Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Parapro Not Helping In Mr. Franklin's Kindergarten class, he has a parapro that he gets along with really well. However, the parapro constantly does things in class to cause the students to get off task. During the morning work time, she will cut up with the students and call them to her desk. Then, during small group time when bothe the teacher and her have a group, she will get up from her group after the students have started working to go and do other things. The teacher has talked to her about this a little bit. The problem is that he does not know what else to say without making things awkward between them. He believes this causes disruption in the class when the small groups are not being tended to like they should be. What are some ways to tactfully handle this situation? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) It seems to me that the parapro does not have a clearly defined role in the classroom. The teacher is the person that is in charge of the classroom and needs to give the parapro a schedule of tasks and anticipated outcomes for the tasks. For example, when the parapro works with small groups she will observe how long it takes the students to begin/complete the assignment, strategies employed by the group and provide positive feedback to the group. With clear and specific roles, the parapro will not be able to distract the class.