Pipeline Turns Classroom Paraprofessionals Into Teachers

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Seven years ago, Donille Cabanaw could not shake the feeling she needed to pivot from the 12 hour days she was working for the U.S. Postal Service when it began to interfere with her daughter starting school. Becoming a paraprofessional at Dexter Community Schools helped her achieve a more flexible schedule and better work-like balance; then she began working toward a bachelor’s degree in educatio…