Para Power! Strategies for Success in Inclusive Classrooms

See It to Succeed: The Power of Visual Supports

Paraprofessionals will discover how visual supports can increase access, understanding, independence, and success for diverse learners. Paraprofessionals will gain practical strategies for using visual schedules, graphic organizers, models, exemplars, checklists, cues, and technology-based visuals to clarify expectations and make academic content more accessible across the curriculum. Focus: Visual supports • Visual schedules • Graphic organizers • Models & exemplars • Visual cues • Technology supports

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Engage Every Learner: Strategies to Increase Active Participation

Paraprofessionals will build a toolkit of practical strategies to move students from passive participation to active engagement in inclusive classrooms. Paraprofessionals will explore ways to use questioning, response strategies, non-verbal cues, peer interaction, movement, choice, and technology to increase attention, participation, communication, and meaningful involvement in learning. Focus: Active engagement • Student response strategies • Questioning • Non-verbal cues • Peer interaction • Choice & technology

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Review, Check & Connect: Strengthening Learning Through Collaboration

Paraprofessionals will learn practical review and checking-for-understanding strategies to identify what students know, uncover misconceptions, and reinforce essential learning. Paraprofessionals will explore efficient ways to gather and communicate meaningful information about student understanding and collaborate with teachers to determine when students need additional practice, clarification, reteaching, or instructional support. Focus: Review strategies • Checks for understanding • Feedback • Reteaching • Student learning evidence • Teacher-paraprofessional collaboration

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