Paraeducator, (AAS)

Human Resources

Intended Program Outcomes:

Students who complete this degree program will be prepared to enter the K-12 school system successfully as a paraeducator 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 core skill area and in written and oral communication, problem-solving, critical thinking, reading, and mathematics

NOTE: Students intending to transfer should not choose the AAS pathway; but rather the AAOT. Please check with your advisor.