Paraeducator Certificate

 Human Resources

Intended Program Outcomes:

Students who complete this one-year certificate program will be prepared to enter the K-12 school system successfully as paraeducators and will demonstrate the following outcomes:

  • Demonstrate appropriate strategies and techniques to provide instructional support to students of diverse populations, including but not limited to students with special needs, students from poverty, and English-language learner (ELL) students
  • Demonstrate attitudes and behaviors that are appropriate to meeting the needs of diverse populations
  • Apply best practices in classroom management to optimize the potential for student learning;
  • Practice ethical and legal standards of conduct
  • Apply technology effectively to support teaching learning
  • Demonstrate competence in the core skill area and in written and oral communication, problem-solving, critical thinking, reading and mathematics.

This curriculum is an Oregon Department of Education statewide approved program that meets the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Federal Legislation for “Highly Qualified” status.  The core curriculum offers instruction in basic teaching strategies in language arts/math/science, working with diverse, special needs populations, technology, classroom management, and practicum experience.  In addition, general education courses in human relations, communication, and computation are incorporated.  The curriculum is available through distance education courses as well as face-to-face courses.  The Paraeducator Certificate also satisfies some of the program-specific course requirements for the paraeducator A.A.S. degree.

   
CREDITS
A.A.S. Foundational Requirement course   4
ED100 Introduction to Education  
1
ED113 Instructional Strategies in Language Arts  
3
ED114 Instructional Strategies in Math/Science  
3
ED130 Classroom Management  
3
ED131 Instructional Strategies  
3
ED157 Introduction to Mathematical Explorations OR 3
MTH070 Elementary Algebra (or higher)   (5)
ED169 Overview of Students with Special Needs  
3
ED200 Foundation of Education  
3
ED229 Learning and Development  
3
ED235 Educational Technology  
3
ED254 Instructional Strategies for ELL Students  
3
ED258 Multicultural Education  
3
ED280 Cooperative Work Experience (Education)  
3
 WR115 Introduction to College Writing (or higher)  
4
Total Credits  
45

NOTES:

The computer literacy requirement may be met with ED235 Educational Technology. Human relations requirements are met with ED258 Multicultural Education. ED235 and ED258 cannot count as foundational requirement courses.

Other requirements: Students must have RD35 or higher, or competennce as determined by the BMCC Education Department or the placement test.

(Information based on the 2010-11 BMCC Academic Catalog)

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