Category Archives: Shutdown

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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Eyes On the Prize

Posted on December 7, 2020 by paraeducate

When Renay was in college, sometimes an upper class student would wander by Renay’s desk that first year and whisper, ‘eyes on the prize’. It was an odd mantra to a first year student in architecture whose personal goals were … Continue reading →

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Turn This Thing Around

Posted on October 12, 2020 by paraeducate

Grades have come out for some students or are about to for others, depending on their age. But here we have a chance to look at what the students are doing (or not doing). And again, every year we sit … Continue reading →

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Running Silent

Posted on August 24, 2020 by paraeducate

We really have been caught up this week in the frenzy that has been sending our book to the publisher. The long-awaited The Odyssey in Stick Figures has been finally sent over and we are waiting for a few green … 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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How Far I [Should] Go

Posted on April 6, 2020 by paraeducate

Renay is technically on spring break, however, ParaEducate is not. The question we keep getting is what should a paraeducator do on digital learning? For distance learning, every platform is different, and then there is the question of equity. While … 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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Will You Sit Beside Me…

Posted on March 23, 2020 by paraeducate

Renay has been on repeated conference calls last week through the weekend. Not just about work, and not all about ParaEducate either. First of all, we got on a bit of a major project. We’re trying to help a rather … Continue reading →

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Education, Law, and Other Things

Posted on March 16, 2020 by paraeducate

When Renay got word on Friday that her district was closing, there were still a lot of questions, but here we are on Monday, running a blog post. Firstly, we hope you and your family are safe. Above all else. … Continue reading →

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