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Direct linkStockall, Nancy S. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2014
Knowing that paraprofessionals can be prepared to work effectively with students is an important finding, yet, how do teachers prepare paraprofessionals to work most effectively with students with disabilities? Teachers who supervise paraprofessionals must use basic communication skills, which is the first step in both the preparation of and the…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Special Education, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Disabilities
Download full textNational Committee on Employment of Youth, New York, NY. – 1967
One of a pair of publications prepared under contract with the Office of Economic Opportunity, this guide is designed to help trainers, administrators, and other Community Action Agency staff prepare themselves and their agencies for the recruitment, selection, training, and supervision of neighborhood workers. Topics covered include developing an…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Community Action, Community Centers, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedCarroll, Diane – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2001
This article addresses ways that regular and special education teachers can provide training for paraeducators and delineates the roles and responsibilities appropriate for paraeducators. Training suggestions cover the interview, orientation, sharing information, meetings, and team skills. Paraeducator responsibilities require teaching students…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Job Skills, Paraprofessional School Personnel
GAINES, EDITH; AND OTHERS – 1967
THE TEACHER ASSISTANT TRAINING PROGRAM WAS A JOINT EFFORT BY CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, CUYAHOGA COUNTY WELFARE DEPARTMENT, AND THE CLEVELAND BOARD OF EDUCATION TO TRAIN 80 WELFARE CLIENTS, IN A FIVE MONTH PROGRAM, AS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER AIDES IN THE CLEVELAND SCHOOL SYSTEM, TO ENABLE THEM TO BECOME SELF SUPPORTING, AND TO DEVELOP AND…
Descriptors: Art, Child Development, Counseling, Curriculum Guides
Zalk, Linda; and Others – 1975
When the paraprofessional in bilingual education is used effectively, individual needs and individual differences of the students are met. An approach to the training of the paraprofessional has been developed at the Merrimack Education Center (MEC). The training program involves active participation of all paraprofessionals. Understanding and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cultural Education, Curriculum Development
Renaud, Albert J. – 1976
This guidebook reports the results of a three-year study involving the use of paraprofessionals with mathematics students in the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District (California), and outlines a program for initiating a mathematics paraprofessional program. Over 1200 students in grades 4-7 participated in this project to determine the effects of…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary School Mathematics, Evaluation Methods, Grade 7
Weiss, Julie – 1996
This handbook is written for the educational support person (ESP) who may or may not be a trained or licensed health care provider, but whose job has come to include caring for students with disabilities with special health care needs. Section 1, "The Laws Governing the ESP and the Care of the Student with Special Health Care Needs,"…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Curriculum Design, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
