General education teachers often struggle with how to best utilize a paraprofessional in their classroom. Today Jennifer Hofferbe,r from Sped Prep Academy, joins us to help fill in the gaps.
Tune in now to hear:
- [2:32] Jennifer begins discussing paraprofessionals and their many different titles.
- [4:31] Caitlin and Jennifer discuss how most schools are currently utilizing paraprofessionals in their classrooms.
- [2:13] She explains that step #1 is finding an engaging podcast episode to play in class.
- [3:42] Step #2 is to come up with 5-10 questions for students to answer as they listen to the podcast.
- [4:56] Caitlin tells that step #3 is printing out a transcript of the episode for students to read after listening.
- [5:31:] Caitlin explains that step #4 is having a focused class discussion using the questions and notes from the podcast episode.
- [6:13:] She gives examples of additional questions that can be used with any podcast episode to meet the standards.
- [6:50:] Caitlin shares that step #5 is to reflect on the lesson.
- [7:15:]She gives a few tips and tricks for holding a successful class discussion.
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