Shari StinnetteinLive Wire LearnersCollaborative Classrooms: Harnessing the Power of Paraprofessionals — Running CentersMy classroom provides many different learning environments. I use direct teach, small group instruction, pair and share, and partner…3 min read·Apr 23, 2024----
Shari StinnetteinLive Wire LearnersHarnessing The Power of Paraprofessionals as Data Collectors: Part IIIn our last installment regarding paraprofessionals, Emma shared how she organizes data collection for her paras. This week, I would like…2 min read·Apr 2, 2024----
Shari StinnetteinLive Wire LearnersAs special educators, we are well aware of the benefits of inclusion.Many of my students participate in general education classes “with special education support.” This means I send one of my paras along to…5 min read·Mar 12, 2024----
Shari StinnetteinLive Wire Learners5 Ways I Utilize My Paraprofessionals to Provide Academic SupportMy paras are truly awesome. I have been blessed with paras who have stayed with me through thick and thin. We have been together so long…2 min read·Feb 21, 2024----
Shari StinnetteinLive Wire Learners6 Tips to Improve Your Relationship With Your ParaprofessionalsBeing a Life Skills teacher is a HUGE job that encompasses everything from providing individualized academic instruction, behavioral…4 min read·Feb 13, 2024----
Shari StinnetteinLive Wire LearnersQuestions to Ask Yourself To Make Things Better In Your ClassroomThe time is quickly looming, if it hasn’t already arrived. It is time to put real pants back on, my friends! Gone are the long lunches…4 min read·Jan 2, 2024----
Shari StinnetteinLive Wire LearnersHow and When to Set Up Guaranteed Mastery on an AssignmentI don’t know about you, but I often feel like there is a large thought cloud hanging over my head, swirling with strategies, tools, types…3 min read·Dec 5, 2023----
Shari StinnetteinLive Wire LearnersWhy (and how) I Pay My StudentsI get it. We all want our students to be intrinsically motivated humans who do the right thing all the time because it IS the right thing…3 min read·Nov 14, 2023----
Shari StinnetteinLive Wire LearnersCostume Connections: 3 Benefits and 1 WarningMy absolutely amazing principal has a mantra I have heard from her for the last 9 years: “On this campus, we do what’s best for kids. And…3 min read·Oct 31, 2023----
Shari StinnetteinLive Wire LearnersI laugh at anyone who believes that a teacher’s lesson plan and what happens in the classroom are…My conversation bench is in the hallway, right outside my classroom. When I ask a student to sit with me on the conversation bench, my…2 min read·Oct 24, 2023----
