Empower your paras.
Build Skills. Improve Effectiveness.
ParaSharp gives paraprofessionals the essential skills they need to be more effective with students.
ParaSharp equips your paraeducators with the mindset and actionable skills to be successful.
ParaSharp online professional development builds confidence, improves effectiveness, and increases job satisfaction. With easy-to-use videos, discussion guides, planning and tracking tools and more, this program helps your paraeducators feel supported and skilled. Empower your paras to better address challenging behavior with ParaSharp.
Use ParaSharp to:
- Clarify paraprofessional roles and boundaries
- Better understand and manage challenging behavior
- Avoid power struggles with students
- Develop positive relationships
- Teach academic and social emotional skills
- Support students’ diverse learning needs
- Create common language between Special education and General education staff
- and much more
ParaSharp toolkit includes:
- 3- to 13-minute best practice coaching videos covering common situations and challenges faced by paraprofessionals
- Summaries and discussion guides for ongoing professional learning
- Printable “Insight Sheet” reference guides for anytime reminders
- Quizzes and certificates to measure and display concepts and strategies
- Administrative tools to track progress
- Ready-to-use training that can be flexibly implemented – use in trainings, meetings, PLCs, or independently
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Testimonials and Case Studies
Midland ISD, Texas
“ParaSharp is a game–changer tool in equipping our paras for classroom instruction and behavior management.” – Jennifer Warren, Executive Director of Special Services
HILLSBORO SCHOOL DISTRICT, OREGON
District paraeducators are “thrilled” that on-demand training pertains directly and practically to their work “without taking up massive amounts of time”
