Information on becoming a highly qualified paraprofessionals and answers to frequently asked questions from the Vermont Department of Education.
Vermont Paraprofessional Resources
State Paraprofessional Standards
State Paraprofessional Handbooks
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Training Opportunities
Paraeducator and Supervisor Training
A Center on Disability and Community Inclusion at the University of Vermont project to improve training of paraeducators to meet the needs of children with disabilities who are included in general education classrooms through model preservice and inservice programs for paraeducators and the teachers who supervise them.
Paraeducator Resource and Learning Center (PRLC)
A training resource for paraeducators.
Vermont State College Paraeducator Certificate
"This Vermont State College certificate program provides students with the foundational skills to work in a school environment as paraprofessionals."
Para Discussions
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Para News
Here is a little bit about Becky Auger from the article:
"Becky represents the professionalism and dedication that all educators demonstrate daily in our state's excellent public schools," said Vermont-NEA President Angelo Dorta. "I and the members of Vermont-NEA are extremely proud of her achievement."
Auger is one of three paraeducators who lead the school's literacy program, which began in 2006.
She also heads two major school projects that help foster a sense of community at Moretown – she catalogs photographs of students as they grow up and she directs the school's annual field day.
This article begins with a general overview of autism and how prevalent it has become. history of autism is the state of Vermont. From there, the article describes the experiences of two different mothers of children with autism and goes over some of the difficulties that they face.
One mother explains the transition that she went through in her attitude towards her daughter's paraeducator:
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