Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Undermining Paraprofessional Mr. Mitchell's high school special education classroom has nine students and two paraprofessionals. Both paraprofessionals arrive on time, complete tasks, and work hard. However, one paraprofessional feels that Mr. Mitchell does not run his classroom the way she would. When asked to hand out small, edible items for good behavior, this paraprofessional refuses in front of students. In the middle of a lesson, the paraprofessional makes negative comments to Mr. Mitchell. She also gives students 50 cents for snacks and other things outside of the classroom becoming the students' favorite which makes it hard for Mr. Mitchell to control is classroom as they only want to listen to the paraprofessional. What can Mr. Mitchell do to co-exist with this paraprofessional to create a healthy, classroom environment? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) The first thing that you should do is to confront the paraprofessional, and to explain that her job is not to plan for the classroom. If this does not help, then the principal should be informed.                 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: i would not used the word confront Rated On: March 1, 2015 6:59 pm Rated By: eLuLeD