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'''Pareducators Include:'''
*Instructional Assistants and Noninstructional Assistants 
*Teachers’ and Program Aides 
*Library Aides, Technicians, and Assistants 
*Preschool Care Givers 
*Building, Bus, and Playground Monitors 
*Crossing Guards 

   '''We are committed: '''
*7 in 10 of us plan to stay in our jobs until we retire at age 61

   '''We are many: '''
*More than 700,000 Paras work in the nation’s K- 12 public schools. 
*The number of paraeducators working in Kentucky has increased by 26% in the past 2 years, from a total of 3,330 in 1998 to 4,197 in 2000.{br}(Kentucky Department of Education Personnel Data 2000). 

   '''We are needed: '''
*The demand for Paraeducators up to the year 2010 is expected to increase by about 120, 000 positions. 

   
'''About us and our work: '''
*63% of us work directly with pre-kindergarten or elementary level students, and most of us work with students in their early, formative years. 
*71% of us work with students receiving special education. 
*96% of us are female, 80% are married, and 48% have school-age children. Our average age is 47.{br}(Excerpted from National Education Association web page)