Download or read book Supervising Paraeducators in Educational Settings written by Anna Lou Pickett and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Practical Supervision of Paraeducators in the Special Education Setting written by Julie D. Hines and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Supporting Paraeducators in Special Education and Inclusive Settings written by Emily Sobeck and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-06-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supporting Paraeducators in Special Education and Inclusive Settings provides an in-depth look at the role of pre- and in-service teachers as supervisors of paraeducators within special education and inclusive settings. The latest entry within the Evidence-Based Instruction in Special Education series, Supporting Paraeducators in Special Education and Inclusive Settings serves as an instructional tool for pre-service teachers and educators within higher education coursework, as well as a resource for in-service teachers. This text supports teachers in strengthening their knowledge and supervisory skills necessary to supervise and manage paraeducators in educational environments. Through objectives, scenarios, content, and chapter questions, Drs. Sobeck, Douglas, and Uitto provide a thorough and applicable overview of working with and supervising paraeducators. In this text the roles and responsibilities of paraeducators, teachers, and school administrators relative to paraeducator training and supervision will be detailed, as well as tips for collaboration. Included with the text are online supplemental materials for faculty use. School leaders and higher education faculty can use the online site for materials to support pre-service training within teacher preparation programs and professional development for in-service teachers. Supporting Paraeducators in Special Education and Inclusive Settings fills an important need in the field and is a vital resource for current and future teachers when working with paraeducators.
Download or read book Surveying Supervision written by Maria Malachowski and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Educational legislation mandates that all students, including those with disabilities, be provided a free and appropriate public education (IDEA, 2004). Students with low-incidence disabilities, such as autism spectrum disorders and cognitive disabilities, may have challenging needs that often warrant additional support (i.e. a paraprofessional) to help them access the general education curriculum. As the number of students with disabilities in need of special education services grows, so does the use of paraprofessionals. However, it is known that training for paraprofessionals is very limited. While special education teachers are responsible for supervising the paraprofessional in the classroom, training in supervision for special education teachers is limited to non-existent. Effective supervision and teamwork through communication and shared goals have been shown to be key to a positive working and learning environment (Delvin, 2008; Carnahan et al., 2009; Lynch & Irvine, 2009). However, information about the supervision and teamwork between the supervising special education teacher and the paraprofessional and the subsequent impact on student outcomes is relatively unknown. Using survey methodology, this study aimed to find: (1) the amount of supervision education obtained by special educators, (2) how the amount of supervision education received by special educators related to perceptions of supervisory practices as measured by the Perceptions of Supervision survey (3) if there were significant differences in the perceptions of supervisory practices between paraprofessionals and their supervising special education teacher (SET), (4) what were the reported characteristics that made for successful supervisory practices from SETs' and paraprofessionals' perspectives, and (5) what was most effective and least effective to improving student outcomes (academic and social) with regard to supervision. A total of 107 participants (86 SETs and 21 paraprofessionals) completed the Perceptions of Supervision survey. Results indicated that supervision education is moderately to highly correlated to supervisory practices. There were also significant differences between SETs and paraprofessional in the areas of Evaluation and Performance Monitoring, Task Delegation, and Working Relationship. The selected sample of SETs and paraprofessionals who perceived successful supervisory practices generally matched the sample at large. Communication, feedback, and teamwork were noted as necessary components of supervision that impact student outcomes.
Download or read book A Guide to Co Teaching With Paraeducators written by Ann I. Nevin and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how co-teaching relationships with paraeducators can improve outcomes for students with special needs, and find guidelines for successful teamwork and authentic case studies of working paraprofessionals.
Download or read book Let s Team Up written by Kent Gerlach, Ed.D. and published by National Professional Resources, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-11 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: School teams are more important now than ever before to meet the needs of all students. With more diverse, inclusive classrooms, larger class sizes, and greater workloads, teachers increasingly depend upon the contribution of paraeducators. In Let's Team Up, Kent Gerlach provides a convenient checklist to help teachers, principals, and paraeducators understand their roles and responsibilities as they relate to each other. The book offers >tips for teachers on how to work effectively with paraeducators; >tips for paraeducators on clarifying their jobs and their relationships with students and school staff; >tips for principals on the supervision of paraeducators. This convenient resource will help school teams successfully meet the needs of all students!
