Article described how students working towards a Bachelors degree in education volunteered to help relieve teachers of tasks that were not involved with instruction. (RK)

RIO HONDO JUNIOR COLLEGE ESTABLISHED A 2-YEAR PROGRAM TO TRAIN TEACHER AIDES FOR SERVICE IN THE LOS NIETOS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS REPORT (1) TRACES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TEACHER AIDE PROGRAM, (2) DESCRIBES THE CURRICULUM LEADING TO THE AA DEGREE, (3) OUTLINES THE COURSE CONTENT, (4) PRESENTS SAMPLES OF AN ATTITUDE SCALE AND OF AN…

The Instructional Aide Program (Shoreline Community College, Seattle, Washington) is a flexible curriculum designed to prepare students to meet the paraprofessional manpower needs of several kinds of institution. It was prepared after consultation with representatives of the schools, the YMCA, and the country park system. Other agencies still to…

This guide is designed both to explain the Drake University Teacher Aide Program to teachers cooperating with the program, and to provide the aide with practical and effective ways of providing service to the cooperating teacher. Two college courses make up this program: one for elementary education majors, and one for secondary education majors.…

A demonstration was designed in Butte, Montana, to experiment with the use of volunteers in a homebound method of adult basic education in urban areas. A two week intensive training session was conducted for six trained teachers, twelve teacher aides, and thirty volunteers. These were divided into teams composed of a teacher, two teacher aides,…

This essay is in two parts. The first section contains information about teacher aides, based on experience in the United States and Canada. Aides are becoming increasingly popular in both countries. Their effect on schools is generally to allow a redistribution of teacher time, to increase teachers' job satisfaction, and to increase teacher…

The District of Columbia 1971 Workshop, sponsored by Project VOICE, dealt with the recruiting and retraining of volunteers in education. Following program excerpts and summaries of two operating programs and a film, the participants were divided into four problem solving groups: elementary schools (two groups), junior high schools, and the…

The roles of native teacher aides and home-school coordinators are discussed. (NQ)

Described is the contract for the CASE (Career Associate in Special Education) program designed to structure and formalize the relation between practicum objectives and student behaviors. The contract has resulted in the elimination of several undesirable or unprofessional work-related behaviors and poor work habits. (JMF)

Goals of a learning center for the severely handicapped should include individualized instruction (both academic and nonacademic); student independence; and increased self-control, attention span, and concentration. An aide should supervise the center, while the teacher provides individualized instruction. (JC)

Paraeducators were first introduced into American classrooms in response to teacher shortages during the early years of the post-World War II baby boom. Today, they are major participants in the delivery of education and special services, from early childhood through high school, for children with and without disabilities, and for those who speak…

Discusses the changing role of the teacher aide in the Minneapolis public schools. The article is based on results of an attitude questionnaire completed by teachers and aides. (DP)

A method is presented which permits teachers to use volunteers to conduct programed instruction and use behavior modification methods in preschool settings for severely handicapped children. (KW)