Cottonwood Elementary Paraprofessional 09.15.26

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings

for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We need to parse the posting. The posting includes: - Title: SPECIAL EDUCATION PARAPROFESSIONAL (typo "PARPAROFESSIONAL"). - Pay: Range $19.27-$27.08 hourly with Employee/Employer retirement, dependent upon previous experience. Also another range: $16.29-$22.87 hourly with Employer-paid retirement, dependent upon previous experience. So there are two ranges? Possibly two categories? We need to preserve all substantive info. We can include Pay section with both ranges described. - Job Group: Specialized or Technical - Terms of Employment: Pay Grade 23 on the Classified Wage Structure (9 month) FLSA Status: NON-EXEMPT - Position Summary: paragraph. - Essential Duties And Responsibilities: long list. - ACCOUNTABILITIES: Works under direct supervision... (maybe part of Responsibilities? Could be separate but we can include under Responsibilities.) - Position Expectations: list of abilities. - Position Requirements: Education and Training: High school diploma or GED equivalent. Valid driver's license and DMV clearance. Licenses and Certifications: Must have ability to complete: Specialized training as needed... Current Crisis Prevention and Restraint Training, First Aid, and CPR Training. Blood borne Pathogen and Universal Precaution Training. - Physical And Mental Requirements: list. - Working Conditions: list. - Equal Opportunity Employer boilerplate: remove. - Also mention "Candidates must meet the minimum qualifications as listed on the appropriate position vacancy announcement." That's generic; maybe we can drop as boilerplate? It's somewhat generic but still part of requirements. Might keep. We need to avoid repeating job title as heading. No Job ID. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. We need to decide sections: - About the role: could use Position Summary. - Responsibilities: Essential Duties And Responsibilities + ACCOUNTABILITIES maybe. - Requirements: Position Requirements (Education, Licenses, Certifications) + Position Expectations? Could be Qualifications. - Qualifications: maybe combine Education/Training etc. - Skills: maybe Position Expectations list. - Benefits: mention retirement (Employee/Employer retirement, Employer-paid retirement). Also maybe mention 9 month? Not benefit. Could include Benefits section with retirement info. - Pay: include the two ranges. - Schedule: maybe mention 9 month (Terms of Employment: Pay Grade 23 on the Classified Wage Structure (9 month)). That indicates schedule: 9 month (school year). Could include Schedule section. We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Avoid that. We need to preserve all substantive info; not invent or summarize away detail. We need to use

• for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and

  for prose. Thus for each section we need to decide if content is list or prose. Let's extract: About the role (Position Summary): prose paragraph. Responsibilities: list of duties (Essential Duties And Responsibilities) plus ACCOUNTABILITIES (maybe also list). We'll combine into a single

  with items. Requirements: maybe Education and Training, Licenses and Certifications, Physical And Mental Requirements, Working Conditions? Those are more like qualifications. Could split into Qualifications (education/licenses) and Skills (abilities). But we need to follow instruction: prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have: - About the role (Position Summary)

  - Responsibilities

  - Qualifications (Education, Licenses, Certifications)
  maybe also include Physical And Mental Requirements and Working Conditions as separate? Could be part of Qualifications. - Skills (Position Expectations)
  - Pay

  (or

  ? It's prose with ranges) - Benefits

  (retirement info) - Schedule

  (9 month) We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". In Position Expectations there is "Possess physical and mental stamina commensurate with the responsibilities of the position." That's filler? It's a phrase but it's part of the list. We cannot omit that item because it's substantive? It's somewhat generic but it's part of the list. The instruction says: "never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. 'commensurate with experience', 'not specified', 'N/A', 'varies', 'TBD')". That means we should not create a section that only contains such filler text. But if it's within a list with other substantive items, it's okay to keep the item? The instruction says never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text. It doesn't say to remove those phrases from lists. So we can keep them. We must remove boilerplate: Equal Opportunity Employer, etc. Also remove duplicated lines, application instructions (none). Also remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. Now craft HTML. We need to ensure we don't include any extra text outside HTML. Let's draft:

  About the role

  Under the supervision of a licensed teacher, works in a special education assisting teaching staff in a variety of instructional activities to provide specially designed instruction to students with disabilities. Assists teachers in providing individual and group functional living, academic skills, vocational and behavioral management support, as well as personal care attendant services to students with various mental, and/or physical disabilities to successfully implement requirements of students individualized education plan (IEP). Additional intensive training beyond what is necessary for a Special Education-Paraprofessional in the areas of student data collection, communication strategies, severe behaviors, and positive behavior management for Autism Spectrum Disorders, Cognitive Disabilities or Behavioral Disorders will be required. This person reports directly to the school site administrator.

