For district and school leaders
Paraprofessional training your paras can start today.
6 short video lessons on the parts of the job nobody trains paras for, each with a printable they fill in with their teacher. About 3.0 documented hours of professional learning. It is free, it is already built, and there is nothing to procure before Monday.
What your paras actually get
- EP 1What a Paraprofessional Can and Cannot Do. Three questions that tell you whether a task is yours to do.
- EP 2What You Can Say About a Student, and to Whom. HIPAA probably does not apply to you. The law that does is stricter than you think.
- EP 3How to Talk to Your Teacher When You Disagree. You saw something the teacher did not. Here is how to say it.
- EP 4How to Read an IEP in 10 Minutes. Nobody handed you the manual. The whole document comes down to four boxes.
- EP 5How to Run a Small Group Without Losing the Room. Six kids, twelve minutes, one of you.
- EP 6How to Last: Burnout Prevention for Paras. “You cannot pour from an empty cup” is useless advice. Here is what actually helps.
What you get
Documented hours
Each lesson is about half an hour of engaged learning once the printable is done, so a season is roughly 3.0 hours a para can show you they completed. Not an accredited CEU, and your district decides what counts.
Nothing to run
No seats, no licenses, no roster to maintain and no renewal date. You send a link. If three paras use it, that is three paras better at the job.
Work they can use Monday
Every lesson ends with one thing to do tomorrow, and the printable is the thing they bring to the teacher they work beside. The point is the conversation it starts.
How to roll it out
Send the link
One URL in a staff email or your PD portal. Nothing to set up and nobody to add.
They watch and fill it in
Five minutes of video, then the sheet they complete with their teacher. It fits in a planning period.
Ask what changed
The printables end with one thing to try and a line to record what happened. That is the part worth asking about at your next staff meeting.
Where the paid part starts, and where it does not
The lessons above are free and stay free to watch. What ParaReady sells is the boot camp that gets an unqualified para through their state's exam, which is a different problem with a different price. If the paras in your building are already qualified, the free library is all you need from us.