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Direct linkWeisenfeld, G. G.; Hodges, Kate; Copeman Petig, Abby – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2022
Assistant teachers are an integral component of the preschool classroom, planning and implementing educational activities and supporting individual children and small groups, and often bring linguistic, cultural, and racial/ethnic diversity to the teaching field. However, there is limited research on the impact of assistant teacher qualifications…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, State Programs, Teacher Aides, Training
Carter, Candy; And Others – 1979
This brief guide for kindergarten teachers shows how teachers and teacher aides can work as a team. Guidelines for selecting new aides and getting acquainted with an experienced aide are provided. A teacher's responsibilities to the teacher aide are listed. An aide's responsibilities, including instruction, management, housekeeping, and clerical,…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Occupational Information, Preschool Teachers, School Aides
Download full textCalifornia Univ., Los Angeles. Center for Mental Health Schools. – 1998
This technical aid packet consists of four sections. The introduction, "Why Use Volunteers," concedes that volunteers are not the answer to the fact that schools have too few resources to do the big jobs they face, but it argues that volunteers can play an important role in helping schools do much more to address barriers to learning. The second…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation
Enns, John; And Others – 1974
This report outlines some problems and questions regarding the employment of teacher aides and other auxiliary personnel and proposes some solutions. Three papers are included. "The Role of Auxiliary Personnel in School Programs and Processes" reports that employing auxiliary personnel allows teachers more time on tasks of a higher professional…
Descriptors: Certification, Economic Status, Educational Problems, Employment
Galant, Richard, Comp.; Moncrieff, Nancy J., Comp. – 1974
This updated search of the ERIC system, "Dissertation Abstracts," and the journal literature yielded 78 documents which focus on programs that have trained and utilized paraprofessionals (K-16) with a look at outcomes and potential adoptability. (CJ)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Literature Reviews, Nonprofessional Personnel, Paraprofessional School Personnel
Kopita, Ronald R., Comp. – 1973
This updated search of the ERIC system, "Dissertation Abstracts", and the journal literature yielded 41 documents which focus on programs that have trained and utilized paraprofessionals (K-16) with a look at outcomes and potential adoptability. (SD)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Literature Reviews, Nonprofessional Personnel, Paraprofessional School Personnel
Bowman, Garda W.; Klopf, Gordon J. – 1966
The employment of teacher aides, guidance aides, family workers, and other auxiliary school personnel has increased sharply, but preparation for such new programs has not kept pace. Advantages of using auxiliary personnel in school systems include (1) more individual attention for students, (2) improved teaching conditions with more teacher time…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Higher Education, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Problems
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
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
PRUGER, ROBERT – 1966
UNDER THE NEW CAREERS PROGRAM 16 LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS SELECTED FROM 175 APPLICANTS, WERE TRAINED AS SCHOOL-COMMUNITY WORKERS (SCW) AND ASSIGNED TO VARIOUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA. THE JOB REQUIREMENTS WERE--(1) HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR EXPERIENCE IN A DIRECT, PERSON-TO-PERSON RELATIONSHIP IN SCHOOL OR IN SOCIAL SERVICE RELATED…
Descriptors: Career Opportunities, Case Studies, Elementary Schools, Low Income Groups
Riessman, Frank; Popper, Hermine I. – 1968
The 23 essays in this collection (1) discuss the movement to provide careers for poor non-professionals as an economic and social reform, (2) describe new careers occupations in social welfare, education, the health services, corrections, and industry, and (3) offer guidelines for designing new careers occupations and for training nonprofessionals.
Descriptors: Career Opportunities, Correctional Institutions, Economic Opportunities, Economically Disadvantaged
PDF pending restorationNational Association of State Directors of Special Education, Alexandria, VA. – 1998
This report provides an analysis of the activities being conducted by 25 federally-funded projects across the country that focus on issues related to paraeducators of students with disabilities. A definition of paraprofessionals/paraeducators is offered with a discussion of their increasing role in the education of students with disabilities in…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Definitions, Disabilities, Educational Policy
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1977
The document comprises two articles which examine the use of teacher aides and paraprofessional personnel in schools in Western Europe and the United States. The first article is presented in four chapters. Chapter I presents a rationale for using teacher aids in schools in northwestern Europe. Teacher aides are favored because they counteract…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Education
