The evaluation of an innovative teacher-aide program in the Eckville School (County of Lacombe, Alberta, Canada) was conducted for Project SEARCH (Selection of Educational Alternatives for Rural Change). The teacher aide is defined in the first section of the report. The second section provides a history and rationale for employment of teacher aides at Eckville School. In subsequent sections, tables and other data are presented relating to task analysis of the teacher-aide role and an analysis of teaching practices and reactions by students, teachers, teachers aides, and other educational and community leaders regarding the program. Conclusions and findings are presented in the last section. The document contains 12 tables, a bibliography, and 3 appendices which present other data in the form of additional tables. (Related documents are RC 004 861 and RC 004 862.) (AL)