The Pathways to Teaching Careers Program was a national recruitment effort started in 1989 to bring teachers of color into the teaching profession. This effort was instrumental in forging the investment of some $50 million for a series of grants that included 26 programs in 66 colleges and universities, located in 43 cities in 26 states (the…

The SMILES (Senior Motivators in Learning and Educational Services) program was initiated in 1977 by Salt Lake City School Volunteers, Inc., a nonprofit organization working with the Salt Lake City School District, as an addition to an established, successful school volunteer program. The purpose of the SMILES program is to recruit and train older…

This study was conducted to determine what the duties of paid, elementary school, classroom aides should be, and based on these duties, what qualifications these aides should have. The qualifications that are imperative for these aides are listed, as well as the qualifications that, while not necessary, are highly desirable. (Editor/RK)

These guidelines provide the framework for implementing the Kentucky law which requires that paraprofessionals employed in the public schools have specific qualifications. The guidelines cover the following topics regarding teachers' aides: (1) definitions and functions; (2) qualifications; (3) policy on unqualified teachers' aides, particularly…

The Pre-Professional Laboratory Experience course is a semester-long early field experience involving prospective teacher education candidates in routine classroom activities and observation experiences on the elementary and secondary level. The set of handbooks which was developed to accompany the course includes a student handbook, a supervising…

To increase parent involvement and meet the need for adult help in classrooms, a preschool director implemented a practicum in a church-owned, nondenominational preschool serving 250 children from an upper-middle-class community in the Northeast. The intervention offered a wide range of parent involvement activities, including the formation of a…

The establishment of a mathematics laboratory, staffed mainly by volunteer parents, is described. Later college student volunteers and a paid aide were added. Organization, training sessions, materials, problems, and evaluation are discussed. (LS)

The purpose of this handbook is to help the teacher learn to involve school volunteers creatively and effectively in educational programs. Twelve steps are presented that teachers should take to involve volunteers effectively: (1) assess your needs, (2) talk with teachers who have worked with school volunteers, (3) request a volunteer for the…

This document reports a feasibility study of state efforts in training teachers for the disadvantaged, a four-state project designed to (1) identify ways that training funds and other resources could be used more effectively in the improvement of preservice and inservice teacher education, (2) create a state structure or pattern of relationships…

This publication discusses the role and function of the teacher aide. First, the role of the teacher aide is described as it has evolved in 12 school systems in the states of Michigan, Missouri, Connecticut, Massachusetts, California, and Oregon and in federally assisted programs. Second, program guidelines ar" provided under the headings…

This guide is a performance-based model for preparing paraprofessionals in a teacher-aide's role. It focuses on the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for a teacher-aide to support a teacher's program and facilitate pupil learning. The approach presented here suggests that the effective teacher-aide has competence in the broad areas of (1)…

The program outlined in this booklet is designed to provide a learning situation for each child which is free of peer and classroom pressure and in which the undivided attention of an adult is available during the learning activities. The main purpose of the program at the primary level is practice and mastery of skills introduced and taught by…

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…