Paraeducator Resources

Council of Exceptional Children: Standards for Beginning Paraeducators
What Every Special Education Educator Must Know: The International Standards for Beginning Paraeducators of Students with Exceptionalities.

Montana Office of Public Instruction Paraeducator Resources
This site has a variety of resources available for download including Montana’s Resource Guide for Administrators Educators, and Paraprofessionals, and Montana’s Paraprofessional Standards & Competency Checklist, along with other resources developed by the Montana Paraprofessional Consortium.

National Education Association Educational Support Personnel
English as a Second Language (ESL) personnel and the community. Good opportunities for contacting other support personnel.

National Resource Center for Paraprofessionals
Additional links, updates on National Conference, and news related to paraeducators.

PAR2A Center
Information for the training programs offered by the Center. These are the programs that are being utilized by the Montana Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD) regional councils for the summer school training.