Paraprofessionals in Brockton Public Schools have been working without a contract and are advocating for a livable wage. The role of a paraprofessional includes specialized support in areas like ...

There’s an urgent push to hire paraprofessionals at schools, with just weeks to go until the new school year. Paraprofessionals are the assistants in the classroom who support the teacher by leading ...

Starting this year, students who are enrolled in Orientation to Teaching II class will be offered a paraprofessional test, allowing them to be certified by the time they graduate high school. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During her first full-time job as a paraprofessional, Priscilla Castro would wake up at 6:00 a.m. to work at a high school in ...

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For about five months, a handful of Minnesota's legal paraprofessionals have moved quietly into courtrooms to answer a potent question: Can they use their skills, under the supervision of a licensed ...