Top 5 Tips For Utilizing Paraeducators

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

9:00 AM – 9:20 AM East Coast USA Time

Location: A708

Session Type: Contributed Talk

Presenter(s)

Victoria Webb (she/her/hers)

Special Education Director
Mountain Heights Academy
Washington, UT, United States
Amanda Lyons (she/her/hers)

Paraeducator Department Team Lead
Mountain Heights Academy
Pflugerville, TX, United States
DeLaina Tonks, PhD

Executive Director
Mountain Heights Academy
WEST JORDAN, Utah, United States

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Abstract Description :

In this session we wil share with you our top 5 tips for maximizing your Sped Para time in the online world. You will walk away with tools you can use right away to build and support a powerful paraeducator program.

If someone was doing a search for your session in the program what 5 words might they use to search for and find your session.: paraeducator special education tips
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this session, participants will walk away with tools they can use right away to build and support a powerful paraeducator program.
At the end of this session, participants will understand how a strong paraeducator program leads to student success.
At the end of this session, participants will have a framework to increase paraeducator retention and job satisfaction.