Paras in the special education classroom are essential for helping students reach their full potential. To ensure that paras can provide quality support to

Paras in the special education classroom are essential for helping students reach their full potential. To ensure that paras can provide quality support to

Here's an easy form to use when a student has goals/objectives related to attending a regular education academic class with support from a paraprofessional or teacher's aide.

There is something about the structure and routine of Michaela's Especially Education task boxes students are drawn to. They take immense pride in showing off their finished work, keeping all the materials together, and putting the tasks away into their rightful places.

Learn how to teach interoception and self-regulation skills to non-verbal learners with actionable tips from Miss Jenny OT.

Special education classrooms need decor and organization tweaks to fit the program needs. Read the tips on how to make the best decor choices for your sped classroom.

Four educators share tips on how teachers and paraprofessionals can work effectively together, including by maintaining regular daily communication and providing professional-development opportunities.

Paras in the special education classroom are essential for helping students reach their full potential. To ensure that paras can provide quality support to

Supporting kids with special needs works best when both regular education and special education staff work together. That's why it is helpful for all teachers to understand how they can modify and accommodate for students in their classrooms. For newer teachers, learning that you need to modify work

Special education programs require classroom decor tweaks. It has to be durable and be able to withstand behaviors. Click to read tips!

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Special educators need a pretty large toolbox of strategies and resources to support our learners. So often, our students can have significantly diverse needs and levels. On any given day, special education teachers might need to take student reading data, modify a math assessment, teach science wit

5 special ed checklists that help you stay organized with paperwork, meetings, daily tasks, paraprofessional duties, and everything in between.

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5 special ed checklists that help you stay organized with paperwork, meetings, daily tasks, paraprofessional duties, and everything in between.

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Challenges with focus and attention can become a huge roadblock to learning for kids and young adults. Simply put, attention is critical to learning. If students can't focus on the lesson, they are going to struggle with understanding the new content. If students can't focus on the directions, they

Progress monitoring can seriously be an overwhelming task. Many special education teachers are overwhelmed at even the thought of assessing their students two to three times per nine weeks. I am one of the oddballs. I love to assess my kids on meaningful goals and use that data to make decisions about interventions they receive, […]

Challenges with focus and attention can become a huge roadblock to learning for kids and young adults. Simply put, attention is critical to learning. If students can't focus on the lesson, they are going to struggle with understanding the new content. If students can't focus on the directions, they

SPOT On Learning (Level A) is a Foundation and Intervention Program designed to teach Spelling, Phonics and Other Things at the Kindergarten and/or First and Second Grade levels. This program can be used with regular education students, students needing extra support and/or students with Individual Education Plans (IEPs). It can be used with young, advanced students. This program takes approximately 10-15 minutes daily, making it perfect for working with a whole group, a small group or with individual students. This program is simple to follow and can be used by a classroom teacher, interventionist, paraprofessional, parent, or volunteer. This systematic approach will provide the skills practice young readers and writers need to be successful. You will be amazed at the progress your students will make using this program! SPOT On Learning provides 30 units (or weeks) of instruction. Each unit provides letter formation instruction and practice, phonics practice - decoding and encoding, reading and spelling (focus) words, and other skills such as: abc order; beginning/middle/ending sounds; rhyming; syllables; distinguishing similarities and differences; differentiating between letters, numbers, words, sentences; categories; sound substitution; etc. These are skills tested on standardized or computerized tests. Included: Student Workbook Answer Key Workbook Overview Sample Lesson Plans Parent Letter Homework Helper Sheets Looking for more ideas? Check out my store: Racheting It Up

Are you hoping to train your paraprofessionals this year? I have great tips if you have a self contained classroom. Read more for...

Paraprofessionals who are new to special education will benefit from this 30 minute paraprofessional training on special education basics! This 30 minute no prep professional development training for paraprofessionals will ensure your team understands the basics of special education including IEPs, BIPs, modifications, accommodations, and more. The training reviews strategies for pull out and push in services. This product comes with a workbook for paraprofessional attendees as well as a training manual for the Special Education Teacher delivering the professional development. This training is perfect for training new paraprofessionals, paraeducators, and special education instructional assistants. You can find additional resources for paraprofessionals below: paraprofessional forms paraprofessional appreciation behavior management in small group instruction for paraprofessionals 30 Minute Paraprofessional Training: Progress Monitoring

What is a paraprofessional? What is a paraeducator? How special education paraprofessionals and special education instructional assistants support students.

Imagine a dynamic classroom where every student thrives & collaboration between special educators and paraprofessionals in special education.

Paraprofessionals in the classroom make our world go round. Whether it’s toileting assistance, deescalating behaviors, or supporting students in inclusion, paras are some of the most involved and important people in a classroom. And teachers and paras should work alongside each other completing day to day tasks interchangeably! However, I am not naive to the

Tips for managing support staff in your classroom. It is important that we communicate often, but that's just the start. Learn more here.

Paras in the special education classroom are essential for helping students reach their full potential. To ensure that paras can provide quality support to

Learn all about the paraprofessional job description, how to pass the ParaPro Assessment and what to keep in mind during your interview.

3 Tips for monthly staff and paraprofessional training topics for special education teachers in the self contained setting.

