A 69-page guide from the Virginia Department of Education on paraprofessionals.
Virginia Paraprofessional Resources
State Paraprofessional Standards
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State Paraprofessional Handbooks
Training Opportunities
Paraprofessional Preparation for Extraordinary Teaching (PPET)
A distance learning program is funded to provide coursework meeting licensure requirements in special education with endorsements.
Para Discussions
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Introducing myself!
Posted May 21st, 2005 by sherispa
Hello. I am Sheri Spath and am a doctoral student at NSU. My backround is teaching special education (autistic and varying exceptionalities) in Florida and Arkansas. I have worked with 4 different paraprofessionals and have to say that they taught me so much and remain some of my best friends. I am currently working on my dissertation which is on best practices in paraprofessional training and am hoping to get input along the way from paraprofessionals who want to make a difference in improving training methods. I hope I will get some response and ideas from some of you at this site.
How can I become a Paraprofessional
Posted September 16th, 2005 by Anonymous
Please just clue me in.
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Para News
More than 40 instructional aides from schools across Henrico County attended last night's public hearing on the district's proposed 2008-09 budget.
Their message was clear: Instructional aides should make at least half the salary of teachers.
One parent from the school district understands the importance of paraprofessionals:
Caroline Nelson, a Henrico parent, called these workers "the silent cog . . . that keeps the educational system moving forward."
Fortunately, the School Board was able to understand the importance of paraprofessionals as well:
(The School Boards) identified a two-step increase for full-time aides as a priority in the budget.
That increase would give the county's 363 full-time instructional aides, almost all of whom work in exceptional education, a nearly 9 percent pay raise.
Read the entire article on the paraprofessional pay raise here.
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