Paraprofessionals And Teachers Working Together

This book is a must read for all general and special education teachers and paraprofessionals, though anyone who works with children would benefit from reading it. Consider it a playbook for successful behavioral management and collaborative support of a child's educational advancement. Teachers and paraprofessionals are given communication strategies to consider when working together. With the help of the handbook, educators can avoid any confusion or contradictions of teaching methods. Managing behavior and providing academic support to students is also outlined. The book is packed with supplemental material for reuse, including a plethora of strategic checklists and chart templates for recording student data. The second edition provides more! Instructions on effective strategies are supplied with forms and charts to prepare educators. Personal checklists included in the book outline the steps necessary to achieve positive changes in behavior and information retention in students. Other forms and charts organize data to assist in making informed decisions about what techniques will have the best success. Paraprofessionals and teachers are encouraged to take full advantage of having the organizational tools already created for them.

Throw out the phrase, "Just a teacher's aide" Improve paraprofessional/teacher relationships, define roles, manage behavior proactively, and effectively collaborate to increase student academic success. This book enables paraprofessionals and teachers to find solutions that work and it will show you the way, too! - Forms and checklists to assist paraprofessionals and teachers with defining roles, collecting data, collaborating on critical issues, and working effectively together. - Keys to success for teachers; including the paraprofessional and ensuring that students respect all adults in the classroom. - Keys to success for paraprofessionals; encouraging student independence, ownership, peer relationships and academic success. - Communication tips to enhance collaboration with parents and staff. - Proactive ways for paraprofessionals to prevent discipline problems and use positive techniques to handle problem behavior. - Scripts for managing behavior through planned response rather than reaction. - Concrete strategies for dealing with a lack of focus, fidgeting, back talk, and re-direction without disturbing the rest of the class. - Proven strategies to effectively and efficiently adapt and manage content area curricula adaptations to meet student learning styles and IEP requirements in the regular classroom.

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.

Formerly a SkyLight publication. Building professional relationships with paraprofessionals and other adults in the classroom is an important task for any teacher. Working with Paraprofessionals outlines key strategies that are guaranteed to help strengthen professional relationships. The book includes templates for use during the planning phases before school, task planners for the teacher and paraprofessional, calendars and schedules for organizing student and classroom activities, as well as communication logs for the teacher and paraprofessional. The templates and guides are easy to use and can fit any K-12 situation.

"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"--

Empowering striving writers to thrive as writers! Somehow, in every classroom during every year, there are students who keep us up at night because of the instructional challenges they face as writers. These students—our striving writers—may find success exploring different entry points and pathways than those their classmates travel. Every Child Can Write will help you lead striving writers along their journey toward growth, confidence, and success. Filled with practical strategies, classroom-management ideas,and reproducible tools, this book also offers low- and high-tech solutions for increasing writing volume and boosting self-esteem. Plus, with suggestions for differentiating instruction based on standards and student needs, it will help you: Implement principles of UDL to optimize your classroom environment and student learning; Identify and honor students’ strengths throughout your writing instruction; Maximize the power of formative assessment to set goals with students; and Integrate the most appropriate technology that empowers students and leads them to independence. As essential as writing is in elementary school, it will be even more important when your students reach middle school. Now is the time to give them the skills, practice, and confidence they need to succeed.

Improve paraprofessionals work and relations with teachers in inclusive classrooms with the third edition to the bestselling collaborative workbook for paraprofessionals and educators

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.