What kind of goal should I write for students that are in the regular classroom with a para?
Many of the things a para does (e.g. opportunities to have someone re-explain assignments, read materials to them, give oral tests) are accommodations that do not have to have goals. In some situations (I’m sure not at any of your schools!) we really see paras and even resource teachers being used more as tutors. The emphasis is on getting students to complete worksheets and assignments, not really on developing any particular skill area. The focus is just on getting things handed in to get a grade rather than on actual learning of skills and outcomes. When that is the case, there really is no specially designed instruction happening and it is VERY difficult to write a student skills-based goal. Our advice is to assess and describe the student skill deficits that keep them from being successful and focus on writing the goals around that. The key to this is that students’ needs should drive instruction. If they have reading deficits and no reading instruction is being provided to them,
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