In-School Workshop

School Law and the Paraprofessional:
A Friendly Down-to-Earth Review of Legal Ins and Outs of Working in Education

If you expect lots of "legal babble" this is not the workshop for you. If you want some very practical information you can use immediately in the workplace that will protect you, then consider this workshop. Covered topics include:

Liability for Supervision
Can educators and paraprofessionals be sued for failing to supervise students properly? What defenses are available to you? What state laws. and a little known section of the No Child Left Behind legislation, may protect you?

What is the standard of care for students?
How vigilant are we expected to be?

Liability for Administering Medica1tions
Paraprofessionals and medication training.

Copyrights/Copywrongs
Be careful what you copy, you never know who will see your work. How one teacher was confronted by a major publishing company and the outcome.

Review of state statutes that pertain to paraprofessionals and volunteers

Quick review of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
What the law says about disclosing student information.

Review of some interesting cases
What's been happening in the courts involving paraprofessional liability.

Target Audience:

Target Audience: paraprofessionals and their supervisors.