#paraeducators

[thepolicyminute]

Paraeducator E-learning from DESE

DESE is creating a series of e-learning modules to help districts train and onboard paraeducators. Your ideas and suggestions are needed! Paraeducators are often left out of the planning and development of professional learning. While districts should still provide high quality learning opportunities for all paraeducators, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in developing a…

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[specialsaathi]

What role do Para educators play in special education classes?

Para educators, also known as paraprofessionals or instructional assistants, are individuals who work in educational settings to provide support to teachers and students. Their roles can vary widely depending on the needs of the students and the specific requirements of the educational institution. Para educators assist and support teachers in various capacities. Their responsibilities may…

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[motherhoodjustgotreal]

Paraeducators: The Unsung Heroes of Public Schools

Paraeducators truly are unsung heroes. Schools could not do what they do without them.

I am a public-school teacher and have been for the past 13 years. So much has changed in the world of education during my time in the classroom. Programs have come and gone, we have dabbled in the art of online teaching, social media has made everything more complicated, and we have increased our safety measures by indescribable amounts. One thing that has not changed, however, is the fact that…

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[celiaelise]

My dad seems to want me to become a "paraeducator". (His gf works in education and I guess these are people she works with?) He sent me some links about it, but I haven't had time to check them out. If any of y'all know what this and whether or not it is good, lmk!

[oljimitoucheuse-blog]

I'm going to start counting the number of anti-abortion speeches I hear at work. To torture myself.

[lhsbudget]

New story: Paraeducators wanted - Read now on the Budget!

[inclusionmd]

Posted on October 19, 2017 by paraeducate

But that made us think about the skills a paraeducator needs to move into the next level of abilities of training. We’ve grouped them into three specific skill sets: Looking Ahead, Looking Out, and Looking At the Present.

[dhuntwork]

Sometimes I don't know why I want to work in a school once I finish all of my schooling (I still have to do my masters since I want to be an interventionist) because sometimes I just come home from my internship so angry, and not at the kids, but at the adults. Specifically the ones that have no patients for the behavioral kids, you are their para you are supposed to have the most patients with them, not the least, and patients is what they need. They don't need to hear every single thing they are doing wrong and nothing they are doing right. Tell them what they are doing right. Tell them when you are proud of them. Tell them when they did a good job even if it was not hitting a child they normally do when they walked by. Even if they did one good thing all day tell them what it was, even if it sounds stupid like they sat down for lunch (even though they ended up getting up and running around, they still sat down, they still did a good job). 

It also pisses me off when I've been put in charge of a child and someone else starts correcting that child, I'm sorry, were you put in charge of them? No? I didn't think so. Back the fuck off. All you're doing is telling them what they're doing wrong and that is wrong considering five seconds ago he was standing very nicely still and I told him that and reminded him of how nicely he was standing when he started to stand not so nicely before you so rudely cut me off. And who do you think he listened to? You? No. He didn't, because you were acknowledging his inappropriate behavior while I acknowledge that he did do something right which he has very hard days and gets so happy when he's told he did a great job doing something. So back. Off.

Ohmygosh.gaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh. Sorry. Today was frustrating. Schools are frustrating. Adults are frustrating. Children are adorable and I got a few doodles from two of them today, I will post them later, they make me smile and feel better.