281—80.9(272) Diversity standards.

1. 80.9(1)  The unit will ensure that the paraeducator preparation program meets the following diversity standards:

   1. a. The unit provides an environment and experiences to paraeducator candidates to support candidate growth in knowledge, skills, and dispositions to help diverse groups of PK-12 students learn.
   2. b. The unit’s plans, policies, and practices document its efforts in establishing and maintaining a diverse staff, climate, and paraeducator candidate pool that strives to represent the diverse makeup of the community at large.
2. 80.9(2)  In addition to the provisions of rule 281—80.11(272), the unit is to gather data about its implementation of this rule, use those data to make program improvements, and share those data and improvements with the schools and communities the unit serves.

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