It’s hard to believe that August is already here, but here we are once again, with autumn just around the corner and the start of school quickly approaching for many families.
We recently wrapped up one of our latest special sections at the paper focused on “helping hands,” in which all staff writers got to highlight different people eager to help in our community.
Teacher assistants immediately came to mind when I first heard the idea. Before I took on a writing position at the Enterprise, I was a teacher aide myself with Northwest Education Services. While I only served in that capacity for a little over a year, it didn’t take long for me to understand why so many people love and respect the job — working with kids and helping to ensure they get the best educational experience possible is rewarding in a way that is hard to explain. In the classroom, each staff member is appreciated and serves just as important a purpose as the lead teacher or any other paraprofessional.
