Paraeducator, C.C.

Health Services  

Intended Program Outcomes:

Students who complete this one-year certificate program will be prepared to enter the K-12 school system successfully as paraeducators and will demonstrate the following outcomes:

• Demonstrate appropriate strategies and techniques to provide instructional support to students of diverse populations, including but not limited to students with special needs, students from poverty, and ELL students
• Demonstrate attitudes and behaviors that are appropriate to meeting the needs of diverse populations
• Apply best practices in classroom management to optimize the potential for student learning
• Practice ethical and legal standards of conduct
• Apply technology effectively to support teaching and learning
• Demonstrate competence in the core skill area and in written and oral communication, problem-solving, critical thinking, reading, and mathematics

This curriculum is an Oregon Department of Education-approved statewide program that meets the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Federal Legislation for “Highly Qualified” status. The core curriculum offers instruction in; basic teaching strategies in language arts/math/science, working with diverse, special-needs populations, technology, classroom management; and practicum experience. In addition, general education courses in human relations, communication, and computation are incorporated. The curriculum is available through distance education and face-to-face courses. The paraeducator certificate also satisfies some of the program-specific course requirements for the paraeducator A.A.S. degree.