Roles of the paraprofessionals in early childhood education in a municipality in the Pará

• Autor(a) principal: Vasconcelos da Costa, Juliane Dayrle
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Vilaronga, Carla Ariela Rios
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Zero-a-seis
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/zeroseis/article/view/83574
• topic: Educação Especial. Educação Infantil. Profissional de Apoio Escolar.; Special Education. Early Childhood Education. Paraprofessionals.

The present research, aimed at identifying the roles assigned and performed by paraprofessionals in a municipality in the state of the Pará, in early childhood education institutions. Eleven individuals participated in the study, one special education coordinator and ten (10) paraprofessionals (six paraprofessionals - mediators and four paraprofessionals - caregivers). The interviews were carried out individually and with focus groups. In addition, it was verified that the two positions of paraprofessionals are justified in municipal normative, they are active in basic care: feeding, hygiene, and locomotion. Furthermore, enter other roles related to modifications in teaching, elaboration of materials, reports, among others. During the study, it also became evident that there was little interaction between the work of these professionals and early childhood education, even though this is the same level at which they work. Consequently, it is reflected that children in this educational stage have unique characteristics that need to be considered in the work.