1:1 Paraeducator, Currently at NEMS Excel
for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to include only sections with real content.
We have data: Position title, department, reports to, summary, essential duties, qualifications, etc. Also Salary range and Work Hours.
We need to avoid repeating job title as heading. Also no Job ID etc.
We need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. There's some mention of ADA compliance etc; we should remove that.
We need to preserve all substantive info.
We need to decide sections: maybe "About the role" (summary), "Responsibilities" (essential duties), "Qualifications" (education/experience, language skills, math skills, computer skills, reasoning ability, other skills, physical demands, work environment). Could also have "Pay" (salary range) and "Schedule" (work hours). Benefits not mentioned, so omit.
We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual salary range and work hours, so include Pay and Schedule.
We need to use for each section heading. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive info: include department, reports to? Might be considered metadata; we can fold into a short
under About the role or maybe a separate "Details". But instructions: do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. So we can include department and reports to in a paragraph.
We need to avoid repeating job title as heading. So we can start with a
containing position title? Actually they said do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it). So we can include it in a paragraph if we want, but maybe better to include it in About the role summary? The summary already says "Assist in small group and individual pupil instruction." Could also include position title in a paragraph.
We need to preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep all duties listed, all qualifications details, salary, work hours.
Let's extract details:
Position Title: 1:1 Paraeducator Currently at NEMS Excel
Department: NEMS
Reports To: SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER & SUPERVISOR OF PUPIL PERSONNEL SERVICES
Summary: Assist in small group and individual pupil instruction.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities list:
- Other duties may be assigned.
- Assist students with instruction under the direction of the special education teacher.
- Assist teacher in maintaining discipline.
- Assist teacher with instructional activities.
- Escort students from room to room.
- Toileting students is required.
- Involves work with both special education and regular students.
- Assist teaching staff in the implementation of IEP.
- Supervise students while they are at recess and lunch.
- Assist students with classroom assignments.
- Copy materials for instructional purposes.
- Assist teacher in filing material and preparing all necessary paperwork.
- Alert teachers to problems that may be observed.
Qualification Requirements: includes Education And/Or Experience, Language Skills, Mathematical Skills, Computer Skills, Reasoning Ability, Other Skills And Abilities, Physical Demands, Work Environment.
Let's list each:
Education And/Or Experience:
- High School Diploma or General Education Degree.
- Two years of college credit OR hold an associate's (or higher) degree; OR successful completion of a paraprofessional assessment which assesses content knowledge in mathematics, reading and writing and an understanding of how to assist in the instruction of these topics (Parapro Assessment).
Language Skills:
- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos.
- Ability to write simple correspondence.
- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations.
Mathematical Skills:
- Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10s and 100s.
- Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume and distance.
Computer Skills:
- Basic knowledge and experience with job related computer hardware and software applications.
Reasoning Ability:
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
- Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Other Skills And Abilities:
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff and the community.
- Ability to perform duties with awareness of district requirements and Board of Education policies.
Physical Demands:
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, and talk or hear.
- The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
- The employee must be able to push items of fifty (50) pounds, such as pushing children on a bike or wheelchair or moving/rearranging furniture.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to fifty (50) pounds.
- When doing heavier lifting, the employee should do so with assistance.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and peripheral vision.
Work Environment:
- The noise level in the work environment is typical of classrooms having school children and is a standard acceptable level for this environment.
- This employee will work throughout the school building, on school grounds and occasionally off campus.
- The paraprofessional is responsible for the safety and well being of students in his/her charge.
Salary: Range $22.12 - $25.18 ( Per contractual agreement BPS Contracts )
Work Hours: 6.5 hours per day (7:50am to 2:50pm)
Date of Service: As soon as possible for 2026-2027 School Year
Application instructions: we need to remove application instructions per instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." So we should drop the application paragraph.
Also drop the ADA compliance note etc.
We also have "Date of Service: As soon as possible for 2026-2027 School Year" - that's substantive? It's a start date. Could be included maybe under About the role or a separate section? There's no specific heading for start date; we could include it in a paragraph under About the role or maybe a "Details" paragraph. Since we have no heading for it, we can include it in a
after summary.
We also have "9/17/2026 IW/mma PC#: 52250214" - that's metadata, drop.
Now structure:
We could have:
About the role
Position: 1:1 Paraeducator Currently at NEMS Excel. Department: NEMS. Reports to: Special Education Teacher & Supervisor of Pupil Personnel Services. Summary: Assist in small group and individual pupil instruction. Date of Service: As soon as possible for the 2026-2027 school year.
But we need to avoid repeating job title as heading; we can include it in paragraph.
Then:
Responsibilities
- Assist students with instruction under the direction of the special education teacher.
- Assist teacher in maintaining discipline.
- Assist teacher with instructional activities.
