Project PARA conducts research and develops training materials for paraeducators and teachers who supervise them. Based in the College of Education and Human Sciences Department of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, the project has been developing its model of delivery and its content for over two decades. It has received grant funding from the U.S. Department of Education and for the last several years, the Nebraska Department of Education. For more information about the development of Project PARA, see Project History.

The project provides Web-based self study programs that offer school districts resources to provide introductory training for paraeducators and/or the teachers who supervise them. These resources are offered free of charge to schools and teacher training programs. Participating schools provide an instructor or mentor who manages their own self study participants. For more information about how Project PARA works, see Participation.