This week our Para Professionals were able to participate in a technology training designed specifically for them. We believe that our campuses benefit from our paras and the more opportunity we give them to grow the more impact it can have on our students.
Our paras often work with our students in small groups providing support for previous instruction, therefore we provided them with the support tool of United Streaming. They learned how to search out videos that are related to the content in which they are supporting. It was exciting to hear them say, this would be perfect to help “so and so.” “So and so” will benefit from this….
Our paras are also often asked to work with teachers and/or students on special projects. These projects often require them to use a digital camera or video camera, so therefore we used a portion of our time to investigate these tools with them. After learning how they worked and how to use them we talked about ways they could use them in their roles on our campus. You can hear their excitement as they said things like, “We can use this when…” or “This would be perfect for…”
It is good to know they are excited about growing in their knowledge and that they are eager to implement their new knowledge for the students!
