National Resource Center for Paraprofessionals Newsletter

National Resource Center for Paraprofessionals

• 2008 Conference Announced
  • Call for Papers
  • Hotel and Travel Information
    
  • Early Bird Registration
  • Exhibitor Information
• State Paraprofessional Resource Announced
• What's New in Para News?

2008 Conference Announced

The 2008 Conference will be held April 16th-19th, 2008 in Hartford Connecticut. The theme for this year's conference is United We Educate, PATHS to the Future- Paraprofessional, Administrator, Teacher, Higher Education, & Other Stakeholders

27th Annual National Conference on the Training and Employment of Paraprofessionals

Call for Papers

If you are interested in presenting at this year's conference, the Call for Papers is now available. Submit Proposals by Friday, October 12th, 2007.

Hotel and Travel Information Available

To help you plan for the conference, we have provided a page with hotel and travel information. This year the conference will be held at the Hilton Hartford Hotel in Hartford Connecticut (try saying that six times fast!). Be sure to ask for the NRCP/ National Paraeducator Conference when reserving your room to receive our special conference rate. Use the code "NRC" when making online reservations.

Early Bird Registration

This year we are offering a special registration fee for everyone who registers before March 1st, 2008. That takes the special rate for paraprofessionals down to only $50. Stop by our registration page today!

Exhibitor Information

The exhibitor appliction and other information is also now available.

State Paraprofessional Resource Announced

If you have been to our Web site lately, you may have noticed a new addition that we are very proud of, the State Paraprofessional Resource Section. We are attempting to gather together in one place all of the information that we can find about paraprofessional resources in each state- including guidelines, training opportunities and even what other people from your home state are saying in the forum. You can read more about the project or stop by to visit today:

State Paraprofessional Resource Section

What's New in Para News?

If you haven't checked in our our Para News blog lately, here is some of what you have been missing:

• Paraeducator Helps a Student Write a Book About Dinosaurs
• Paraeducator Pay Issues in Delaware
• Two Paraeducators Begin Their New Jobs

If you would like to receive more frequent news updates from our blog, go to the blog and look for the subscribe box on the right side where you can enter your email address.

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