Share Feedback:

Feedback builds a working team. While the teacher takes the lead in the classroom, both the teacher and the paraprofessional should have the chance to share feedback. Feedback cuts down on confusion, duplicating tasks, and resentment between paraprofessional and teacher. You may find a tune-up checklist like the one shown here to be helpful.

Sample Tune-Up Checklist:

  • Are we meeting frequently enough?
  • Are we sharing information about student performance, behavior and growth?
  • Do we need to work further on defining job roles, setting goals and evaluating students?
  • What areas would we like to see improved? What areas can we congratulate ourselves on?
  • Are we treating each other as co-workers rather than supervisor and subordinate?
  • Do we each feel free to offer suggestions or bring up problems?
  • Are we both fulfilling our job descriptions so that neither of us is overburdened or underutilized?

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