The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of having trained paraprofessionals work with classroom teachers to improve the reading achievement of socioeconomically disadvantaged first grade children. The multiple teaching approach used in this study both organized the learning experience for children so that maximum instructional use…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a supplementary reading program utilizing paraprofessionals and increased instructional time on the reading scores of grade six students with identified deficiencies in basic reading skills. To achieve this purpose, the test scores of three experimental groups were compared with the…

The major purpose of this study was to determine if a functional relationship existed between internship teaching performance and academic grades for Career Opportunities Program trainees who interned in three local education agency schools and attended three cooperating institutions of higher education in Alabama. Another aim of the study was to…

Teachers and paraprofessionals working as instructors in adult English as a Second Language (ESL) programs needed special training to increase their ESL skills and subject matter knowledge. A review of the literature on adult education traces the development of the concept from the eighteenth century to the present, examines the recent particular…

The paper reports on a practicum project to assess the training needs of paraprofessionals and to develop a training program to meet those needs. The first section of the paper is a literature review, which revealed few studies that have addressed the efficacy of paraprofessinals, though research that has been done indicates that paraprofessionals…

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a two semester junior college reading program designed to train teacher aides to assist professionals in reading programs. Null hypotheses were that a training program for paraprofessional reading aides would result in no significant mean score differences in acquired proficiencies…

A survey of Washington State community college early childhood education (ECE) graduates was conducted to discover whether they performed and were adequately trained to perform a variety of social and human services tasks. These include outreach, broker, evaluator, teacher, behavior modifier, mobilizer (promoting neighborhood programs),…

The report describes the step-by-step method used to design and implement a resource room program for 157 special needs children (elementary level) at the Abraham Lincoln School in Revere, Massachusetts. It is noted that a special needs committee investigated programs in operation throughout the state, researched special needs programs utilizing…

This study examines the changing role of the paraprofessional as viewed from the vantage point of the English as a Second Language (ESL) Bilingual classroom. The difficulty in encountering material on the role of the paraprofessional has led to some confusion in the minds of teachers as to how these assistants in the classroom are to be utilized.…