How paraprofessionals relate to innovation within the high school was the point of investigation in a study completed in 1973. Of the 324 New York State secondary principals contacted, 243 (75 percent) supplied information and opinion in response to questionnaires. High school principals believe that innovation is positively related to the…

In order to eliminate some of the titles assigned to paraprofessionals engaged in school instructional matters and to promote a degree of uniformity it is recommended that two types of title designations be recognized, both of which would permit two levels of classification. If the paraprofessional efforts, as written into job descriptions, are…

Results of a 1971 New York study concerned with the role and status of teacher aides indicates that, in many instances, paraprofessionals exceed the limits of nonprofessional duties and heavily invade the professional domain. A 1971 Oregon study established that paraprofessionals were more involved in instruction than were teachers, including…