Anonymous
11/19/2025 11:38
Subject: Paraeducators
Any adult whether you are retired, doge-d, furloughed, quit, go help out your kid's school. You will come back energized, sad, and sometimes humbled.
Anonymous
08/05/2025 13:06
Subject: Paraeducators
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Do Title 1 and focus schools have a paraeducator in each K-2 classroom?
You're joking, right? They get funding for slightly smaller class sizes. Focus schools get funding for I believe one extra staff person for the whole school, and that's it.
Are there fewer schools designated as Focus for the new school year?
Anonymous
08/05/2025 10:41
Subject: Paraeducators
Anonymous wrote:Do Title 1 and focus schools have a paraeducator in each K-2 classroom?
You're joking, right? They get funding for slightly smaller class sizes. Focus schools get funding for I believe one extra staff person for the whole school, and that's it.
Anonymous
08/05/2025 10:33
Subject: Paraeducators
With this latest report https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1286083.page how does MCPS plan to address the shortage of living breathing adult humans in the schools for this upcoming school year?
Anonymous
04/03/2025 12:40
Subject: Paraeducators
Do Title 1 and focus schools have a paraeducator in each K-2 classroom?
Anonymous
11/23/2024 21:10
Subject: Paraeducators
Anonymous wrote:Do they teach if there's staffing shortage?
They can do classroom coverage for bonus pay.
Anonymous
11/20/2024 10:28
Subject: Paraeducators
Do they teach if there's staffing shortage?
Anonymous
11/20/2024 10:11
Subject: Paraeducators
Does your kid have a regular paraeducator in their classroom?
Anonymous
10/13/2024 13:04
Subject: Paraeducators
Anonymous wrote:The vast majority of paras are in Spec ED.
Orientation? I have been in 3 schools, shown to my room, and that was it.
Teacher never introduced me to the class. Kids thought I was a visiting parent.
I showed up to planing sessions but was never acknowledged; I have a masters in Education and taught at several communities colleges over the last 20 years.
Like other posters, I did it for the benefits. I have a good tutoring business on the side.
Treatment of Special Ed teachers:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1219885.page
Anonymous
10/13/2024 12:02
Subject: Paraeducators
Anonymous wrote:The vast majority of paras are in Spec ED.
Orientation? I have been in 3 schools, shown to my room, and that was it.
Teacher never introduced me to the class. Kids thought I was a visiting parent.
I showed up to planing sessions but was never acknowledged; I have a masters in Education and taught at several communities colleges over the last 20 years.
Like other posters, I did it for the benefits. I have a good tutoring business on the side.
The way some teachers view paras as so beneath them (even if a para has same or higher level of educational degrees and experience) is amusing to watch. The level of C-suite wanna be Principals and Asst Principals with their click clack heel wearing suit wearing attitude is equally amusing - it's a ES for goodness sakes!