Roles for Education Paraprofessionals in Effective Schools: An Idea Book

摘要

Educational paraprofessionals can provide strong, multidimensional support forstudents; academic success. This Idea Book offers decisionmakers and program planners an overview of strategies that can enhance the contributions of paraprofessionals to school and classroom effectiveness. This volume begins with a summary of the history of paraprofessionals' roles in education and brief descriptions of the present workforce and factors associated with this type of work. Then the authors offer three approaches to thinking about school effectiveness as frameworks, to help school personnel assess whether investments in hiring or training paraprofessionals are the best way to help children reach challenging academic standards in a given situation.