- Escort students from room to room.
- Toileting students is required.
- Involves work with both special education and regular students.
- Assist teaching staff in the implementation of IEP.
- Supervise students while they are at recess and lunch.
- Assist students with classroom assignments.
- Copy materials for instructional purposes.
- Assist teacher in filing material and preparing all necessary paperwork.
- Alert teachers to problems that may be observed.
- Other duties may be assigned.
Note: "Other duties may be assigned." is included.
Then:
Qualifications
We could break into subheadings? But only allowed headings are h3 for section headings; we could have multiple h3 sections like Education, Language Skills, etc. But instructions: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe combine all qualifications into one section with lists.
We could have Qualifications
then with each qualification area as - containing maybe a heading? But we need to preserve all detail; we can include paragraphs inside li? Might be messy.
Alternative: Use
for each qualification subcategory (Education, Language Skills, Mathematical Skills, Computer Skills, Reasoning Ability, Other Skills and Abilities, Physical Demands, Work Environment). That would be many sections but each is substantive. However instruction says prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. But each of those is substantive; still many sections. Could combine into one Qualifications section with nested and ? But we need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can have a
where each - is a qualification category, and inside each
- we can have a
for the specific items. That's acceptable.
Thus:
Qualifications
- Education and/or Experience
- High School Diploma or General Education Degree.
- Two years of college credit OR hold an associate's (or higher) degree; OR successful completion of a paraprofessional assessment which assesses content knowledge in mathematics, reading and writing and an understanding of how to assist in the instruction of these topics (Parapro Assessment).
- Language Skills
- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos.
- Ability to write simple correspondence.
- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations.
... etc.
We need to preserve all details exactly.
Then Pay and Schedule sections.
Pay
Salary range: $22.12 - $25.18 per hour (per contractual agreement BPS Contracts).
Schedule
Work hours: 6.5 hours per day, 7:50 am to 2:50 pm.
We should not include Benefits section.
Now ensure we removed boilerplate: The ADA compliance note, the "Reasonable accommodations may be made..." appears multiple times; we should remove those sentences as they are boilerplate. However they appear within Qualifications and Physical Demands and Work Environment sections. The instruction says remove EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. The ADA note is likely boilerplate. We should remove those sentences. However we need to be careful not to remove substantive info that is part of the description. The sentences "Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions." appears multiple times; it's boilerplate. We should remove them.
Also "The information contained in this posting description is for compliance with the American with Disabilities Act and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned." That's boilerplate; remove.
Also "This employee will work throughout the school building, on school grounds and occasionally off campus." That's substantive? It describes work environment; it's not boilerplate. Keep.
Also "The paraprofessional is responsible for the safety and well being of students in his/her charge" - substantive.
Now check each section for boilerplate:
In Qualifications: after Education And/Or Experience heading, there is "REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS MAY BE
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive info: include department, reports to? Might be considered metadata; we can fold into a short
under About the role or maybe a separate "Details". But instructions: do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. So we can include department and reports to in a paragraph. We need to avoid repeating job title as heading. So we can start with a
containing position title? Actually they said do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it). So we can include it in a paragraph if we want, but maybe better to include it in About the role summary? The summary already says "Assist in small group and individual pupil instruction." Could also include position title in a paragraph. We need to preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep all duties listed, all qualifications details, salary, work hours. Let's extract details: Position Title: 1:1 Paraeducator Currently at NEMS Excel Department: NEMS Reports To: SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER & SUPERVISOR OF PUPIL PERSONNEL SERVICES Summary: Assist in small group and individual pupil instruction. Essential Duties and Responsibilities list: - Other duties may be assigned. - Assist students with instruction under the direction of the special education teacher. - Assist teacher in maintaining discipline. - Assist teacher with instructional activities. - Escort students from room to room. - Toileting students is required. - Involves work with both special education and regular students. - Assist teaching staff in the implementation of IEP. - Supervise students while they are at recess and lunch. - Assist students with classroom assignments. - Copy materials for instructional purposes. - Assist teacher in filing material and preparing all necessary paperwork. - Alert teachers to problems that may be observed. Qualification Requirements: includes Education And/Or Experience, Language Skills, Mathematical Skills, Computer Skills, Reasoning Ability, Other Skills And Abilities, Physical Demands, Work Environment. Let's list each: Education And/Or Experience: - High School Diploma or General Education Degree. - Two years of college credit OR hold an associate's (or higher) degree; OR successful completion of a paraprofessional assessment which assesses content knowledge in mathematics, reading and writing and an understanding of how to assist in the instruction of these topics (Parapro Assessment). Language Skills: - Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos. - Ability to write simple correspondence. - Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations. Mathematical Skills: - Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10s and 100s. - Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume and distance. Computer Skills: - Basic knowledge