Download or read book What Every Special Educator Must Know written by Council for Exceptional Children and published by Council For Exceptional Children. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CEC wrote the book on special education ... literally. CEC s famous red book details the ethics, standards, and guidelines for special education preparation and practice. Delineating both knowledge and skill sets and individual content standards, What Every Special Educator Must Know is an invaluable resource for special education administrators, institutional faculty developing curriculum, state policy makers evaluating licensure requirements, and special educators planning their professional growth.
Download or read book A Teacher s Guide to Working with Paraeducators and Other Classroom Aides written by Jill Morgan and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2001-02-15 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paraeducators--also known as teacher aides, teaching assistants, and instructional assistants--are playing an increasingly important role in schools. Most teachers, however, have never been trained to work effectively with other adults in their classrooms. In A Teacher's Guide to Working with Paraeducators and Other Classroom Aides, Jill Morgan and Betty Y. Ashbaker provide straightforward advice and focused activities that can help forge a productive working relationship between teachers and paraeducators. The authors cover key topics related to working with and supervising paraeducators, including how to assign responsibilities, communicate, monitor quality of work, provide on-the-job training, and create a feedback loop. Tips from practicing teachers explain ways to find the time to effectively supervise paraeducators. The authors discuss how the supervisory techniques involved in working with paraeducators are similar to--and different from--those that teachers use with students. The authors give concise suggestions for translating the information to the your classroom; fill-in-the-blank forms outline self-directed steps for improving in select areas. As both a practical workbook and a thoughtful reflection of the authors' experiences in working with teachers and paraeducators, this book is an indispensable resource for any teacher who wants to create a successful instructional team. Note: This product listing is for the Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version of the book.
Download or read book Managing Paraeducators in Your School written by Nancy K. French and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide provides tools and strategies for recruiting, managing, and using paraeducators in schools. It offers guidelines for using paraeducators in ways that best contribute to student achievement as well as strategies for identifying best practices, time frames, and people best suited for training paraprofessionals. It includes specific guidelines for working with paraeducators in special education, Title I, ESL training, school libraries and media centers, general and special education classrooms, speech/language pathology, and health-care services. It is designed for district-level administrators, school administrators, and teachers. The chapters are titled as follows: (1) "Employing Support Personnel in Schools"; (2) "Potential Problems with Paraeducators/Finding Solutions"; (3) "The Shifting Roles of School Professionals"; (4) "Recruiting and Hiring Paraprofessionals"; (5) "Starting Off on the Right Foot"; (6) "Taking Time to Save Time: Delegating to Paraeducators"; (7) "Planning for Paraeducators"; (8) "Paraeducator Training"; (9) "Monitoring and Evaluating Paraeducator Performance"; (10) "Managing the Workplace." Each chapter contains a summary. The guide also contains many user-friendly information recaps; lists of questions; sample forms; sample plans; worksheets for a variety of tasks; and self-assessment and support checklists for a variety of tasks. (Contains a subject index and 73 references.) (WFA).
Download or read book Let s Team Up written by Kent Gerlach and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defines the responsibilities of teachers' aids, teachers, and principals with an emphasis and how these roles relate to one another.
Download or read book Effective Strategies for Working with Paraeducators written by Candice Styer Ph D and published by . This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As paraeducators are hired for special education classrooms, teachers are often responsible for providing training, monitoring their progress, managing their schedules, addressing challenges, and informally evaluating their efforts. This comprehensive guide, along with the Paraeducator Handbook (purchased separately), are designed to help educators navigate this role. With this guide, teachers can provide a level of training and support that results in a cohesive, positive, and effective classroom benefiting everyone-administrators, teachers, paraeducators, and most importantly, students. "I literally went from babysitting to being trained to teach students real life skills like telling time and money use both in the classroom and in the community. The disability awareness training has given me the insight to appreciate each student's unique learning style."-Sally Semenock, Paraeducator Together, Dr. Candice Styer and Suzanne Fitzgerald have over 40 years of classroom experience both as paraeducators and as teachers working with paraeducators. They were inspired to write this manual based on their own experiences and the experiences of other teachers and paras with whom they have consulted. "The knowledge I gained working as a paraeducator in Suzanne and Candi's special education classroom was so valuable. The positive work atmosphere as well as being a cohesive team allowed us to get the most out of our students and see them flourish. This manual is something that all classrooms should have "- Holli Lawrence, Paraeducator This manual includes a teacher's copy of the Paraeducator Handbook, a companion book available for purchase for each of your paraeducators. Effective Strategies for Working with Paraeducators belongs to Styer-Fitzgerald Publishing's line of outstanding educational products, including the Styer-Fitzgerald Program for Functional Academics. Unique among special education curricula, the Styer-Fitzgerald Program provides a comprehensive approach to teaching functional skills to students with mild, moderate, and severe disabilities, including autism. For more information about the entire line of Styer-Fitzgerald products, visit the website at www.styer-fitzgerald.com.
