Inclusion Guest Blog: Renay Marquez of ParaEducate

I’m very pleased to welcome another special guest to the blog: Renay Marquez, co-founder of ParaEducate, which is one of our favorite resources for special education teachers, paraeducators, and advocates for people with disabilities. I asked Renay to share some of her wisdom she’s acquired from more than a decade of working with other paraeducators and teachers at a diverse, inclusive school in California. How does differentiation and modification work for students? How do paraeducators block out time for planning? What are the characteristics of successful educator teams? Here’s what Renay had to say…