Category Archives: General Education Teachers

Little Talks

Posted on August 17, 2020 by paraeducate

Renay has been working with teachers, service providers, and parents across the country and consulting about distance learning. She will be the first to tell you that she is hardly an expert about distance learning. While this seems to be … Continue reading →

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Virtually Ready

Posted on August 10, 2020 by paraeducate

We let August third come sweep on by. Our summer here at ParaEducate was unlike any other we have had before, but we also know it was probably similar to others out there. Before we left work in June, our … Continue reading →

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Boots In the Cloud

Posted on April 27, 2020 by paraeducate

For two weeks now since we’ve been on Spring Break, Renay has helped to orchestrate small segments of online education. To be fair, she also categorizes this version of online education like many have but calling it “crisis education”. Some … Continue reading →

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From A Distance

Posted on March 30, 2020 by paraeducate

Renay was really wrapped up last week with last-minute meetings. Like many other public school campuses across the country, Renay’s campus is becoming a distance learning model for the time being. There are a few things that have happened in … Continue reading →

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A Place For Everything And Everything In Its Place

Posted on December 12, 2019 by paraeducate

If you saw the ParaEducate office, you’d be hard pressed to believe that Renay knows exactly where everything in the office. Except the double stick tape right now. Renay does admit to over stacking, but she knows where the piles … Continue reading →

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Magical, Mystical, Modifications

Posted on December 5, 2019 by paraeducate

Renay was called to task this week for failing to provide any modifications in a class. Before anyone gets on sides, Renay was pretty upset. Though the class has been working on the particular assignment for a month, it has … Continue reading →

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Copy, Paste, Repeat

Posted on October 24, 2019 by paraeducate

Renay is off in a corner making up a math project that she thinks may work for something she will share soon. But how busy she has been has made us appreciate something more this week. There are many things … Continue reading →

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Opening the 2019-2020 Academic Year

Posted on August 15, 2019 by paraeducate

Returning From Summer We are honored to be back. But we need to let our regular readers know that ParaEducate is undergoing some structural changes. We are going to post on Thursdays we know, but after the Beginning of the … Continue reading →

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Counting Stars

Posted on May 23, 2019 by paraeducate

We know some districts are now officially done for the school year. Renay says she envies you just a bit. There is a sense of relief with the end of the academic school year, as things aren’t winding down, they … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Modalities of Learning

Posted on May 16, 2019 by paraeducate

Renay had to renew her CPR/AED/First Aid this week. The last thing anyone wants to do before the end of the year is connect with the fundamentals of human health in a crisis, but in three hours after putting in … Continue reading →

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