EDL 522 Human Resources

Welcome to EDL 522. As part of the requirements for this course you will be required to post comments to this blog after every class session. These comments should be a reflection of the readings, lectures, guest speakers, activities, or discussions that occurred during the day.

I hope you enjoy the class and I will do my best to share with you the theoretical and practical lessons that you will need to be a successful school administrator.

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Teacher's Assistants in the Classroom?

I am curious on your viewpoints regarding having assistants in the classroom. Throughout my years in the LD setting, the students I have had many wonderful AND invaluable experiences. My previous superintendent "let all of the aides go",excluding preschool assistants, a five years ago. It was the superintendent's belief that they were not necessary in an inclusionary setting. It was a struggle to adjust to on many levels. I felt, and still feel, that aides are invaluable if they are a "part of the team".
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chad said...

i know as a "regular" teacher i appreciated having an aide with the more "challenging" students. the aid was with those students all day every day and knew "how to handle them."
i also know that a good aide is great and a bad one is horrible. we have 1 or 2 that seem to do the work for the kids - so i question their position and if they should be allowed to return.

February 19, 2008 at 6:37 PM

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