Download or read book The Paraeducator s Survival Guide written by Kent Gerlach and published by National Professional Resources Inc. This book was released on 2017-03-24 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; color: #010101; -webkit-text-stroke: #010101} span.s1 {font-kerning: none; background-color: #fafafa} span.s2 {font-kerning: none} Written by Kent Gerlach, author of Let's Team Up: A Checklist for Teachers, Paraeducators & Principals, this six-page (trifold) quick-reference laminated guide helps paraeducators survive and thrive as important members of school teams. The guide clarifies paraeducators' roles and responsibilities in various settings and also covers: ethical and professional guidelines; the importance of teamwork; ways to effectively support teacher-directed instruction and curriculum; frequently used terminology; understanding student behavior; working with students with disabilities. An essential tool for all those committed to the professional development of paraeducators.
Download or read book Supervising Paraeducators in School Settings written by Anna Lou Pickett and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Paraprofessional s Guide to Effective Behavioral Intervention written by Betty Y. Ashbaker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-20 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Paraprofessional’s Guide to Effective Behavioral Intervention is a comprehensive guide to appropriate behavioral strategies in the classroom, based on the Least Restrictive Behavioral Intervention (LRBI) and Positive Behavioral Intervention Strategies (PBIS). This highly practical book provides: an increased understanding of the processes underlying student behavior in the classroom, including motivation a wide range of strategies for establishing and promoting positive behavior, as well as counteracting and reducing negative behaviors skills related to nationally recognized standards for paraprofessional competence an understanding of widely accepted principles and practices such as Response to Intervention (RTI). Set in the context of the legal requirements for paraprofessionals to work "under the direction of a professional" (ESEA) and be "appropriately supervised" (IDEA), The Paraprofessional’s Guide to Effective Behavioral Intervention illuminates research-based, practical strategies shown to be effective in a wide range of educational settings and which can be implemented immediately and with confidence.
Download or read book Paraeducator s Resource Guide written by Nancy K. French and published by National Professional Resources Inc./Dude Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This six-page (tri-fold) guide is specially designed for every paraeducator who provides instructional, safety and/or therapeutic services to students and works under the supervision of a certified or licensed school professional. Topics covered include: Asking the right questions Understanding supervision Knowing your schedule Communicating effectively Working with general education vs. special education populations. The accessible and valuable information in this guide will help paraprofessionals successfully carry out their roles and responsibilities.
Download or read book Emphasizing the Educator in Paraeducator written by Hoaihuong "Orletta" Thuy Nguyen and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The California School Employees Association defines a paraeducator as a person who assists classroom teachers and other certificated personnel in instructing reading, writing and mathematics. The paraeducator's job duties have expanded to meet growing demands on instruction and student diversity. Their school duties mirror those of a typical teacher; paraeducators connect schools to communities, manage challenging student behaviors, and provide direct instruction to students. Although paraeducators are assuming roles that are reminiscent of a classroom teacher, the current paraeducator entry level requirements and professional development do not mimic that of a typical teacher. Paraeducators rarely receive any formal training before or during their experience. As a result, much of the training that paraeducators do receive is dependent on trial and error, "on the job" training and the quality of supervision they receive from teachers. Thus, paraeducators' skills and competencies vary because paraeducators are subject to different opportunities and expectations from individual supervisors. The research on paraeducators provides a wide range of empirical contributions, but the body of literature is limited in depth. The most glaring gaps revolve around how paraeducators provide instructional services to students, particularly given their lack of training and support. This study investigated how special education paraeducators completed the instructional responsibilities of their duties. Drawing on ecocultural and activity theory perspectives, I used a mixed methods study that investigated the unique factors that impact the special education paraeducator's instructional practice within the small group instructional setting for students with mild to moderate disabilities. Findings indicated that paraeducators enact a variety of goals through everyday routines; they also access a variety of social, material, and cultural resources. But, the paraeducators' practices are highly influenced by external factors such as the district, school, classroom, and social contexts and settings. Findings also suggested that there was an underlying power structure that limited the paraeducators' control over their everyday routines.
Download or read book Knowledge and Skills for the Utilization and Supervision of Paraeducators Across Iowa written by Barbara Jean Wiese and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
