Janae Montgomery has walked the halls of the same school building for much of the last 10 years — first as a high school student, then as a paraprofessional and, as of a few months ago, as a special ...

As back-to-school commences this fall, in addition to the students and teachers returning to school buildings, somewhere between 160,000 and 250,000–or more–folks will be joining those students and ...

PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Community College will offer a six-week para educator training course this fall, running Sept. 8 through Oct. 17 at BCC’s main campus, 1350 West St. Classes will be held from 9 ...

On a typical school day, Jennifer Saxton tends to students' medical needs. The 34-year-old health paraprofessional, or nurse, at West Gate K-8 in Port St. Lucie would spend her days ensuring students ...

STUDENTS RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM. THE NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS ATTEMPTING TO SOLVE A STATEWIDE SHORTAGE OF PARA IN NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOLS, PARTNERING WITH A COMPANY CALLED 3 TO 1 ...

Schools in the Seacoast area have 16 newly trained special education aides to help ease the shortage of qualified classroom aides (paraprofessionals) for children with special needs. They were among ...

STUDENTS RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM. THE NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS ATTEMPTING TO SOLVE A STATEWIDE SHORTAGE OF PARA IN NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOLS, PARTNERING WITH A COMPANY CALLED 3 TO 1 ...

Nakia Morris, blindfolded and wearing ear plugs, had to make a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich in her own kitchen. It was harder than she expected. The exercise was part of her journey to become a ...

SOMERSET — Lorrie Pierce said that in the 10 years she has been an employee of the Somerset Public Schools, she has never had any training on general restraint of students, according to state ...

But these workers—crucial in assuring that school inclusion happens for students receiving special education—often are left out of the loop when it comes to professional development. Change is ...