Roundtable: TEd-Forgotten: Where is the Research on Paraprofessional Learning?

• In Event: Gallery Walk Showcase
  In Showcase Session: Gallery 12 - Lessons from K-12 Practice and Research

Short Description

As states roll out new Computer Science (CS) standards for K-5 students, many paraprofessionals are being tasked with teaching the CS curriculum. Understanding the professional learning paraprofessionals receive (or lack thereof) is important as schools and districts ask paraprofessionals to support computational thinking in schools. This literature review examines the current research to understand what existing literature says about professional learning for paraprofessionals and preparing paraprofessionals to support and teaching computational thinking in elementary schools.

Author

• Presenter: Aubrey Rogowski, Utah State University