To deal with questions arising from the increased use of paraprofessionals a project was initiated entitled A Task Analysis System for Educational Personnel Development." (MB)

Author summarizes Phase One and Phase Two of a Project sponsored by Bank Street College of Education for the Career Opportunities Program (COP) of the US Office of Education. (MB)

Much of the article is based on a series of interviews with paraprofessionals in Head Start programs, conducted in 1970 by the authors for the Bank Street College of Education Career Development Training Program. (MB)

Article is condensed from position papers on rationale for the Career Opportunities Program. (Editor)

Focuses on the development of roles in collaborative teaching arrangements, examining the use of paraprofessionals in schools as part of a differentiated staffing program and the implementation of team teaching arrangements. Additionally illustrates that the expectations role incumbents have on their behavior influences the degree to which the…

Author, with the U.S. Office of Education, describes Management Information and Evaluation System (COP-MIES) which was developed in response to the various short-comings of present-day evaluation and the specific developmental needs of the Career Opportunities Program. (Author/MB)

Author concludes that paraprofessionals can be effective in teaching children, and that a participatory educational approach from the bottom up may be much more meaningful than the hierarchical downward oriented bureaucracy. (Author/MB)

Final and complete report of the research and development summarized in this paper is available in mimeo form from the author at the Bank Street College of Education, 610 W. 112th St., New York, N.Y. 10025. (Editor/MB)