A Web-Based Training Model for Preparing Teachers to Supervise Paraeducators

Autor/inn/en	Steckelberg, Allen L.; Vasa, Stanley F.; Kemp, Suzanne E.; Arthaud, Tamara J.; Asselin, Susan B.; Swain, Kris; Fennick, Ellen
Titel	A Web-Based Training Model for Preparing Teachers to Supervise Paraeducators
Quelle	In: Teacher Education and Special Education, 30 (2007) 1, S.52-55 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0888-4064
Schlagwörter	Teacher Education Programs; Supervisory Methods; Supervisory Training; Paraprofessional Personnel; Web Based Instruction; Courseware; Participant Satisfaction; Instructional Development; Instructional Effectiveness; Teacher Supervision; Special Education Teachers; Accessibility (for Disabled) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Laienhelfer; Web Based Training; Lernsoftware; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Unterrichtserfolg; Special education; Teacher; Teachers; Sonderpädagoge; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Accessibility; Zugänglichkeit
Abstract	Paraeducators have been widely used to expand services provided in special education programs. The effectiveness of paraprofessionals depends heavily on their preparation and supervision. Training and supervision are carried out primarily by teachers, yet traditionally teacher education programs have not adequately prepared teachers for this responsibility. In 1999, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln was funded by a Project of National Significance from the Office of Special Education programs at the U.S. Department of Education to develop and field test a model for training teachers to effectively supervise paraeducators. The project has demonstrated that an online model for delivery of instruction can be developed at one university site and implemented effectively in other preparation programs to increase preservice teachers' and their instructors' knowledge of topics and awareness of issues in supervising paraeducators. This article describes a web-based training model for preparing teachers to supervise paraeducators, which may serve as a model for universities in designing new resources for teaching and learning in other critical content areas in the years to come. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children. Available from: Allen Press, Inc. 810 East 10th Street, Lawrence, KS 66044. Tel: 800-627-0629; Web site: http://www.tese.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10