paraprofessional
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Ramming, director of Advancing Modoc, a nonprofit that works to increase educational opportunities in the region, said plenty of locals, including paraprofessionals already working in classrooms, would love to become credentialed teachers.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2023
The governor also proposed spending $15 million to give $3,000 to paraprofessionals who already have four-year degrees to become certified as teachers.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2022
The Seattle Teachers Association, a labor union representing more than 6,000 teachers, paraprofessionals and office workers, on Tuesday said that 95% of its members who submitted a ballot voted to go on strike.
From Reuters • Sep. 7, 2022
During the new school year, Cypress-Fairbanks has budgeted an extra $15 million to hire teachers and paraprofessionals and an extra $6.2 million to hire elementary and middle school behavioral interventionists and testing coordinators.
From Washington Times • Jul. 18, 2022
Newly hired paraprofessionals, called "family assistants," worked to locate absentees and bring them back to school.
From What Works: Schools Without Drugs by Education, United States Department of
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