Shadow teachers are produced according to the growth and development needs of children with special needs. Shadow teacher, as its name implies, is a case that follows her everywhere. She is an education assistant, only responsible for the children with special needs to whom she is assigned, especially in kindergartens and primary schools.

Shadow Teacher Program is a low-cost and effective project to track and record the promotion results of "problem students", especially in strengthening and assisting the standardized curriculum in schools. Even the conservative return on investment measurement shows that the social return is far higher than its annual cost.

According to the latest federal data in the United States, in 20 1 1 year, more than 450,000 shadow teachers with special education background were recruited to provide services for children with special needs aged 3-2 1 year (translated materials of Shanghai Youyu, from |ED, 20 14, 32 and 63 pages). Under the guidance and supervision of professional special educators, they have become a very important part of the personalized education service plan, and they are playing an increasingly important role in the special needs support projects of all ages. Doyle, 20 10).

However, as a new profession, shadow teachers are not well known in China.