Deck 8: Support Personnel in Physical Education

Question 1

Paraeducators can use the physical education period as their break.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Peer tutors can be paired with children with disabilities as buddies, because there is really not a lot of time for training them.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Peer tutors must be highly skilled athletes, as they will have to demonstrate and give feedback to their peers.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Professional preparation students must be given clear directions in order for them to be successful.

Question 5

All support personnel must be constantly monitored and given feedback in order to ensure success.

Question 6

If you are using professional preparation students, a letter should be sent to the professor of the program to let them know what you need.

Question 7

The teacher does not have to know too much about the goals of the university program, as the professional preparation students are really coming to help with the children with disabilities.

Question 8

When using retirees it is important to ask them what they are comfortable doing; they are volunteering, and you want them to be comfortable.

Question 9

It is important to discuss any new peer tutor initiative with administration before it is implemented to ensure agreement and understanding.

Question 10

Peer tutor training programs usually take a long time (more than 3 hours), so make sure you have a lot of time set aside.

Question 11

Which of the following types of peer tutoring should be used with young children?

A) Classwide peer tutoring
B) Reciprocal peer tutoring
C) Cross age peer tutoring
D) Bidirectional peer tutoring

Question 12

When should peer tutors be trained?

A) Before and/or after school
B) During lunch time
C) During a study hall
D) All of the above

Question 13

Which of the following statement is false about paraeducators?

A) They can help with providing instruction, assessment, and feedback.
B) They can create lesson plans for the teacher.
C) They can help with attendance.
D) They can take a child to the nurse if necessary.

Question 14

Paraeducators must be motivated to be an active part of the physical education program. Which of the following is a sure way to get them involved in your classes?

A) Give them a locker to use for class.
B) Provide them with lesson plans and instructions.
C) Put their name on a bulletin board or in a newsletter thanking them.
D) All of the above

Question 15

Support staff should be trained in order to ensure everyone's success. When should this take place?

A) Before classes, right after initial training
B) After the first class
C) Ongoing, throughout the whole year
D) All of the above

Question 16

In order for peer tutors to be affective, they must know which of the following?

A) information about the child's disability
B) Information about the specific unit being covered
C) The names all of the students in the class
D) Both a and b

Question 17

When setting up a peer tutor training program, it is important to do which of the following?

A) Include the child with the disability, whenever possible.
B) Train one peer tutor per child with a disability.
C) Train peer tutors during the physical education class only as they will not have time otherwise.
D) None of the above.

Question 18

When the goal is to promote socialization, the best form of support personnel would be which of the following?

A) A grandparent, as they are a parent figure
B) A same-age peer tutor, as they are a vehicle to improve socialization
C) The paraeducator, as they get paid to help
D) A professional preparation student, as the child would think it's cool to work with a college student

Question 19

When training peer tutors, the instructor should be sure to train at least ___tutors, so there are always enough and to allow more children get a turn.

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4

Question 20

Paraeducators have often been barriers to socialization for children with disabilities. For this reason, they must promote social interaction. Which of the following, related to promoting social interaction, should be avoided?

A) Assisting the child with a disability to find a partner
B) Partnering with the child with the disability during activity
C) Teaching peers how to interact with the child with the disability
D) Redirecting conversations back to the child with a disability, when possible