Let's Team Up! A Checklist for Teachers, Paraeducators & Principals

School teams are more important now than ever before to meet the needs of all students. With more diverse, inclusive classrooms, larger class sizes, and greater workloads, teachers increasingly depend upon the contribution of paraeducators. In Let's Team Up, Kent Gerlach provides a convenient checklist to help teachers, principals, and paraeducators understand their roles and responsibilities as they relate to each other. The book offers: o tips for teachers on how to work effectively with paraeducators; o tips for paraeducators on clarifying their jobs and their relationships with students and school staff; o tips for principals on the supervision of paraeducators. This convenient resource will help school teams successfully meet the needs of all students!

Kent Gerlach, EdD has been recognized nationally for his contributions, research and publications on topics related to paraeducators, including paraeducator employment, training, supervision, evaluation, and legal and ethical issues. He has presented numerous professional development workshops for teachers, paraeducators and administrators throughout the United States and Canada. In addition, he has served as a keynote presenter at numerous educational conferences and meetings.Gerlach has co-edited several articles, book chapters, and professional development materials dealing with the roles of paraeducators and their supervisors. Currently Gerlach is a professor in the School of Education and Kinesiology at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) in Tacoma, Washington. He has held faculty appointments at the University of Washington (Seattle), University of Texas (Austin), University of Hawaii and Augustana College (Sioux Falls). He is the recipient of several teaching awards including the PLU Faculty Achievement Award and the PLU Teaching Excellence Award. Gerlach currently serves as a consultant to the Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Washington State Professional Educators Standards Board. He is also an educational consultant with Pacific Training Associates in Seattle, Washington and has served as consultant to several national organizations including the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), the National Education Association (NEA), American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA), the IDEA Partnerships, the U.S. Department of Education (OSEP), Recruiting Teachers, Inc., Boston, MA, and the National Directors of Special Education (NASDE). Gerlach serves on the Editorial Boards of the Council for Exceptional Children (Division of Autism and Developmental Disabilities (DADD) and the Teacher Education Division (TED) and the Thompson Publishing Group, Title One Monitor. His book Let s Team Up! A Checklist for Teachers, Paraeducators and Principals is published by NPR, Inc.