Paraprofessional Reflection

This lesson plan incorporates collaborating with a paraprofessional, and was discovered through current employment in the local school district. While performing my duties of classroom paraprofessional, I was sitting in the back of a classroom watching the regular education teacher give instruction on the subject content she was introducing, which was liquid measurement. The teacher, I believe would do anything to teach measurements to her students, due to the fact the students were struggling with the strategies she engaged in up until this point, and they were producing less than favorable results. It was at this time I encountered my first collaboration. After class, the teacher standing before me displayed a look of defeat in her eyes. “I need to find an easier way to present this lesson with visuals, so their comprehension is enhanced.” is the statement that produced a collaboration between myself and the regular education teacher to find a more appropriate way for the teacher present the lesson.
With limited time to find a solution, the collaboration was efficient but not time consuming, but crucial in attaining success in this area of comprehension needed for the students. The effective communication engaged in between the teacher and paraprofessional make it easier for the paraprofessional to understand exactly what the teacher expects of the students, and the assistance of the paraprofessional allows the teacher to present the lesson in a group setting with little distraction of the students, due to the students being engaged in a lesson plan that offers stimulation and student engagement, while the paraprofessional makes every effort to ensure all students are focused and on