Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Paraprofessional PD
Paraprofessional PD
Professional Development
Welcome to RiverEast!!
Vision
"RiverEast teaches scholars how to adapt and develop skills
required to be successful through academics, school-based
therapy, and positive relationships."
Must complete: basic first aide, CPR and the bus safety
policies and procedure within 30 days being assigned to ride
the bus.
Cell Phones
Use: Cell phones must be turned off or on vibrate during the school day. At
no time should a cell phone ring or beep causing a disruption to the learning
environment. Please remember that all personal calls (even in response to a
text message) must be made during break times. If it is an emergency that you
need to have your cell phone on, you MUST let the building administrator know
that day.
Staff are not permitted to make or conduct personal phone calls or access
internet for personal use when they are on duty with students.
When on duty (in the classroom and on the bus), staff are expected to be
focused on the students (attending to what they are doing and saying) and
redirecting and interacting appropriately. Making calls, surfing the internet,
wearing ear buds/headphones is not permitted.
Social Media
Active Supervision -
Unified front
Adult presence
Prompts desired behavior
Deters problem behavior
Contribute to school culture
Practice what we preach
Active Supervision
At least 4 positives for each 1 negative student contact.
Genuine
Appropriate (culturally, developmentally)
Specific
Continuously moving throughout the supervision area.
Positive
Interactive
Frequently scanning the area.
Head up
Arrival Dismissal
Active Supervision
- Lunch Duty
- Morning/Afternoon Supervision
- Transitions
- Eyes on - (non-verbal)
Behavior Reporting
If you dont write it down, it didnt happen!
Q - Quit
T - Taking
I - It
P - Personally
CPI -
- Crisis - less is more
- Tagout System
- Asking for help
- Knowing when to remove yourself
Points and Levels
All students have a point sheet. Its important to fill it
out as the day progresses - dont wait until the end of the
day!
Now Practice: Each student in the room needs to model taking a break
Chill
Each student can have up to 2 chill breaks a day in the reset room.
Now PRACTICE: asking for a chill and walking to the reset room.
Reset
Now Practice: Staff telling you to reset and going directly to the reset room
If I walk out.
I will need to go to reset.
If I am not able to go directly to a reset the TT Team will be called and I will still
have to complete my reset.
If I am asked to Fix-it...
- This means that after I have reset I may need to:
- Clean up something I have messed up
- Mediate with a peer or staff that I might have said or done something to that is not within the
school expectations
AWS
- If I am assigned AWS it means that I need to go to the AWS room for
re-teaching after I complete my reset.
Remember to stay on Level 3!
We have many students on Leadership Level that are working their way to
executive level.
Make sure to check with your teacher daily when you are on Level 3 to see how
close you are to reaching the next level.
CODES
Code 1: 1 person support
At your tables, work on 5 different scenarios where you can offer Growth
mindset praise for a student. Ex. How would you praise a child for work
completion, turning in homework, or remaining on task? Please be prepared
to share out with the group.