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Direct linkRoddy 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
Nurit Kaplan Toren; Mila Schwartz – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of a professional development (PD) program on preschool teacher assistants' (TAs) attitudes toward multilingualism and self-efficacy in working with linguistically and culturally diverse children (LCDC) and their parents. The study was conducted in a northern peripheral city in Israel that reflects…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Faculty Development, Teacher Aides, Preschool Education
