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Shanker, Albert – Instructor, 1973
Hiring paraprofessionals from the community is a way of providing leadership within the community. The paraprofessionals who were yesterday's welfare recipients are today earning money. (Author)
Descriptors: Nonprofessional Personnel, Paraprofessional Personnel, Paraprofessional School Personnel, School Aides
Download full textZehrbach, R. Reid; And Others – 1972
Described is the development of the Paraprofessional Educator Manager (PEM) Model and the role of the PEM in early childhood education. Various studies are first cited to show that individuals other than trained teachers can stimulate the intellectual development of preschool children. The PEM model is thought to provide for the greatest…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Role, Early Childhood Education, Educational Programs
New York Univ., NY. New Careers Development Center. – 1969
This conference report, which includes the findings of the Bank Street College of Education survey on the use of paraprofessionals in education, traces the development of paraprofessionals in the classroom from the Depression era until the present time. While their early use was seen as an aide to the teacher, recent use is seen as part of an…
Descriptors: Careers, Classroom Techniques, Conference Reports, Conferences
Hulbert, C. M.; And Others – Special Education: Forward Trends, 1977
As a supplement to an article on the theory of introducing nonprofessionals into ordinary schools to work with disadvantaged or emotionally vulnerable children, a teacher aide program tested in six English schools was described. (GW)
Descriptors: Contingency Management, Disadvantaged Youth, Emotional Adjustment, Emotional Disturbances
GOLDBERG, GERTRUDE S. – 1966
DEVELOPING NEW CAREERS FOR THE DISADVANTAGED AS NONPROFESSIONAL AIDES PERFORMING THE LESS TECHNICAL AND SPECIALIZED TASKS IN HUMAN SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS SERVES THREE PURPOSES--(1) IT FREES THE PROFESSIONAL WORKER FROM LESS CRITICAL DUTIES. (2) IT INCREASES DECENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE HAVING THE GREATEST JOB PROBLEMS. (3) IT PROVIDES…
Descriptors: Auxiliary Laborers, Bibliographies, Career Development, Career Opportunities
California Agency for Research in Education, Burlingame. – 1975
This study was designed to gather current data relating to paraprofessionals in California who have direct involvement with instructional programs. This information was gathered from school districts, principals, and teachers. The data included the following general subject areas: (1) number of school districts using paraprofessionals and school…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Nonprofessional Personnel, Paraprofessional School Personnel, School Aides
Stemnock, Suzanne K. – 1969
A questionnaire to gather material on the evaluation of noncertificated school personnel was sent to all school systems enrolling over 16,000 pupils. Replies were received from 232, or 72 percent of the 322 systems contacted. This circular is based on the replies of the 139 systems which indicated that they have formal programs for evaluating one…
Descriptors: Clerical Workers, Evaluation Methods, Nonprofessional Personnel, Performance Criteria
Rose, Norman M. – 1973
The series "Partners in Urban Education" focuses on the most important resource available to the urban school and community-people. Parents, paraprofessionals, teachers, and principals are recognized as equal partners in the education of the urban child. The series contains one handbook for each of these partners; this document comprises the…
Descriptors: Guides, Inner City, Nonprofessional Personnel, Paraprofessional School Personnel
Templeton, Ian – 1972
Intended primarily for educational administrators, this review presents an analysis of the literature, previously announced in RIE, concerning the use of paraprofessionals in the schools. The reviewer discusses (1) who paraprofessionals are and what they do; (2) administrative problems associated with paraprofessional employment; (3)…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Literature Reviews, Nonprofessional Personnel, Paraprofessional School Personnel
Wolansky, William D. – School Shop, 1972
Discusses the benefits gained and problems encountered in differentiated staffing patterns. (SB)
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Differentiated Staffs, Industrial Arts, Instructional Improvement
Lefkowitz, Leon J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1973
The failure of the teaching profession to react to the infiltration of paraprofessionals into the teaching ranks, a movement promoted by what amounts to an administration/school board conspiracy, suggests that teachers are doomed to second-class status. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Administration, Boards of Education, Differentiated Staffs, Nonprofessional Personnel
NOSTRAND, HOWARD L.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THE ACUTE SHORTAGE OF PROFESSIONALS TO MEET EXPANDING SCHOOL NEEDS IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO GREATLY INCREASING USE OF AUXILLIARY SCHOOL PERSONNEL. THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES VARY WITH THE SCHOOL'S NEEDS AND THE SKILLS OF APPLICANTS AND CONSIST OF CLERICAL, LIBRARY, HOUSEKEEPING, NONINSTRUCTIONAL, INSTRUCTIONAL, HUMAN…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Bibliographies, Inservice Education, Noninstructional Responsibility
Cazden, Courtney B. – 1966
Projections into the future of schools which are divided into literary programs, laboratories, and community seminars reflect modern trends in education. Specialized books are being demanded in individual instruction, either through homogeneous grouping or programed instruction (literacy programs). In greater demand are libraries with independent…
Descriptors: Books, Educational Trends, Elementary Schools, Homogeneous Grouping
Selznick, Harrie M.; And Others – 1972
Reported was a project which revised the staffing pattern at a school for trainable mentally retarded (TMR) students in an attempt to increase the program's cost effectiveness and to maintain the quality of classroom instruction while utilizing personnel without special training in the majority of classroom assignments. Examined were the project's…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Programs, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation
Matheny, Kenneth B.; Oslin, Yvonne – 1970
The early use of paraprofessionals by the National Youth Administration in the 1930s is briefly reviewed, followed by an examination of the three main settings in which they have been employed: 1) teaching, where a variety of programs has used students and neighborhood residents for tutoring, assisting as teaching team members, monitoring study…
Descriptors: Community Services, Counseling, Nonprofessional Personnel, Paraprofessional Personnel
