He was taught in classes of no more than 12 children, led by a teacher and at least four paraprofessionals.

Approximately 500 teachers work in the district, along with 100 other professional staff members and 200 paraprofessionals.

Ethiopia, too, is turning to paraprofessionals, known here as health officers.

There are 51 certified instructional staff members and 31 paraprofessionals.

A wide variety of training opportunities are available to professionals and paraprofessionals.

It is laying off thousands of school paraprofessionals and teacher aides.

The use of paraprofessionals in Africa is not new.

Questions have frequently been raised about the effect upon indigenous paraprofessionals of the training that is provided for them.

They directly hire paraprofessionals to assist teachers with classroom work.

Budget cuts have already stripped many schools of teachers' aides and paraprofessionals.

The staff consists of 33 teachers, 9 paraprofessionals, 2 administrators and 15 classified personal.

It trained minority paraprofessionals who wanted to become teachers.

It paired two paraprofessionals with at least two years of college.

Smaller classes, he said, are more effective than paraprofessionals.

There, 23 teaching positions were cut, along with 16 paraprofessionals and five custodians.

The school system also employs about 11,000 special education paraprofessionals, who work solely with disabled students.

Classrooms host eight students, one teacher, and two paraprofessionals.

The district has approximately 3,900 employees including 2,082 certified professionals and over 900 paraprofessionals.

Those paraprofessionals cannot be laid off, because their numbers are regulated by a 1980 court decree.

In classrooms with autistic students, there are generally six children, one teacher, and two paraprofessionals.

Teachers and paraprofessionals help with homework and provide computer instruction.

Some schools use paraprofessionals to do the job.

Most paraprofessionals had many college credits and with some incentives could easily have gotten their degrees.

She worked closely with the schools, guiding teachers, paraprofessionals, volunteers and parents in how to help their students become readers.

He would allocate $7 million to hire about 400 more paraprofessionals in kindergarten classes.