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No Principal Left Behind: Nclb Implications For Paraprofessionals, Marilyn Likins Ph.D.
No Principal Left Behind: Nclb Implications For Paraprofessionals, Marilyn Likins Ph.D.
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More than 525,000 paraprofessionals serve students in schools across the United States today. Their various job titles—teacher’s aide or assistant, speech therapy assistant, education technician, instructional assistant, intervener, classroom reduction assistant, direct care provider, transition trainer or job coach, or home visitor—reflect the variety of roles and responsibilities paraprofessionals assume in today’s schools and in other compensatory programs provided by local education agencies. They also reflect how much the role of paraprofessionals in the classroom has changed.
Paraeducators who have been in their profession longer than five years are well aware of how much their duties have changed—no longer are …