How to be a Para Pro

How to be a Para Pro

Author: Diane Twachtman-Cullen

Publisher: Starfish Speciality Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9780966652918

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This text carefully addresses the difficulties encountered by teaching or classroom assistants working with children with pervasive developmental disorder, autism and Asperger syndrome.


The Paraprofessional's Handbook for Effective Support in Inclusive Classrooms

The Paraprofessional's Handbook for Effective Support in Inclusive Classrooms

Author: Julie Causton

Publisher:

Published: 2020-12

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781681254524

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"Discover everything a great paraprofessional needs to know and do in the second edition of this bestselling guidebook! Acclaimed inclusion expert Julie Causton and new co-author Kate MacLeod bring you a supremely practical guide to every facet of your complex role: partnering with teachers, selecting accommodations and modifications, facilitating peer connections, fading your support, and much more. WHAT'S NEW: New chapter on Respectful Support for Developing Student Independence, More on key topics such as collaboration, presuming competence, and supporting social and academic success for students with diverse abilities, New and updated research, practices, resources, examples, quiz questions, and reflection activities throughout the book, Package of online materials, including printable activities, forms, and worksheets"--


The ESL / ELL Teacher's Survival Guide

The ESL / ELL Teacher's Survival Guide

Author: Larry Ferlazzo

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2012-08-06

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1118095677

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A much-needed resource for teaching English to all learners The number of English language learners in U.S. schools is projected to grow to twenty-five percent by 2025. Most teachers have English learners in their classrooms, from kindergarten through college. The ESL/ELL Teacher?s Survival Guide offers educators practical strategies for setting up an ESL-friendly classroom, motivating and interacting with students, communicating with parents of English learners, and navigating the challenges inherent in teaching ESL students. Provides research-based instructional techniques which have proven effective with English learners at all proficiency levels Offers thematic units complete with reproducible forms and worksheets, sample lesson plans, and sample student assignments The book?s ESL lessons connect to core standards and technology applications This hands-on resource will give all teachers at all levels the information they need to be effective ESL instructors.


Training Paraprofessionals for Reference Service

Training Paraprofessionals for Reference Service

Author: Pamela J. Morgan

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781555706432

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Using paraprofessionals to answer reference questions is a great way to expand your library¿s reference reach while getting the most value out of your staff. But how do you begin training them? What training materials should be used? What skills should be taught? How important is the reference interview for paraprofessionals? What are the pros and cons of using paraprofessionals in this manner? Morgan answers these and other questions in a new edition of this bestselling book. Revised and updated to include basic and advanced skills using both print and electronic resources, this volume includes modules on government information, international and corporate information, statistics, medical and health information, and more. This guide will help you prepare paraprofessionals for the issues frontline library staff face on a daily basis. Once you¿ve trained them, you can turn again to the book for tips and strategies on evaluation and supplemental training. If your library has catalogers, students, newly hired staff, or other staff members with untapped potential, this book is for you.


A Guide to Co-Teaching With Paraeducators

A Guide to Co-Teaching With Paraeducators

Author: Ann I. Nevin

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 141295763X

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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.


The Paraprofessional's Guide to Effective Behavioral Intervention

The Paraprofessional's Guide to Effective Behavioral Intervention

Author: Betty Y. Ashbaker

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-02-20

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1317811844

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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.