Category Archives: General Education Teachers

All The Small Things

Posted on February 6, 2023 by paraeducate

One of the unique qualities of some of the best paraeducators is knowing when to step in and run at full capacity anticipating the needs of all the individuals in a classroom in any given situation. However, that skill, for … Continue reading →

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Still Waiting

Posted on November 7, 2022 by paraeducate

We had a moment a week ago, where we were discussing what inclusion could be with someone who was in an entirely different district. We know that inclusion feels like it is stalled. That for every child, inclusion looks different, … Continue reading →

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What You Don’t Have, What You Don’t Know

Posted on August 8, 2022 by paraeducate

The school year is about to start. The school items have been on sale for the time being. We have been all too aware that families are struggling financially, and we know that many more students will likely walk through … Continue reading →

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Don’t Write Us Off Just Yet

Posted on August 1, 2022 by paraeducate

Summer has been flying by. Renay has been preparing a rough draft of the newest book and while we all agree it has been long past time that this book is prepared at least in draft form, we are nowhere … Continue reading →

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Mistakes We’ve Made

Posted on April 4, 2022 by paraeducate

Renay was clicking along the other day in a class, preparing some materials for the teacher who was leading a discussion in class and there was another support person. Invariably, while Renay was concentrating, a student became animated and loudly … Continue reading →

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Sands of Time

Posted on March 14, 2022 by paraeducate

We were set to just have a short blog post this month, but then Renay was caught up in an emergency. The good news: everyone is fine. And Renay is fine. But in this moment, we really do need to … Continue reading →

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Ten.

Posted on February 28, 2022 by paraeducate

Ten years of ParaEducate. Nine books. Eight months of publishing our blog every academic year. Seven appearances at Cal-TASH Conferences. Six continuous years of our blog. Five different conferences. Four different states for conferences. Three projects in progress. Two people … Continue reading →

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We All Fall Down…

Posted on October 4, 2021 by paraeducate

If you missed the headline, after seventeen years of working in secondary, Renay was assigned to work elementary this year. Despite the fact that the majority of the students Renay has been working with are just smaller than students she … Continue reading →

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Thresholds

Posted on September 13, 2021 by paraeducate

Renay started this month talking about a teacher she used to work with. While there were things about this teacher she just did not like, there were many take aways from the way the class was conducted that made sense. … Continue reading →

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Take That 2020-2021

Posted on May 24, 2021 by paraeducate

So Renay had a bit of a dust up at work. The internet went out as well as power for multiple times during the academic part of the day. While it was eventually resolved, it turns out it was nearly … Continue reading →

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