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Roddy J. Theobald; Lindsey Kaler; Elizabeth Bettini; Nathan D. Jones – Exceptional Children, 2025
Paraeducators are critically important members of school communities, but there is little statewide research on the characteristics of paraeducators. We therefore use over 25 years of longitudinal data from Washington state to provide a descriptive portrait of the paraeducator workforce. Paraeducators are more racially and ethnically diverse than…
Descriptors: Teacher Aides, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Teacher Characteristics, Longitudinal Studies
Andrew Camp; Gema Zamarro; Josh B. McGee – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
Paraeducators are among the largest categories of public education employees and are increasingly seen as a pool of potential teachers. However, little is known about paraeducator-to-teacher transitions. Using statewide administrative data, we show that while paraeducators may be more racially/ethnically diverse than the teacher workforce, Black…
Descriptors: Teacher Aides, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Teacher Education Programs, Career Development
Goldhaber, Dan; Brown, Nate; Marcuson, Nathaniel; Theobald, Roddy – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2022
We describe the extent and predictors of staffing challenges faced by school districts in Washington state throughout the 2021-22 school year using data collected from job posting websites for districts representing more than 98% of students in the state. These data suggest that school districts in the state faced considerable challenges filling…
Descriptors: School Districts, Employment Opportunities, Recruitment, Personnel Selection