Category Archives: Support Services

End of the Year: Notes for Next Year

Posted on May 31, 2018 by paraeducate

So it was pretty noisy for Renay at work today. It has been quite a week rolling into the final days of an academic year. Finding text books, finding technology, updating technology, keeping on top of tests, enlarging tests, finding … Continue reading →

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Retirement

Posted on May 25, 2018 by paraeducate

We were actually scrambling for a topic today and then Renay announced she was leaving the pitch meeting to go to the retirement event for her district. And we all thought this was a crazy choice considering the end of … Continue reading →

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Taking Note

Posted on March 22, 2018 by paraeducate

Renay is a bit smug when she walks into some districts for training. She can identify the ones who work secondary from the ones who work elementary quite quickly. It’s because the ones in secondary mostly know how to take … Continue reading →

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Elephants

Posted on February 22, 2018 by paraeducate

In special education, sometimes there is and there is not an elephant in the room. Elephants tend to take the form of questions such as, “When will the behaviorist [or other support service] actually get us something we can read … Continue reading →

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For the Season

Posted on December 21, 2017 by paraeducate

Part of the reason we’re posting so late: we’ve been putting finishing touches on our annual staff gift and well, there were a lot of staff this year. But that doesn’t mean we’ve not thought about this post. It is … Continue reading →

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That Is A Fine Hole You’ve Dug Yourself….

Posted on December 7, 2017 by paraeducate

Behavior is an ongoing elephant to struggle with. Just when you think you might have a student’s specific behavior managed, something else goes awry and you have to start all over again. We know the things we can do to … Continue reading →

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Why You Actually Don’t Need the Answer Key(s)

Posted on September 21, 2017 by paraeducate

For the past fourteen years, Renay sometimes wished for the answer key for certain activities. Sometimes, ultimately though, academics is not about the answer. For example name a river in Europe that changed lives for all who lived along it? … Continue reading →

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Five.

Posted on February 23, 2017 by paraeducate

Renay has been thinking about next week a lot. February 28th is a birthday of sorts for ParaEducate. It’s been five years since the book ParaEducate went live and was available for purchase. To date: it is still our number … Continue reading →

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Wait, I know you can do this….

Posted on May 19, 2016 by paraeducate

As the end of the academic year approaches, two phenomena happen and no matter how prepared you are, it’s a little startling. The first are the great surprises, the ones where your student who has never done the “thing”, usually … Continue reading →

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What Does 2016 Have In Store?

Posted on January 14, 2016 by paraeducate

The New [calendar] Year has started, and it’s been busy days as we’ve returned to work. But 2016 is more than just moving into another grading period and approaching the bunches of Mondays off that happens every year. We’re really … Continue reading →

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