  Responsibilities

  • Assists the student(s) in the program to whom they are assigned in such physical tasks as putting on and taking off outerwear, moving from room to room, using the restroom, provide toileting and/or personal hygiene care (i.e. changing diapers), carrying lunch trays, eating, transportation, etc.
  • Assists the student(s) in curriculum tasks as assigned by a certified teacher, carrying out instructional programs and lessons in various learning environments, in and out of the traditional classroom, as designated in the instructional plan based on the IEP and under the direct supervision of the certified teacher.
  • Under the direct supervision of a certified teacher, works with small groups of students to reinforce material initially introduced by the teacher.
  • Accompanies the student(s) to other locations within the school, if the child's disability warrants this type of support.
  • Establishes as fully as possible a supportive relationship with the student(s) without fostering or encouraging intense emotional involvement.
  • Serves as a resource person, if and when requested, to the student's eligibility and IEP teams when conferring about the student whom the paraprofessional is assigned.
  • Assisting individual students in performing activities initiated by the special education or classroom teacher.
  • Assisting the special education teacher in data collection procedures, observing, recording and charting behavior.
  • Monitoring and reporting student(s) progress to the certified personnel.
  • Assist the student in interacting with the available classroom technology & augmentative devices (SmartBoard, iPad, etc.).
  • Conforms to safety standards as prescribed.
  • Ability to work with students and adults in a variety of settings on and off school campus areas.
  • Ability to commute outside of attendance area as required by certified personnel in order to transport students to programs not available within the student's school of attendance.
  • Ability to take direction from and provide assistance to the Special Education teacher in charge of the special education program.
  • Performs and participates in other related duties as assigned by the building administrator or designee.
  • Works under the direct supervision of a licensed teacher and is evaluated by the site administration in utilizing teacher input.
  But note: The last item about accountability maybe duplicates supervision. We'll keep. Now Qualifications: Education and Training, Licenses and Certifications. We'll list:

  Qualifications

  • High school diploma or GED equivalent.
  • Valid driver's license and DMV clearance.
  • Must have the ability to complete specialized training as needed to meet student needs as outlined in IEP's.
  • Current Crisis Prevention and Restraint Training, First Aid, and CPR Training.
  • Blood borne Pathogen and Universal Precaution Training.
  Now Skills (Position Expectations):

  Skills

  • Ability to work effectively with special needs students.
  • Ability to interpret and apply oral and written instructions.
  • Ability to perform several tasks and determine priorities.
  • Ability to deal with unusual behavior and crisis situations.
  • Ability to learn and apply school rules, regulations, and procedures.
  • Ability to complete routine records.
  • Ability to recognize and report hazards and apply safe work methods.
  • Possess physical and mental stamina commensurate with the responsibilities of the position.
  • Willingness to attend training as it relates to implementation of IEPs.
  Now Pay: We have two ranges: $19.27-$27.08 hourly with Employee/Employer retirement, dependent upon previous experience; and $16.29-$22.87 hourly with Employer-paid retirement, dependent upon previous experience. We'll put as prose:

  Pay

  $19.27–$27.08 per hour with Employee/Employer retirement (dependent on previous experience); $16.29–$22.87 per hour with Employer-paid retirement (dependent on previous experience).

  Now Benefits: The retirement info is already in Pay; but maybe we separate Benefits: Employee/Employer retirement, Employer-paid retirement. However we already included retirement in Pay. To avoid duplication, maybe we keep Benefits separate: mention retirement types. But the instruction says prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. Could combine Pay and Benefits? But we need to follow rule: include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. Pay is specific; Benefits also specific (retirement). Could combine into one section "Pay and Benefits". However headings list includes Pay and Benefits separate. We could make a single section "Pay and Benefits" but heading must be one of the allowed headings? The instruction says use

  for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid combining but says use those headings for sections. It didn't say we cannot create a combined heading; but better to follow the list. We could have both Pay and Benefits sections, but Benefits would just repeat retirement info; that's thin but still specific. It's not filler like "commensurate with experience". It's actual benefit. So we can include Benefits section with retirement info. Thus:

  Benefits

  Employee/Employer retirement options; Employer-paid retirement plan.

  But we need to avoid duplication with Pay. Could phrase Benefits as "Retirement benefits: Employee/Employer retirement and Employer-paid retirement plans." That's fine. Now Schedule: Terms of Employment: Pay Grade 23 on the Classified Wage Structure (9 month) FLSA Status: NON-EXEMPT. So schedule: 9 month (school year). Also FLSA status