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What educational qualifications are required for paraeducators in your state? Should paraeducators be educated in the same manner as teachers, and be required to be licensed? Rationalize your choices with reference to this topic’s readings and any additional research of your own.

Topic 5 DQ 2

Although paraeducators have valuable information about students, they are often not provided planning time with teachers and are not usually included in meetings and interactions with parents. What should be the role of the paraeducator on the instructional team? How would you optimize their involvement? Use examples from the readings for this topic and any additional research of your own.

Topic 6 DQ 1

Consider the following scenario:

Sarah is a seventh grade student who has been struggling academically in all classes, but her scores have been particularly low in her English language arts and science classes. She has not been academically successful despite the months of increasingly intense interventions that have been in place to support her. The school team feels it is appropriate to evaluate Sarah for special education eligibility but, after the initial contact, the parents have refused.

What are possible reasons for the parents’ hesitation? How would you go about identifying, understanding, and resolving the conflict?

Topic 6 DQ 2

Imagine that you are a special education teacher who needs to support students with IEPs in six different classrooms while still serving seven students within daily 60-90-minute resource services. Describe your primary concerns as you begin to plan your schedule. How will you manage your time so that you can meet the needs of all special education students? How could additional resources such as training faculty on students’ needs, or involving paraeducators, help you?

Topic 7 DQ 1

When meeting to collaborate with colleagues, explain three meeting norms that should be expected? Why are these important to consider as norms?

Topic 7 DQ 2

Based on this topic’s readings and any additional research of your own, what is one of the challenges regarding administrative participation in collaborative activities? Offer some solutions to overcoming the challenge you identified.

Topic 8 DQ 1

Consulting, coaching, and mentoring are sometimes confused as synonyms. Share how these three terms are different and provide an example of each.

Topic 8 DQ 2

Consider the three models of team interaction: multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary. How might a special education teacher’s role as a consultant be different in each model? How about as a coach? Provide examples to support your answer.