Category Archives: Morale

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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On Repeat

Posted on February 7, 2022 by paraeducate

If we had a dollar for every time we heard “..but they’ll get noting from [that].”, ParaEducate would easily be traded publically. The expression comes from the belief some people, and then even a subset of people with disabilities, have … 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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Follow Me

Posted on May 17, 2021 by paraeducate

Renay is in the ParaEducate office tinkering away on her final presentation for her student teaching assignments and so that left our weekly blog a little underdeveloped. But as Social-Emotional Learning connections go, this one came to our attention this … Continue reading →

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Move Mountains: Work a Miracle

Posted on April 5, 2021 by paraeducate

If you haven’t been back on campus, most campuses are in progress of transitioning back to in person or a variation of in person. And for those of you who have been off campus since last March: this is a … Continue reading →

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Traditions

Posted on November 2, 2020 by paraeducate

It is the beginning of November and weeks and days are pretty much blending together. Grades are showing up for most students by this point or they are about to. And in the world of technology that now dominates the … Continue reading →

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October Is Hard. October Distance Learning is Harder.

Posted on September 28, 2020 by paraeducate

Renay admitted this week, she is a little sick of hearing her coworkers ask when we will ‘return’. But this got us thinking. This last week had not gone according to anyone’s plan. First there was an internet provider outage. … 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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In The Middle

Posted on February 10, 2020 by paraeducate

The middle months of the school year can lull one into a false sense of complacency. And then suddenly there are a series of behaviors you haven’t seen since September. And you will have to repeat all the systems you … Continue reading →

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Laugh. Educate.

Posted on November 7, 2019 by paraeducate

When the week has been hard because all the students can think about is a day off, you can feel like you are just counting the minutes along with the students. But there are some moments of clarity. Renay has … Continue reading →

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