How to Use paraprofessional in a Sentence

paraprofessional

noun

• There is at least one paraprofessional in each classroom.
• At least once, the paraprofessional struck the teen in the neck and face, the suit said.
  — CBS News, 17 Aug. 2024
• After a few rounds of food, a paraprofessional said Akalis was about to get an award.
  — Meredith Colias-Pete, Post-Tribune, 13 June 2019
• Maybe there is a paraprofessional who would love a few extra morning hours on the way to work.
  — Melissa Willets, Parents, 14 Aug. 2024
• To get into the school system Hines took a job as a pre-K paraprofessional.
  — Lauren M. Johnson, CNN, 8 Oct. 2019
• Josephine Valdez, 30, a public school paraprofessional from the Bronx, did not.
  — Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2021
• The program will require 80 more teachers and paraprofessionals to meet the need.
  — Chevall Pryce, Houston Chronicle, 14 Aug. 2019
• Sandra was a paraprofessional with the New Britain Board of Education for the last 11 years.
  — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 14 June 2018
• Davis has been a paraprofessional in Hartford’s schools for 33 years.
  — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2024
• She was employed by the East Hartford Public Schools as a paraprofessional for over 40 years.
  — courant.com, 21 May 2018
• Many are so emotionally troubled that, even with such small class sizes, each teacher is assigned a paraprofessional to help out in the room.
  — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 28 Sep. 2020
• Ragland earned his own classroom after working as a paraprofessional for a year.
  — James E. Causey, jsonline.com, 19 Nov. 2020
• Bryant moved to Savannah, Ga., in July 2012, and now works as a paraprofessional with a mental health agency.
  — James Briggs, Indianapolis Star, 21 Jan. 2018
• Miles, a paraprofessional at East Middle School in Westminster, said she’s always voted in person on the day of the election.
  — Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2024
• Other after-school staff such as paraprofessionals can earn $35 or more per hour thanks to overtime pay, Toledo said.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2023
• Herrera said there are five classes in the Waukegan program, with 10 students, one teacher and one paraprofessional in each classroom.
  — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 25 June 2021
• If the referendum fails, DiCarlo said the school would lose half of those paraprofessionals.
  — Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2024
• Ragland got involved in teaching after his mother convinced him to take a test to become a paraprofessional.
  — James E. Causey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2021
• Bonnie Anne Albert, a paraprofessional at the school, caught the incident on camera.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
• The documents also assert John made threats to kill the paraprofessional, prompting the unnamed school employee to file charges.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 25 Apr. 2017
• Nor has there been a mandate to share the data among professionals, paraprofessionals, and law-enforcement folks who come into frequent contact with the abused and their abusers.
  — Ronnie Polaneczky, Philly.com, 29 Apr. 2017
• On top of the need for food service workers and bus drivers, Shane Patrick, an assistant superintendent for the district, said there is a need for paraprofessionals.
  — Spencer Bailey, Arkansas Online, 10 Mar. 2023
• Paraprofessionals are those who, for example, assist teachers with large classes, one-on-one work and other tasks.
  — Pioneer Press Editorial Board, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2017
• But the 35-year-old father of three was hired anyway, initially as a substitute paraprofessional.
  — Emily Brindley, courant.com, 23 Aug. 2019
• The Courant previously reported that 25-year-old Jevon Elmore was not employed as a paraprofessional at the time of the reported assault.
  — Emily Brindley, courant.com, 10 Sep. 2019
• Eugene has no criminal history and has been employed as a paraprofessional at Public School 17 in Williamsburg for the past 10 years, police said.
  — Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2024
• Meanwhile, the couple cared for his parents and raised three daughters, including Annette Sutton, now a 60-year-old paraprofessional for a New Jersey school.
  — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 17 Feb. 2023
• At the June 1 board meeting, members remarked on the value of paraprofessionals to the district, talked about rewarding them for their loyalty and ways to incentivize them to join and stay within District 95.
  — Elizabeth Owens-Schiele, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2023
• The squad is the brainchild of Lorrie Shortridge, a longtime special-education paraprofessional in the district, who was looking for a way for students with special needs to get involved.
  — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 21 Jan. 2024
• Brown is a paraprofessional without a college degree, not a certified teacher, so her role in the classroom was limited.
  — Zoë Kirsch, Slate Magazine, 23 May 2017

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024