About a month ago, Jeff and I met with Carson's teacher about how he did on his first of the year assessment. Basically, they just want to see what the kids know. Being in Kindergarten, some of the kids can read while others don't even know their letters. We were told at that point that Carson was going to be pulled out for a reading group with the para pro. Well, it has taken a while, but it looks like it started today. Unfortunately, I am relying on my 5 year old for information. He told me that he went with Mrs. W and 2 other kids, one from his class and one from another class (2 teachers share a para pro) to the work room. He said they read a little book and did a work sheet. Thats all I got out of him. I have no idea if they will do this daily or how it will work. Hopefully, I will hear more in the futre, but in the meantime, I am glad they started the group. Clearly, a 5 year old boy is not the most reliable sourse of information!
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what's a para pro?
I agree, relying on the boys to give us the updates is like trying to do a crossword puzzle with no clues!!!
Amy, a para pro is the assistant teacher. I am not sure where the name came from. I'm sure Sandy or Rene' can tell us.
As in para professional -- but we just call them assistants in NC. I just looked it up. Para means by the side of. Paraprofessional means someone trained to work along side a teacher, lawyer, doctor, etc, but not licensed in that field. When I looked up paraeducator (which is sometimes used here in NC, but not for classroom assistants), it said a teacher's assistant, especially one for special education or special needs. Just in case you wanted to claim you learned something new today! (Oh, and one more little lesson, don't ever play bejeweled blitz on FB. It is amazingly addictive!)
In our case, getting information is not much better with a 10 year old boy! Ann Bennett tells me all kinds of things; unfortunately it is all a mix of info in her head. She doesn't tell the whole story from a point where I can understand, and when I ask questions, she is not a happy girl! I think this might be why people homeschool. It's frustrating to have one of the most important "jobs" of childhood in someone else's hands and have so little info about it.
At least you're not sending one to middle school next year. I hear you get even less information there!
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