Tag: paraeducators
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The Pain Is Real
Renay had a call over the school emergency radio. While it was not her student directly, it will have implications for the upcoming weeks and for the entire school year. Renay has many students both on her caseload and within her department that have her work with both the district Behaviorist and the home ABA…
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Thirteen.
Our year thirteen starts at the start of what we can only assume is the flurry of chaos before chaos unlocks all the doors. We are prepared to answer the stand for the students with disabilities and students in public education in general. To be clear, we will always advocate for students with disabilities. We…
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Camera Panning Up
Renay was working on scheduling the other day. Processing both student and adult schedules and trying to make the complexities work of work. She was comparing student needs and personality against adult personalities and skills. While this is the real work that helps provide success in the classroom, this is also about knowing that students…
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Five Resolutions for Paraeducators in 2014– Originally Posted Jan. 12, 2014
Before I get too far into this week’s post, I want to piggy back onto last week’s post from Megan. When I agreed to ParaEducate (the company), it solved a few things. Firstly, it solved how to address publishing ParaEducate and it introduced something near and dear to my heart: academic modifications. ParaEducate is going…
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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…