Working with paraprofessionals can be one of the best and hardest things about being a special education teacher. It can be particularly hard when you're a newer teacher and working in a classroom with experienced paraprofessionals. It can feel weird to give a para instructions, directions and guidance if the para has more classroom experience than you or if the para is significantly older than you. My first couple of years of teaching, I ended up working with a paraprofessional who had been in the classroom longer than I had even been alive! It did feel strange at first, but I knew I needed to get over that. I had to find ways to build relationships with the paras and to show them that I cared about them and the students! Your relationship with your paras can make or break your school year (for your students and you!), so it's worth the time and effort to build a positive relationship with them. At the end of the day, the classroom is YOUR responsibility and it's your job to make sure that you are doing everything in your power to work in a positive way with the adults in your classroom. I've had so many people ask me for advice about working with paraprofessionals who don't want to follow the teacher's plan and seem to specifically challenge the teacher due to the teacher's age or experience... If this is you, just know that you're NOT alone. This has happened to me numerous times and it has happened to many other teachers too. I don't have a magic wand or special secrets that will make it all better overnight, but I have some suggestions that have helped me tremendously over the years. Appreciate what information you can learn about students from experienced paraprofessionals. Use it to your advantage if you're coming into a classroom with experienced paras who already know and have a relationship with your students! Make time to sit down with the paras to ask them questions about what games, toys, activities, etc. students do and don't like, what foods students do and do not like, what daily routines/ activities students are already able to do independently, what special interests students have, etc. Often times, these simple little things are left out of IEPs and other paperwork, but they are very important and helpful to know before you start the school year, so if you can get this information from paras, then you're lucky! This is a small way that you can include paras and show them that you value their input and what they bring to the table. Ask paraprofessionals questions about what has and hasn't worked in the past. I love to ask paras what they think has and hasn't worked for the students/ classroom in the past. I ask them about things like: scheduling, grouping, inclusion time, behavior interventions, etc. This will help you to get an idea of what paras did and didn't like about how past years were set up. You don't need to base all of your decisions on this information, but it can be helpful in making some key decisions. Don't forget that at the end of the day, it is your decision and responsibility to decide what is best for the classroom, but it isn't a bad idea to get some outside ideas and to try to keep the other adults working in the classroom happy, when possible! For example, when I first started at my last school, I had a conversation similar to this with one of the experienced paras who had been in the classroom previously and she told me that each para was grouped/ paired with 2-3 students and those were the only students that those staff members worked with for the entire school year. She expressed her concerns about that and this was something that I was open to changing. Give paras specific explanations and rationales for why you want to make change. Change can be hard for some people! If a paraprofessional is struggling with how a new teacher is changing the classroom, then it's the teacher's job to help the para understand the reasons WHY the teacher needs to make those changes. Instead of saying something like, "I'm the teacher, you're the para, just do it my way," take the time to give explanations and rationals as to why you're making specific changes. I have found that when paras truly understand why I want to implement a plan, that they are more willing to buy in. Don't use fancy teacher terms or acronyms, use plain terms and just explain the basic why for the changes! If you have a para who still is particularly resistant to change, here are a few ways to phrase conversations and problem-solve: -"Let's try this for intervention/ plan, etc. for __ months/ weeks, then we can revisit and discuss if it's working or not. If the team doesn't think it's working, we can tweak our plan." -Use the data and be concrete, "The data shows Billy is still kicking 18 times a week with the current intervention that we've been doing for 4 weeks, so it's time to try something new. We will keep tracking the data to see if the new plan works and we will revisit it." -"I might be a new teacher and haven't tried it yet, but there is research supporting ___ intervention. I'd like to try it for a few weeks and see if we see progress." If you have any tips for working with experiences paras, please share them in the comments! Or ask any specific questions below too! Just please remember to be respectful of your colleagues and protect confidentiality.

If there is one I have learned in my years of working with paraprofessionals, it is that paras are teachers too. My paraprofessional is my right hand and my left hand. She is the glue that keeps us together. I realize that sometimes it is our first instinct to give them passive work because their

This file is designed to allow for paraprofessionals to accurately document student progress and data while doing inclusion. This file contains... - A paraprofessional job description in SPED -A time log for paraprofessionals to keep them accountable and to allow for a way to track accurate inclu...

I am excited to introduce this week's guest blogger, Jennifer from Sped Prep Academy. She is a special education teacher and coach. Jennifer is here to chat all about how to train paraprofessionals using an assistant handbook!

Paraprofessional Training Binder features ready-to-go pages, plus tips and guidances to help the support staff shine in your classroom.

How to guide and coach a paraprofessional for a successful relationship between them and your students, and you and them.

Paraprofessional Training in the Special Education Classroom can be tough! Learn how to make paraprofessional training simple with these tips.

Paraprofessional training course for special educators who didn't realize they would be managing other adults during the busy school day!

There is something about the structure and routine of Michaela's Especially Education task boxes students are drawn to. They take immense pride in showing off their finished work, keeping all the materials together, and putting the tasks away into their rightful places.

Are you hoping to train your paraprofessionals this year? I have great tips if you have a self contained classroom. Read more for...

Paraprofessionals in the classroom make our world go round. Whether it’s toileting assistance, deescalating behaviors, or supporting students in inclusion, paras are some of the most involved and important people in a classroom. And teachers and paras should work alongside each other completing day to day tasks interchangeably! However, I am not naive to the

I’m sure everyone tells you how important it is to train your paraprofessionals. If they don’t know how your classroom runs, have each students behavior plan memorized, and know their duties how can they be successful right? Well, having time to train paraprofessionals is often considered a luxury. We don’t have prep time, they don’t have […]