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  2. Paraprofessional - Wikipedia

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    Paraprofessional is a title given to individuals in various occupational fields, such as education, librarianship, healthcare, engineering, and law. Historically, paraprofessionals assisted the master professional of their field. In more recent times, paraprofessionals have become a professional in their own right, providing services which meet ...

  3. Paraprofessional educator - Wikipedia

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    Paraprofessional educator. A paraprofessional educator, alternatively known as a paraeducator, para, instructional assistant, educational assistant, teacher's aide or classroom assistant, is a teaching -related position within a school generally responsible for specialized or concentrated assistance for students in elementary and secondary ...

  4. Paralegal - Wikipedia

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    A paralegal, also known as a legal assistant, or paralegal specialist is a legal professional who performs tasks that require knowledge of legal concepts but not the full expertise of a lawyer with an admission to practice law. The market for paralegals is broad, including consultancies, companies that have legal departments or that perform ...

  5. American Federation of Teachers - Wikipedia

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    Website. aft.org. The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is the second largest teacher's labor union in America (the largest being the National Education Association). The union was founded in Chicago. John Dewey and Margaret Haley were founders. [2][3][4][5]

  6. Teaching assistant - Wikipedia

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    A teaching assistant interacts with a reading child in October 2006 at U.S. Sasebo Naval base. A teaching assistant (TA) or education assistant (EA) is an individual who assists a professor or teacher with instructional responsibilities. TAs include graduate teaching assistants (GTAs), who are graduate students; undergraduate teaching ...

  7. Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute - Wikipedia

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    Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute, Inc. (PHI) is a non-profit organization based in New York City that works to improve long-term services and supports for elders and individuals with disabilities, as well as improve the job quality of the direct-care workers who provide those services whether in people's homes or in nursing homes and other institutional facilities.

  8. Semiprofession - Wikipedia

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    A semiprofession is an occupation that requires advanced knowledge and skills but is not widely regarded as a true profession. Traditional examples of semiprofessions include social work, journalism, librarianship, teaching and nursing. [1] Such fields often have less clear-cut barriers to entry than traditional professions like law and ...

  9. Assistant Language Teacher - Wikipedia

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    Assistant Language Teacher. In Japan, an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) is a foreign national serving as an assistant teacher (paraprofessional educator) in a Japanese classroom, particularly for English. The term was created by the Japanese Ministry of Education at the time of the creation of the JET Programme as a translation of the term ...