Category: paraeducator
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Five Hundred Miles– Originally Posted Feb. 8, 2021
One of our favorite things about February are the number of holidays that happen in February. But it is an amazingly packed month of just events that happen. It does seem endless and adding to the fact that February is a compressed month, one feels like they’re running a marathon and it is easy to…
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Through the Dark
We know that our May started in a whirl, guiding folks through standardized testing for a variety of students. Not just state testing, but English language testing for students who have another home language, then the district assessments. And then the world had to stop for Renay as she had to wrangle just the last…
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By the Sweat of My Two Hands– Republish from December 13, 2013
We have discussed in the past what it would mean for a student with a disability to do something and that they take ownership of their own academic work. Just like their peers, they really know when they are doing something and when they are not getting their just due. When you know the project…
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Together, We Can Get Some Where
Renay is on Spring Break and currently looking at timelines for ParaEducate’s next round of publications. But it is not lost on us National Paraeducator’s Day was April 3 this year. We know your daily ins and outs are unexpected and yet you rise to the occasion and for that ‘Thank you’ seems inadequate, but…
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If the Sky We Look Upon– Republish from June 6, 2022
Renay is sitting writing thank you notes. It is not exactly a challenge to her, but to be thoughtful and considerate of every person, this does take some time. But it is not just about the the ‘thank you’. This academic year has been an amazing change. Every thank you between staff is genuine. Every…