Category Archives: General Education Students

The Hodgepodge of ParaEducate

Posted on March 15, 2018 by paraeducate

This week we’ve been collecting a trail of ideas but nothing has really been sticking. However, if we just waited for them to get bigger, we don’t really think we’d ever let these posts see the light of day. We … Continue reading →

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Recap #caltash2018

Posted on March 8, 2018 by paraeducate

Cal-TASH is home. Six years ago, Renay and Megan introduced ParaEducate to a Cal-TASH audience. So having skipped last year in favor of SXSWEdu 2017, we were glad to be back with a very familiar venue and familiar faces. One … Continue reading →

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Project Based Learning (PBL)

Posted on November 30, 2017 by paraeducate

This week is slightly less dramatic than last week before we took off for a week long break. But with the rise of project based learning, we thought we’d look at what it takes to achieve project based learning with … Continue reading →

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Process of Modifying or Adapting a Test

Posted on October 12, 2017 by paraeducate

If you haven’t had a test by now in a general education class, we kinda wish we were you honestly. Tests happen. They are a fact of school. Whether they’re called ‘assessments’, ‘quizzes’, or something else to decrease stress, it’s … Continue reading →

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Settling in For the Marathon

Posted on September 14, 2017 by paraeducate

Those initial days when you were trying to figure out how to deal with behaviors, social anxiety, and you’re perhaps making a dent in decision making for academic adaptations. It’s the pattern of enforcing preferred behaviors, modeling academics, keeping track … Continue reading →

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Building Rapport And Moving to The Next Place in Student/Educator Relationships

Posted on September 1, 2017 by paraeducate

Paraeducate, the blog, was moved to Friday because of a special event in Renay’s life that she swears she’ll tell you all about in October. As a part of our back to school series, we’re looking at the process of … Continue reading →

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Rise

Posted on May 11, 2017 by paraeducate

The countdown is on the board. And for some campuses, the days are under ten days left in the year, others are just under twenty. The unique things about the end of the year, students are getting the processes that … Continue reading →

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Where To Put Your Worries

Posted on March 23, 2017 by paraeducate

It goes without saying, special education is unlike a lot of jobs. There’s a lot of moving pieces and not all the moving pieces move at the same rates in the same direction. And the student you just saw happy … Continue reading →

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National Inclusive Schools Week #BetterTogether

Posted on December 8, 2016 by paraeducate

While the week is winding down from National Inclusive Schools Week, we still could not take the opportunity pass up a chance to talk about Inclusive Schools. On the whole, Inclusive Schools are schools that offer the opportunity for students … Continue reading →

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