Category Archives: Appreciation

Learning Modifications At A Distance

Posted on May 4, 2020 by paraeducate

Renay is on Week 4 of 8 for modifying and staying on routine to reach out to students at a variety of levels and keep them going through distance learning until the academic year ends. Like many of you, Renay … Continue reading →

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We say ‘Thank you’, but sometimes it’s the only thing we can say…

Posted on May 10, 2018 by paraeducate

It’s Teacher Appreciation Week, and there are some cute puns around the office. “Why does a phone wear glasses?” “Because it lost all its contacts.” There are thank you’s, there are little gifts from some students. So we do have … Continue reading →

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Six.

Posted on March 1, 2018 by paraeducate

It’s our Sixth Anniversary! Technically yesterday. That is the hazard of being a ‘leap year’ company. One of the things that seems the most often confusing is honestly at what point did “ParaEducate” become separate from “ParaEducate [the book]”? The … 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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Beyond “Stop and Stare”

Posted on November 16, 2017 by paraeducate

Renay was having a private conversation with a parent she knows. “Twelve hours ago, it was an arm’s reach away personal and now it’s at my front door.” Twelve hours ago seems like a lifetime away. Twelve hours ago, Renay … Continue reading →

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Repost– 21 Things That Make A Good Paraeducator from Jan. 2014

Posted on February 9, 2017 by paraeducate

In May 2014, our blog suffered a major melt down, and as a result, we lost almost all our original posts dating back to the blog’s inception since 2013. Sometimes, we get lucky and we find an older post in … Continue reading →

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Snippets of thoughts from ParaEducate

Posted on May 5, 2016 by paraeducate

We have to say, it’s been a hard few weeks at ParaEducate. But we think you’d like these snippets of blog set ups we have this week. It’s Teacher Appreciation Week. And we are proud of many of the teachers … Continue reading →

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14 Things We Love About Paraeducators

Posted on February 11, 2016 by paraeducate

It’s February: what would be do without the little bits of honest love we want to share with you all? Does this post seem vaguely familiar? We may have had one very similar three years ago, but due to the … Continue reading →

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The Magic of Paraeducators

Posted on November 5, 2015 by paraeducate

After surviving the “week of candy”, otherwise known as the days following Halloween, it’s a little hard to put a focus on the things that may be going on in school. But that’s just it: it’s about the point in … Continue reading →

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ParaEducate Celebrates 1000 Ausome Things #AutismPositivity 2013– Originally Posted 4/30/2013

Posted on May 14, 2015 by paraeducate

In May 2014, ParaEducate suffered a blog melt down, causing the loss of nearly all their posts. We were able to recover some of the blog, and we were lucky to find our 2013 Flashblog for Autism Positivity. This was … Continue reading →

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