Teaching assistants are in-demand educational professionals in K-12 public and private schools, as well as in daycare settings. Also referred to as paraprofessionals, paraeducators, teacher aides, or ...

For 24 years, Peniana Arguelles has worked as a special education assistant in Los Angeles public schools. At Menlo Avenue Elementary School in South Los Angeles she feeds children who can’t hold a ...

Learning Assistants (LAs) are pedagogically trained undergraduate students who collaborate with faculty to create active, student-centered classrooms. As part of their role, LAs take a credit-bearing ...

Beatrice Garcia credits the special education classroom assistants at Henderson Elementary in Englewood for helping her son speak. “He hasn’t been verbal,” said Garcia. “But now that he’s been with ...

Jeffrey Hunt, assistant director for the Tutoring and Academic Support Center, reflects on the creation of the University’s ...

Inclusive education, as a paradigm, seeks to integrate all learners—including those with special educational needs—into mainstream classrooms through the provision of tailored support and adaptive ...

The University’s Learning Assistant Program enables students to serve as tutors in the classroom. They offer support to their peers by being present in classes and by offering office hours. They are ...

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When the first participation question popped up on the first day of a higher-level University of Iowa STEM class, I raised my hand, looked around, and waited for an undergraduate learning assistant so ...

When students think of learning at Dartmouth, they might picture a professor at the board, writing out equations as rows of undergraduates frantically scribble notes. However, plenty of learning ...