Paraprofessionals have the flexibility to provide assistance to all children when the children of need have been served. Parents are extremely supportive of the plan as their children are not asked to leave the room for additional services. Students believe that their need for service is minimal, or nonexistent, and feel boosted in self-worth. Paraprofessionals and teachers work together as a team to make the best possible learning situation for all learners. Role of the Paraprofessional One of the greatest benefits is that paraprofessionals became part of the classroom and were able to help students in many subjects that they were not present for before.
Paraprofessionals are the key to successful implementation of the plan.
They have developed, as a group and individually, into personnel who feel that what they do counts, and what they say will be considered as useful suggestions to improve the program. Paraprofessionals are enhanced by this model in many ways. Seeing the classroom teacher present a lesson to the class provides endless learning opportunities for the paraprofessionals. Also, this makes reinforcement of the lesson much easier because the paraprofessionals know exactly how the teacher presented the lesson. Being in the classroom gives the paraprofessional an unprecedented opportunity to get to know the students' needs and become more of a working partner in the total educational program.