Paraprofessionals As special education teachers, it tends to be our responsibility to guide a  paraprofessional.  Even if it is not officially our job responsibility, our paras are working with our students, and we want to make sure that they know what they are supposed to be doing so we tend to take this on. Who are they? If you are unfamiliar, a paraprofessional is someone who works in your school, but usually is not a licensed teacher.  In my experience, a lot of paras are working towards their license, or are newly licensed and are trying to get their foot in the door.  I have also worked with some paras…