[nobe-l] more advice, please

[Smith, Pauline L]

Good Afternoon Kayla and Everyone Else,

Before I got my current job as Braille instructor of adults/young adults, I volunteered in an elementary school resource classroom.  I did many of the things that a teacher's aide would do.  That is, I made sure students got to and from places in the school, assisted with assignment completion, went with one student to her mainstream classes a few times, etc.  Since I do have a teaching degree, I did teach some things, primarily Braille and related tasks.  Actually, when the TVI was absent, the administrative staff became more comfortable leaving the students in the classroom with me than with the paid sighted teacher's aide.  It will be interesting to hear the experiences of others who have done this type of work.  Good luck to all who are job hunting and a blessed and productive school year to everyone else.

Pauline Smith, TVI
Braille Instructor
 

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Subject: [nobe-l] more advice, please

Another option has been added, but I am not sure--paraeducator. If there are any paraeducators out there, can you help me? There is one paraeducator's story that I read, but from what I can see, she works like a TVI does. She teaches her children Braille and everything, but I am assuming that the district she works for is with her school has no TVI, so she is the only support. Now if that is the thing, I wouldn't mind doing it, but something about it does not sound right to me. Paraeducator is a teacher's aide, correct? I've had many teacher's aides and all were sighted. The paraeducator that I speak of whose interview I heard was blind. Please give me any advice, any stories; paraeducators, what's it like for you? Are you happy in your position?
Do you feel like a teacher or just an aide? Not saying that's bad, but, I don't know. Maybe it is because I haven't done it yet, but at my college, it is one of the concentrations for the child development program. Any comments would be very much appreciated.

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