A Descriptive Portrait of the Paraeducator Workforce in Washington State. Working Paper No. 283-0423

Autor/inn/en	Theobald, Roddy; Kaler, Lindsey; Bettini, Elizabeth; Jones, Nathan
Institution	National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) at American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Titel	A Descriptive Portrait of the Paraeducator Workforce in Washington State. Working Paper No. 283-0423
Quelle	(2023), (37 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Paraprofessional School Personnel; Individual Characteristics; Ethnic Diversity; Salaries; Teacher Student Ratio; Minority Group Students; Persistence; Faculty Mobility; Racial Composition; Diversity (Faculty); Labor Turnover; Experience; Public Schools; Geographic Location; Washington + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Entlohnung; Gehalt; Lehrer-Schüler-Relation; Ausdauer; Erfahrung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule
Abstract	We use over 25 years of longitudinal data from Washington state to provide a descriptive portrait of the paraeducator workforce in the state. Paraeducators are more racially and ethnically diverse than special education teachers, particularly in the last decade, and tend to be less experienced. They also have full-time salaries that are about half of the average special education teacher salary. Paraeducator-to-student ratios have decreased over time in the state, but they are higher in schools serving more students of color. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, paraeducator attrition rates from the state's public school workforce have increased dramatically over time; for example, the paraeducator attrition rate after the 2021-22 school year (23%) was over twice as high as the attrition rate after the 2008-09 school year (8%). These findings have implications for how policymakers and school leaders should approach decision-making related to the paraeducator workforce, as well as how researchers might approach further research with this group of educators. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01