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=Welcome Washington Paraprofessionals!= This wikispace was created especially for you. It will be updated periodically throughout the school year with pertinent information.

Various important links will also be provided here for easy access. This should be your one-stop website!

**Professional Responsibility:**
As practicing members of the educaitonal team, special education paraeducators should be able to document their competence & mastery of required skills & knowledge. The //Credential of Competency for Special Education Paraeducators in Pennsylvania// is recommended by the PDE, Bureau of Special Education for paraeducators to obtain "qualified" status, per 22 PA Code Chapter 14.105 (a)(1)(iii)

20 hour staff development is required each school year

__**TRACK A (Only option for the 2013-14 school year):**__

 * Competency of 10 standards with certification from link below {Competency 10 standards}
 * Option to attend speaker(s) with proof of attendance

__** TRACK B (Upon completion of Track A): **__
 * Pattan videos from link below along with [[file:wsdparaprofessionals/Video Summary Report.doc|Video Summary Worksheet]](s) {Videos from Pattan}
 * Pattan videos from link below with certifications of attendance (no video summary worksheet required){Certificates from Pattan}
 * Option to attend speaker(s) with proof of attendance

Training Opportunity:
ASL Online trainings and practice - []

For more information about opportunities for learning, visit the PaTTAN website at Certificates from Pattan

Videos from Pattan

Competency 10 standards Once you click onto this site the lessons are on the bottom of the page.



Documention of those hours:
Upon completion of the hours please give a copy of certificate, if applicable, and/or completed video summary worksheet, and/or proof of attendance to Supervisor of Special Education, Mrs. Michelle Engle.

School Email:
You can access your school email here if you are at school:

[|School email from inside school]

Or here, if you are outside the district:

[|School email if out of district]

In both cases, you must enter wsd\yourusername and then your password.