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!) Parapros do not have the training on differentiation in the classroom that special education co-teacher do. They do not have the training in instructional methods or the content knowledge to be effective in the actual role of a co-teacher. Parapros should definitely be utilized to make the classroom process move much more smoothly. They should make sure disruptions are at a minimum and that any administrative duties that they can relieve the main teacher of are done.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Thanks for sharing Rated On: March 11, 2015 3:50 pm Rated By: Rezaty