TK/K Paraeducators Workshop

Three 50–60 minute modules of this 3.5-hour training with interactive exercises and videos for each segment and subsection make up this program. Each bigger strand will be followed by a brief evaluation. Three major modules of this workshop are:

• Social-Emotional Development
• Language/Math Development
• Para Skills/Needs, Collaboration, Resources, Next Steps

Participants who successfully complete this session will be able to:

1. Recognize the distinctions between a paraprofessional aide for TK/K and a paraprofessional aide for all grades.
2. Identify the responsibilities and function of a paraprofessional in a TK/K program.
3. Discover and comprehend the value of social-emotional development, strong social interactional foundations, the areas of environment, instruction, and the function of assessment, as well as strategies for promoting social-emotional development for ALL students.
4. Learn about language development and how it affects social interactions, reading comprehension, cognitive development, and overall school success.
5. Examine how all children's language development relates to the environment, education, and evaluation.
6. Learn why teaching young students number sense in transitional kindergarten is crucial.
7. Recalibrate the key interactions and tactics that support number sense to better understand how the TK classroom environment helps the development of mathematics.