Stratford can help you take the first step in learning more about the work of a teacher aide. Our quality curriculum was developed by professionals and can provide a thorough introduction to the important work of a teacher aide.
Teacher Aide Module 1
Today’s Teacher Aide: An Introduction to the Classroom:
· Partners in education
· Job responsibilities and working together
· Evaluating the paraprofessional
· Developmental characteristics of children
· Exceptional children
· Providing for a child’s educational needs
· Basic gudelines for paraprofessionals
· Building self-esteem and showing approval
· Signs of abuse and neglect
· Assisting the teacher and instructional support
· Informal assessment: observing and recording
Teacher Aide Module 2
Cooperative Discipline:
· Cooperative relationships in and beyond the classroom
· The action plan: theories become practice
· Styles of classroom management and teacher responses to misbehavior
· The need to belong and the encouragement process
· The four goals of misbehavior
· The difficult child syndrome
· Attention-seeking behaviors
· Clarifying desired behavior
· Characteristics of power-seeking behavior
· Characteristics of revenge-seeking behavior
· Teaching students to deal with their emotions
· Avoidance-of-failure behavior
· The classroom code of conduct
· Cooperative conflict resolution
· The school action plan process
· Involving students and parents as partners
Teacher Aide Module 3
Systematic Training for Effective Teaching-Part 1:
· Understanding behavior and misbehavior
· Understanding more about students and yourself
· Encouragement: the prime motivator
· Communication and listening
· Expressing ourselves to students
· Problem solving conferences with students
· Discipline as an educational process
Teacher Aide Module 4
Systematic Training for Effective Teaching-Part 2:
· Selecting the appropriate approach to discipline
· Group dynamics in the classroom
· Group leadership skills in the classroom setting
· Group guidance
· Classroom meetings
· Understanding students with special needs
· Working positively with parents |
We take great pride in providing you with the most up-to-date teacher aide textbooks and equipment. One or more of the above-mentioned subjects may, therefore, change if updating becomes necessary during the course of your teacher aide studies. The order in which the material is presented may vary.
This program is specifically designed to serve as an introduction or enhancement of the theoretical knowledge required for the vocational application of this subject. It is intended to help individuals in the furtherance of their vocational training and is not intended as a substitute for licensing or certification requirements, which may include an apprenticeship or additional training, as required by law.
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| "On the whole, I thought it was an awesome program. It opened many doors for me." — B.J. - Saskatchewan |
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| "I have regained my confidence as a parent and dismissed the doubts I'd held about myself as a Middle School Employee. I am more confident in myself as a result and feel ready to go to work as a paraprofessional and possibly continue my education for a teaching certificate." — S.P. - Pennsylvania |
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