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Paraeducators are the fastest growing group of educators. In 1990, approximately 100,000 paraeducators were working in our public schools nationwide. Today, more than 3 million are employed and working with our kids. Faced with educational reforms, growing numbers of English language learners and students with special needs, crowded classrooms, and coupled with an ongoing teacher shortage, paraeducators continue to work their magic with our students. They are our link to the community, role models for our students, job coaches, academic and/or technology tutors, disciplinarians, surrogate parents, playground supervisors, translators and mediators. Although they have many roles and their job titles vary, their primary role is to increase independence and decrease dependence. |
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Download complete brochure and registration form (PDF 798KB) This conference provides skill development training for paraeducators (instructional assistants, teachers aides, etc) working in general, special and bilingual education, grades pre-school through high school. Early Registration
Early registration (through March 1) costs $119 per person. After that, registration will be $145. The conference guest room rate at the Wilshire Grand Hotel will be $115 per night for a standard room and $129.00 for a deluxe room. Funding
Request funds early! The state budget includes a 4.3% cost of living adjustment (COLA) for school districts this year. With the exception of declining enrollment districts, most districts are financially solvent, again. Ask your district to reserve funds to send paraeducators to the conference. District sending teams of 6 or more persons (including at least one administrator, teacher or policy level staff member) will receive a discount of 10% off of the registration fee. |
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Schools are bastions of learning, places where the nation’s next leaders are educated and cultivated. While California schools have long concentrated on academic education, a great deal of emphasis is now being placed on student nutrition and physical fitness. With more than 28 percent of students statewide overweight, and diseases such as diabetes and arthritis on the rise at alarming rates for children, the issue of children’s health is gaining far more attention in public schools. Childhood obesity rates have doubled
Increases in childhood obesity have caused a nationwide focus on nutritional standards, and widespread changes in the types of food that are served to students in public schools. According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the percent of the nation’s children who are obese has doubled in the last 30 years. In an effort to address this growing problem, federal and state legislation has changed the types of food served to kids in public schools. But in some schools, the changes have been underway for a few years already. |
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