.

What's included:
• 15 editable slides (widescreen): My IEP Meeting, Who Is Here Today, A Little About Me, My Strengths, What I Am Working On, How It Is Going, Accommodations That Help Me, Accommodations I Want to Talk About, three My Plan After High School slides (education and training, work, living), Supports I Still Need, Questions I Have for My Team, Thank You, and a blank My Own Slide
• Gray [type here] prompts on every slide so the student types over them in their own words
• A short speaker note on each slide with a tip for the student
• Picture boxes for the student's own photos or icons
• Teacher notes PDF (4 pages): setting up the file, a 3 to 4 session build plan, coaching tips, ways students can take part, and a slide planner

How I use it: Give the student their own copy. Build it with them over three or four short sessions, keeping their words on the slides. Most students keep 8 to 12 slides and delete the rest. Practice once with you, once with someone else, and once in the meeting room if you can.

What you download: one ZIP with the editable PowerPoint file (.pptx, 15 slides, widescreen) and a 4-page teacher notes PDF. Open the deck in PowerPoint, or upload it to Google Drive and open it with Google Slides.

Real meetings vary. Always follow your district policies.

Written by Jeremy D. Gooch, a teacher with 20+ years in education. All names in examples are made up.