Designed to accompany a film ("I Am a Teacher Aide") used by trainers for enhancing team interaction between teachers and teacher aides, this discussion guide opens with an introduction on the uses of audiovisual materials and a list of specific resource available on team interaction training. Information about one specific classroom interaction…

Argues for more teacher aides, and for teacher determination of aides' tasks. (LR)

This study investigates the current state of inclusion practices in general education classrooms via survey of 71 inclusion teachers currently serving as special educators across the state of New York. Specifically, small group instruction, co-teaching, one-to-one instruction, and planning support are explored in relationship to class size, number…

In "Teacher Incentives in Developing Countries: Experimental Evidence from India"--a paper presented at the National Center on Performance Incentives research to policy conference in February--Karthik Muralidharan (Harvard University) and Venkatesh Sundararaman (The World Bank) present findings from a randomized experiment conducted in…

This paper stems from a longitudinal research project that explored the perceptions and experiences of teaching assistants (predominantly women) who have undertaken a foundation degree. It draws upon Bourdieu's notion of habitus and investigates shifts in economic, cultural and social capital for this particular group of educational professionals.…

The Classroom Appraisal of Resources and Demands (CARD, elementary version) was used to investigate teacher stress among a sample of elementary teachers (n = 521). The CARD measures teacher stress by examining the subjective experience of both classroom demands and resources provided by the school, and thereby attempts to capture the situationally…

Describes an Oregon boardmember who works part time as a volunteer teaching aide. (JF)

The doctoral dissertation focused on: the perceptions of school administrators, teachers, and aides on teacher aide functions in the New Mexico Migrant Project; comparing the results with student needs; functions not ascribed to aides within the State Department of Education and the National Migrant Project's guidelines; and making recommendations…

A status study was conducted to "assess the qualifications and duties of teacher aides in New England, develop guidelines for both pre-service and in-service training, suggest requirements for employment, and list appropriate duties." Data from three separate questionnaire forms was collected for 1,724 aides, 2,139 teachers who had…