Perspectives on the Duties and Responsibility of paraprofessional Support

 The first duty of the para educator is to get some general information about the disability of the student manifests, and the particular way in which symptoms affect him or her. 

 The second important duty the para educators is about obtaining some general information about the students learning style, preferences, and needs so that tasks and activities can be presented in a manner that facilities learning. Example: if careful observation reveals that particular students learns best visually (as is usually the case with ASD), then a heavy input on the student s auditory would be inimical to his or her best learning interest. 

 Another very important duty of a para educator is to, first and foremost maintain confidentiality. It is not just using names, rather of maintaining silence. Confidentiality should also extend to others at school.

 Further, if you are to perform the important job you have to do the best of your ability, you need to know the expectations of the teacher with whom you work. In the perfect world, the teacher would clearly delineate them so that you know; this is not a perfect world, so some of the responsibility for obtaining this responsibility falls on the para educator. Be proactive! Find out what the teacher expects of you by asking direct questions. After all, the quality of your performance is directly related to the quality of the information you receive regarding what is expected and what is not.