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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With one teacher and a shared paraeducator.[/quote]
What's a "shared paraeducator"?  [b]I'm imagining a young not-yet-licensed teacher who floats among several classrooms,[/b] but that's just a guess.  Can you explain please?[/quote]
No -- here's the MCPS job description for a paraeducator.
http://montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/personnel/classification/descriptions/description.aspx?fn=6600-602

The shared part, in my children's school, means that there is a paraeducator assigned to four or five classrooms, who goes around among those classrooms as needed. I assume that the respective classroom teachers get together and figure out the paraeducator's classroom tasks and schedule, but I don't know that for a fact.[/quote]
[b]So there's really no significant requirement at all, is there?  I see the college degree preferred language, but it's essentially anyone the school chooses to hire, right?[/b]  What kind of person usually fills that role at your child's school?

Getting back to the original question of how many teachers for a class of 17-18, 22-23, or 25-29 (since it seems all flavors are out there), it seems the short answer is "one teacher" even if there might be some limited supplemental help.  Right?[/quote]

Yes, much like hiring at private schools. I have not asked the paraeducators at my children's school about their educational qualifications for the job.

But yes, if you want a class size of 15 with two teachers, you are unlikely to find that in MCPS.[/quote]

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