Paraprofessional Effectiveness Leadership Guide

Use this guide to assess how your paraprofessionals, the aides who support teachers and students, are doing, and to plan the coaching and professional learning that will strengthen their work. It covers seven areas of effective practice, from language modeling and instructional support to collaboration and building belonging, and offers improvement moves for each stage a team moves through, from emerging to exemplary. Use it to spot patterns, guide coaching conversations, and shift paraprofessional support from task-based help toward intentional, student-centered practice.