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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ You have my support. Differentiation with disparate students and behavioral issues puts the teacher behind the 8 BALL. Teachers need full time assistants to accomplish this, and I doubt they have them. Until teachers have adequate support, differentiation is probably just a pipe dream.[/quote]

This is what absolutely saves our WOTP ES - there are two teachers in every class, a lead teacher and an assistant, and when a child is acting out and needs to be pulled out that does not derail the entire class

I also just wanted to add that for kids who are academically advanced at least back in the day we were bored until at least 4th grade in private school as well[/quote]

You don't have two "teachers" in your school you have two humans.  One is a board-certified teacher with credentials and the proper college degree.  The other is a paraprofessional helper.

I've decided to correct this frequent misstatement every time I see it asserted by WOTP parents (usually Janney and Mann).  No dcps elementary allows two full-time teachers assigned to one class of ~25 kids.  Constant misinformation about how many "teachers" you have breeds resentment, confusion and justified calls for accountability.

Your well-oiled PTA funded a paraprofessional aide to assist the trained, credentialed teacher. [/quote]

So for the cost of a full-time paraprofessional, differentiation can work?  But DCPS won't pay this small amount which is peanuts to what they're already spending?  Wouldn't that be small money well spent?[/quote]

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