When you have concerns about whether the students assigned to you are learning, your first resource is ___.

All children can learn, even those who have very limited disabilities.

The Elementary and Secondary Act (ESEA) was formerly named ________________, specifies that "paraprofessionals may not provide instructional support services except under the direct supervision of a teacher (U.S.DOE, 2002), and the ______________only allows paraprofessionals who are appropriately supervised to assist with special education and related services.

By law, paraprofessionals are required to be supervised by a certified teacher.

Some paraprofessionals actually serve as supervisors to other paraprofessionals.

Under the federal law, who holds the ultimate responsibility for everything that happens in the classroom?

Your role as a paraprofessional is to support the instructional process, even if you are not directly involved in providing instruction to students.

Most paraprofessionals who provide educational instruction work the twelve-month school year.

Nearly __percent of paraprofessionals work less than eight hours per day. (page 6)

Attributes required of paraprofessionals include. (Select all that apply).

Paraeducator, the term used for those working in education settings, is more descriptive and sometimes used for paraprofessional. (page 4 next to the last paragraph).

Which setting does the majority of paraprofessionals work in ? (page 6 under "You may also be interested to know).

Curriculum is usually selected by committees made up of teachers, parents and __________. ( page 22 last paragraph)

Curriculum is the one thing you will have little or no influence over as a paraprofessional (Chapter 3).

Which of the following are a part of the Effective Instructional Cycle? Select all that apply. (page 24 figure 3.2)

As a paraprofessional, you may not be involved in every phase of the teaching and learning process. Your assignments may cover only some of the phases; however, it's vital that you have a context for what you do and understand where your work fits into the instructional cycle.

Paraprofessionals will know what is expected of them even if their roles are not well-conceived and appropriately designed.

No Child Left Behind Act (now the Elementary and Secondary Act) defines a paraprofessional as "an individual who is employed in a preschool, elementary school or secondary school under the supervision of a certified or licensed teacher, including individuals in language instruction educational programs, special education, or migrant education."

According to the text, another term used for paraprofessional is ________________. (Ch. 1 page 4 next to the last paragraph)