In the United States today there are more than 930,000 Para educators. Para educator is a broad term and includes different job titles. These titles include aides, assistants and instructional helper. Those titles include many responsibilities. Though there are many para educators today, it is still unknown to many teachers how to effectively use a Para educator’s time. This causes disputes between many teachers and para educators (Morrisette, Morrisette, & Julien).
The para professional emerged during WWII with a shortage of teachers. It did not gain popularity until the 60s and 70s. They were originally hired to take on clerical and maid duties of a teachers. Slowly para professionals gained a role in classrooms. They soon began to take …show more content…
That seems really obvious but there are many teachers that do not know the name of the aide in the classroom. The next thing a teacher can do is try to get to know the paraprofessional that has been assigned to them. That can serve as a base for the relationship. This can be done by asking about the para’s interest, hobbies, etc. Both sides should view the relationship as team. That can be done by the teacher willingly giving up some of his or her power to the para (French, 1999).There shouldn’t be a battle between teachers and Para educators (Riggs, …show more content…
This many times can create more tension between the para and the teacher. There are different ways that a teacher can over give responsibilities to a para. One responsibility that paras are given but may not be prepared for is creating lesson plans. They are also often are expected to teach the lesson plans. In a study of 22 paras 86% admitted responsibility for lesson planning and teaching students. Paras do not always have the skills or materials to plan lessons. (Patterson, 2006).
As explored earlier teachers tend to hand responsibility of students over to paraprofessional. This can be overwhelming to the para professional. They may or may not be trained to handle a child with a disability. After handing responsibility over to paras, paras may become stressed and overwhelmed with the responsibilities of helping. They may not receive the guidance they need to properly serve the child or children they have been assigned to help (Giangreco,
The para professional emerged during WWII with a shortage of teachers. It did not gain popularity until the 60s and 70s. They were originally hired to take on clerical and maid duties of a teachers. Slowly para professionals gained a role in classrooms. They soon began to take …show more content…
That seems really obvious but there are many teachers that do not know the name of the aide in the classroom. The next thing a teacher can do is try to get to know the paraprofessional that has been assigned to them. That can serve as a base for the relationship. This can be done by asking about the para’s interest, hobbies, etc. Both sides should view the relationship as team. That can be done by the teacher willingly giving up some of his or her power to the para (French, 1999).There shouldn’t be a battle between teachers and Para educators (Riggs, …show more content…
This many times can create more tension between the para and the teacher. There are different ways that a teacher can over give responsibilities to a para. One responsibility that paras are given but may not be prepared for is creating lesson plans. They are also often are expected to teach the lesson plans. In a study of 22 paras 86% admitted responsibility for lesson planning and teaching students. Paras do not always have the skills or materials to plan lessons. (Patterson, 2006).
As explored earlier teachers tend to hand responsibility of students over to paraprofessional. This can be overwhelming to the para professional. They may or may not be trained to handle a child with a disability. After handing responsibility over to paras, paras may become stressed and overwhelmed with the responsibilities of helping. They may not receive the guidance they need to properly serve the child or children they have been assigned to help (Giangreco,