Setting Paraprofessionals Up for Success

[@lisandraromanbromfield8989]

What state do you work in? I love the amazing thing you are doing in the classroom. As a first year ASD teacher I don’t know where to begin.

[@theautismhelper]

Illinois! Check out this episode of my podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-35-how-to-be-new-teacher-how-to-help-new-teacher/id1443908794?i=1000446170658. And also episodes 28-34 - the classroom setup series! I also have a Professional Development Membership that may be a good fit for you! I provide ongoing training and consultation. Enrollment is open through August 19th! Learn more here: shop.theautismhelper.com/pages/membership

[@horse_chick]

This is amazing.

[@theautismhelper]

Thanks for watching!

[@KellyMcNamara-c4g]

Is there a way for you to share what your schedule look like ? And also your schedule online? New teacher in an 8:1:3 this year.

[@theautismhelper]

Check out this post! theautismhelper.com/keeping-organized-with-schedules/

[@Serge165]

@1:13 - It is @1:55 - Ohai comm board its been too long. @2:13 - See? that's fair, you have goals, the students have goals etc @2:43 - Pretty much @3:22 - I think I've seen one of those before

[@theautismhelper]

Thanks for watching!

[@Serge165]

@@theautismhelper hey no problem. You have good insights and are also supportive of me. To this day, I still work on developing ideas for supports. based on the good and the bad

[@sensationalinsecondary678]

What is the best way to do these sorts of things with paras that may have been around for a long, long time and you are new to the school and county.

[@theautismhelper]

Definitely invest time in staff training and showing them how to run parts of the classroom!

[@Syeda-angels]

Hi dear, How many students u hv in your class and what are the disabilities, I am a new special ed teacher and I want to learn how to manage and improve the students with different disabilities.

[@theautismhelper]

I have 8 students with a variety of disabilities including autism, Down Syndrome, and rare genetic disorders. All of my students have significant disabilities.

[@Syeda-angels]

Thankyou so much

[@ZanyProductionz]

what is PLC time?

[@theautismhelper]

Professional Learning Communities - basically collaboration time with fellow teachers

[@ZanyProductionz]

If you are the new teacher with paras who have been in the classroom and have seen teachers come and go, how do they respond to the training manual and staff binder? They might be thinking that they know these things and be offended that I've put it together for them. Even though we are a team, there are a lot of big egos. I don't want to start the year offending anyone and I want to respect their position and longevity. thoughts?

[@theautismhelper]

I was in that exact position. I explained to my paras that I wanted everyone on the same page, for them to have a reference to know how to do things if they had questions. We have collaboration time to talk through sticky points in our day and how to handle them as a team. I always take a team approach and consider their input. We come up with goals as a team - and that's in the staff binder!