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paraeducator is anyone who works in a classroom with students. They do not hold a teaching credential. Many paraeducators work in special education. The paraeducators ParaEducate focuses on work in Special Education with students of all abilities. Some districts call these folks “Instructional Aides” or “Paraprofessionals”. If you’re in a classroom supporting a student with a disability, we are here to support you!

Many of the skills we do provide are very useful for individuals working with students learning English in addition to students who have disabilities.

ParaEducate was far overdue. There are stories out there that I have experienced myself that others have had happened to them. From teachers asking, “What are you going to do?” or saying, “That one is your problem.” in reference to a student with a disability to paraeducators not getting sufficient training to do their jobs, something needed to be done to provide districts, teachers, and paraeducators enough information to learn what should and should not be done.

The main focus project currently will be parts of Project Alpha due out in stages starting 2015. More information about Project Alpha will be released over time.

We are compiling lesson plans to be released for individual purchase. They are released as they are completed.

We are involved in webinars and going to conferences to meet with people who want to learn more about inclusive education.

Our primary interest is working with campuses who are interested in setting up any of the following:

• teams of paraeducators and teachers
• working to improve an existing inclusive model or starting an inclusion model for a campus