{"id":5830,"date":"2011-10-06T11:03:49","date_gmt":"2011-10-06T15:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=5830"},"modified":"2019-03-29T10:34:45","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T14:34:45","slug":"aides-v-paraprofessionals-v-highly-qualified-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/aides-v-paraprofessionals-v-highly-qualified-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Aides v. Paraprofessionals v. Highly-Qualified Teachers&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Aides%20v.%20Paraprofessionals%20v.%20Highly-Qualified%20Teachers...\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>Three questions from a special education teacher are answered below with the citations from federal law.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Question #1:<\/span> <\/strong>When IDEA 1997 was reauthorized as IDEA 2004, Section 1400 Findings and Purposes, Paragraph (E)(i) and (ii) were deleted in entirety.\u00a0 <strong>Are teachers\u00a0 no longer required to be highly-qualified in IDEA 2004?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong> In IDEA 2004, 20 U.S.C \u00a7 1400, Paragraph E incorporated (E)(i) and (ii). (20 U.S.C \u00a7 1400 (E)); <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/store\/selaw2.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Edition<\/span><\/span><\/a>, page 46.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(E) supporting <strong>high-quality, intensive preservice preparation and professional development<\/strong> for all personnel who work with children with disabilities in order to ensure that such personnel have the skills and knowledge necessary to improve the academic achievement and functional performance of children with disabilities, including the use of scientifically based instructional practices, to the maximum extent possible;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Question #2:<\/span> <\/strong> There is an assistant in the classroom with a high school diploma, no college, and no paraprofessional certificate although she says she has passed a test.<strong> Can an assistant<\/strong> <strong>fulfill direct service hours on student IEPs with no special education teacher present, in an inclusive setting with only a general education teacher present?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">**********<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Note:<\/span><\/strong> Congress has reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary<br \/>\nEducation Act (ESEA), the statute formerly known as No Child Left<br \/>\nBehind. The new statute, <strong><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Every Student Succeeds Act<\/span><\/strong>, was signed into law by <span style=\"color: #333333;\">President Obama<\/span> on December 10, 2015.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>**********<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong> An &#8220;assistant with a high school diploma and no paraprofessional certificate&#8221; is usually called an aide. Federal law &#8211; specifically NCLB and incorporated into IDEA &#8211; includes a legal definition of &#8220;paraprofessional.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>No, an aide cannot provide direct service hours with or without a special education teacher being present.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to NCLB,\u00a0<strong>all paraprofessionals shall have<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>(A) completed\u00a0at least 2 years of study at an institution of higher education;<br \/>\n(B)\u00a0obtained an associate&#8217;s (or higher) degree;<br \/>\n(C) met a\u00a0rigorous standard of quality\u00a0and can demonstrate, through a formal State or local\u00a0academic assessment\u00a0&#8212;<br \/>\n(i) knowledge of, and the ability to assist in instructing, reading, writing, and mathematics; or<br \/>\n(ii) knowledge or, and the ability to assist in instructing, reading readiness, writing readiness, and mathematics readiness, as appropriate.\u00a0 (20 U.S.C. \u00a7 6319(c));\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><a style=\"color: #0066cc;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/store\/nclb.html\">Wrightslaw: No Child Left Behind<\/a><\/span>, page 200)\u00a0 <strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">[Out of print]<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Question #3:<\/strong> <\/span><strong>Can an assistant with a Paraprofessional Certificate\u00a0 fulfill direct service hours on student IEPs without a special education teacher present, in an inclusive setting with a general education teacher present?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer: <\/strong>No Child Left Behind <em>limits the duties and responsibilities of paraprofessionals<\/em>. A paraprofessional &#8220;may <strong>not<\/strong> provide any instruction to a student unless the paraprofessional is working under the <strong>direct supervision<\/strong> of <em>a teacher<\/em> . . &#8221; A paraprofessional may not provide one-on-one tutoring at a time when the teacher is available. (20 U.S.C. \u00a7 6319(g));\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/store\/nclb.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Wrightslaw: No Child Left Behind<\/span><\/span><\/a>, page 201) <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>[Out of print]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Educational responsibility belongs to the teacher, not the paraprofessional.<\/strong> The paraprofessional is a tool used by the teacher to accomplish her responsibility of delivering an education to her students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three questions from a special education teacher are answered below with the citations from federal law. 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