To Boost Literacy, This Queens School Is Training Support Staff to Teach Reading
October 7, 2019
By: Alex Zimmerman
Source: Chalkbeat
When Eileen Bramer began as a school aide at Long Island City’s P.S. 111 in 1986, the job mostly involved doing whatever the teachers asked of her and remaining “more in the background.”
Three decades later, Bramer is still technically an assistant, but her role has changed dramatically: She and her fellow assistant teachers — also known as paraprofessionals — are now on the front lines of her school’s efforts to improve reading instruction.