How to Use paraprofessional in a Sentence

paraprofessional

noun
  • There is at least one paraprofessional in each classroom.
  • At least once, the paraprofessional struck the teen in the neck and face, the suit said.
    — CBS News, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Maybe there is a paraprofessional who would love a few extra morning hours on the way to work.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 14 Aug. 2024
  • After a few rounds of food, a paraprofessional said Akalis was about to get an award.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Post-Tribune, 13 June 2019
  • Ragland earned his own classroom after working as a paraprofessional for a year.
    — James E. Causey, jsonline.com, 19 Nov. 2020
  • To get into the school system Hines took a job as a pre-K paraprofessional.
    — Lauren M. Johnson, CNN, 8 Oct. 2019
  • Davis has been a paraprofessional in Hartford’s schools for 33 years.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2024
  • No criminal charges are listed in online court records for the paraprofessional or any of the employees named in the suit.
    — CBS News, 17 Aug. 2024
  • The program will require 80 more teachers and paraprofessionals to meet the need.
    — Chevall Pryce, Houston Chronicle, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Ragland got involved in teaching after his mother convinced him to take a test to become a paraprofessional.
    — James E. Causey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2021
  • Many are so emotionally troubled that, even with such small class sizes, each teacher is assigned a paraprofessional to help out in the room.
    — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Rank has been a paraprofessional at the school for the past seven years, working one-on-one with students with disabilities.
    — Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Children, alas, are weak and wasteful by nature, to say nothing of a child who needs a wheelchair, a hearing aid, or a paraprofessional.
    — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The paraprofessional instructed the victim to delete all of the messages.
    — Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Josephine Valdez, 30, a public school paraprofessional from the Bronx, did not.
    — Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2021
  • With a paraprofessional in the room most of the day, the classes could go up to 22 for kindergarten and 28 for the older grades.
    — Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Paraprofessionals are those who, for example, assist teachers with large classes, one-on-one work and other tasks.
    — Pioneer Press Editorial Board, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2017
  • Teachers get help from 10 paraprofessionals who float around the school's 17 classrooms.
    — Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The union is made up of teachers, mental health providers, paraprofessionals, bus drivers and other school employees.
    — Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Other after-school staff such as paraprofessionals can earn $35 or more per hour thanks to overtime pay, Toledo said.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2023
  • This includes a decrease in paraprofessionals at the district's Montessori schools and cuts to social workers.
    — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 June 2025
  • But the 35-year-old father of three was hired anyway, initially as a substitute paraprofessional.
    — Emily Brindley, courant.com, 23 Aug. 2019
  • If the referendum fails, DiCarlo said the school would lose half of those paraprofessionals.
    — Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Five teachers, 11 paraprofessionals, five non-union staff, and two long-term substitute teachers were let go on Friday.
    — Samantha Chaney, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Bonnie Anne Albert, a paraprofessional at the school, caught the incident on camera.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Herrera said there are five classes in the Waukegan program, with 10 students, one teacher and one paraprofessional in each classroom.
    — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 25 June 2021
  • The documents also assert John made threats to kill the paraprofessional, prompting the unnamed school employee to file charges.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 25 Apr. 2017
  • The funding pays for paraprofessionals to help children with autism function and adapt to general classroom environments.
    — K. Ward Cummings, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Nor has there been a mandate to share the data among professionals, paraprofessionals, and law-enforcement folks who come into frequent contact with the abused and their abusers.
    — Ronnie Polaneczky, Philly.com, 29 Apr. 2017
  • Some make millions of dollars each year in their positions, while the starting wage at the school is $30 an hour for paraprofessionals, according to a salary database.
    — Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 29 Oct. 2025

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