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13 years as a kindergarten teacher and working with an aide

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This is my first time ever having an aide. I wasn’t given much/in any direction of how to utilize their presence in the classroom.

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Coteaching with interventionists

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I don’t have a ton of experience

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Teachers and aides were not given any training. 

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Teachers and aides were not given any training. 

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Coteaching training years later

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The teacher and aide need to be a team. 

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The teacher and aide need to be a team. 

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Station, 1 teach 1 assist

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I have taught kindergarten for a year with a seasoned kindergarten aide in the 20-21 school year. This year is my first year as a second grade teacher with an aide!

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Little to no training was provided for how to effectively utilize my aide in 2nd grade!

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Making sure they are included in lesson planning. 

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Making sure they are included in lesson planning. 

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Build time into the schedule to plan/reflect.

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This is the first time with an aide after 20+years teaching

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Define roles and responsibilities early in the year. Modify as needed.

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Communication is key. This is difficult when the expectations or responsibilities haven’t been communicated from top down. Assuming can lead to much bigger issues than just having the “hard conversation”

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We were given no training

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I have found the more I include her, the better the attitude she has. So communication. But neither of us have much direction with her role and I don’t think she’s utilized effectively

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We work together during station times, she focuses on a skill that we are learning that week. She also helps a whole lot with managing classroom behaviors so I can teach. She works hard on keeping up with the incentives and rewards as well so