and experience with job related computer hardware and software applications. Reasoning Ability: - Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. - Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations. Other Skills And Abilities: - Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff and the community. - Ability to perform duties with awareness of district requirements and Board of Education policies. Physical Demands: - While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, and talk or hear. - The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. - The employee must be able to push items of fifty (50) pounds, such as pushing children on a bike or wheelchair or moving/rearranging furniture. - The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to fifty (50) pounds. - When doing heavier lifting, the employee should do so with assistance. - Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and peripheral vision. Work Environment: - The noise level in the work environment is typical of classrooms having school children and is a standard acceptable level for this environment. - This employee will work throughout the school building, on school grounds and occasionally off campus. - The paraprofessional is responsible for the safety and well being of students in his/her charge. Salary: Range $22.12 - $25.18 ( Per contractual agreement BPS Contracts ) Work Hours: 6.5 hours per day (7:50am to 2:50pm) Date of Service: As soon as possible for 2026-2027 School Year Application instructions: we need to remove application instructions per instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." So we should drop the application paragraph. Also drop the ADA compliance note etc. We also have "Date of Service: As soon as possible for 2026-2027 School Year" - that's substantive? It's a start date. Could be included maybe under About the role or a separate section? There's no specific heading for start date; we could include it in a paragraph under About the role or maybe a "Details" paragraph. Since we have no heading for it, we can include it in a
after summary. We also have "9/17/2026 IW/mma PC#: 52250214" - that's metadata, drop. Now structure: We could have:
About the role
Position: 1:1 Paraeducator Currently at NEMS Excel. Department: NEMS. Reports to: Special Education Teacher & Supervisor of Pupil Personnel Services. Summary: Assist in small group and individual pupil instruction. Date of Service: As soon as possible for the 2026-2027 school year.
But we need to avoid repeating job title as heading; we can include it in paragraph. Then:Responsibilities
- Assist students with instruction under the direction of the special education teacher.
- Assist teacher in maintaining discipline.
- Assist teacher with instructional activities.
- Escort students from room to room.
- Toileting students is required.
- Involves work with both special education and regular students.
- Assist teaching staff in the implementation of IEP.
- Supervise students while they are at recess and lunch.
- Assist students with classroom assignments.
- Copy materials for instructional purposes.
- Assist teacher in filing material and preparing all necessary paperwork.
- Alert teachers to problems that may be observed.
- Other duties may be assigned.
Qualifications
We could break into subheadings? But only allowed headings are h3 for section headings; we could have multiple h3 sections like Education, Language Skills, etc. But instructions: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe combine all qualifications into one section with lists. We could haveQualifications
then- with each qualification area as
- containing maybe a heading? But we need to preserve all detail; we can include paragraphs inside li? Might be messy.
Alternative: Use
for each qualification subcategory (Education, Language Skills, Mathematical Skills, Computer Skills, Reasoning Ability, Other Skills and Abilities, Physical Demands, Work Environment). That would be many sections but each is substantive. However instruction says prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. But each of those is substantive; still many sections. Could combine into one Qualifications section with nested
- and
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can have a
- where each
- is a qualification category, and inside each
- we can have a
- for the specific items. That's acceptable.
Thus:
- Education and/or Experience
- High School Diploma or General Education Degree.
- Two years of college credit OR hold an associate's (or higher) degree; OR successful completion of a paraprofessional assessment which assesses content knowledge in mathematics, reading and writing and an understanding of how to assist in the instruction of these topics (Parapro Assessment).
- Language Skills
- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos.
- Ability to write simple correspondence.
- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations.
... etc.
We need to preserve all details exactly.
Then Pay and Schedule sections.
Qualifications
Pay
Salary range: $22.12 - $25.18 per hour (per contractual agreement BPS Contracts).
Schedule
Work hours: 6.5 hours per day, 7:50 am to 2:50 pm.
We should not include Benefits section. Now ensure we removed boilerplate: The ADA compliance note, the "Reasonable accommodations may be made..." appears multiple times; we should remove those sentences as they are boilerplate. However they appear within Qualifications and Physical Demands and Work Environment sections. The instruction says remove EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. The ADA note is likely boilerplate. We should remove those sentences. However we need to be careful not to remove substantive info that is part of the description. The sentences "Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions." appears multiple times; it's boilerplate. We should remove them. Also "The information contained in this posting description is for compliance with the American with Disabilities Act and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned." That's boilerplate; remove. Also "This employee will work throughout the school building, on school grounds and occasionally off campus." That's substantive? It describes work environment; it's not boilerplate. Keep. Also "The paraprofessional is responsible for the safety and well being of students in his/her charge" - substantive. Now check each section for boilerplate: In Qualifications: after Education And/Or Experience heading, there is "REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS MAY BE - Education and/or Experience
- ? But we need to use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can have a