Paraprofessionals are frequently the largest group of staff in a district and the group least likely to have a real rubric. Many are evaluated on a one page checklist, or not formally evaluated at all.
The role is genuinely different: instructional support delivered under the direction of a teacher, personal care, behavior support and supervision, with responsibility but not autonomy.
What we provide
A rubric written for this role on the same four-domain structure your administrators already use, in both the 2013 and 2022 editions.
The rubric derives from Danielson consulting work published by state education agencies. The 2022 edition is our own.
17 components across 4 domains, written for this role rather than borrowed from the classroom teacher rubric.
Planning and Preparation
Learning Environment
Supporting Instruction
Professional Responsibilities
Each component carries level-of-performance descriptors in all four levels, written in first, second and third person so self-assessments and evaluations read correctly from the same source. Ask us for the full rubric and we will walk you through it.
More than the rubric
Evidence can come from instructional and behavior support work, on the same cycle as certified staff. The rubric is not a document you print and fill in. It is built into software that runs the whole cycle: observations scheduled and recorded, rubric language inserted into the evaluation for you, self assessments and professional development plans running against the same rubric, and district reporting at the end of the year.
Plenty of districts already have the right rubric sitting in a filing cabinet. The work is in running the cycle with it. See how the software works → See the other 13 roles
Tell us how many paraprofessionals you employ and how they are evaluated today. If the honest answer is a checklist or nothing at all, that is the conversation we have most often. If we are not the right fit for your district, we will tell you that too. Talk with us about paraprofessional evaluation →