Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Co-Teacher vs Paraprofessional Mr B is an 8th Grade Social Studies teacher. He has two "General Ed/Special Ed" classes. In those classes, he has a "Co-Teacher" in the room. Their official titles are Paraprofessional. Should he expect these parapros to teach like a Co-teacher would or allow them to monitor the students behaviors and help the "special education" students they are assigned to? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I would not expect a paraprofessional to model any type of co-teaching methods because they are not certified staff and normally lack the knowledge of appropriate strategies to implement for a co-teacher. At my school, para professionals do not attend professional learning, deal with the parents, and rarely attend faculty meetings so they do not even associate themselves with the classroom. From my experience, they assist with certain students and help out on different tasks.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: Thanks for sharing. Rated On: March 6, 2016 2:37 am Rated By: habyRa