Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) Paraprofessional

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes Position Purpose, Education, Special Knowledge And Skills, Experience, Major Responsibilities And Duties, Other, Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors, Other Information (benefits, pay grade, stipend). We need to map to allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We should not repeat job title. We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. We have: - Position Purpose: could be "About the role". Use

About the role

then

with purpose. - Education: could be "Qualifications". Use

Qualifications

then list education requirements. - Special Knowledge And Skills: could be "Skills". Use

Skills

then list. - Experience: could be "Experience" maybe under Requirements? But we have separate heading "Experience" not in allowed list; we could incorporate into Requirements or Qualifications. Allowed headings: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule, About the role, Responsibilities. So we can put Experience under Requirements or Qualifications. Probably Requirements. - Major Responsibilities And Duties: Responsibilities heading. - Other: maybe part of Responsibilities or Skills? It includes confidentiality, staff development, etc. Could be part of Responsibilities. - Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors: maybe not a standard heading; could be omitted or placed under Responsibilities? But it's substantive. Could be part of Responsibilities? Might be better to include as a separate section? Not in allowed list. Could incorporate into Responsibilities as a paragraph. - Other Information: includes benefits (district contributes $330 per month toward health insurance, free treatment at Next Level Urgent Care), Pay Grade: 201, stipend $2,000 for certain positions. Also Position Type: Full-Time Days: 10-month/181 Days. So we have Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Thus we can create sections: About the role (Position Purpose) Qualifications (Education + maybe certification) Skills (Special Knowledge And Skills) Responsibilities (Major Responsibilities And Duties + Other + Mental/Physical/Environmental) Benefits (health insurance contribution, free urgent care) Pay (Pay Grade 201, stipend $2,000 for certain roles) Schedule (Full-Time, 10-month/181 days) We must not include headings with filler text. All have content. We need to use

• for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So for each section that is a list, we use ul/li. For prose, use p. We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not omit details. Let's extract details: Position Purpose: "Under the direct supervision of a certified staff member, to assist certified professional staff with students in the classroom to meet instructional goals and objectives, and to free certified professional employees from non-professional duties such as proctoring study halls to enable them to make a contribution to other aspects of the educational program, such as curriculum development." Education: "High school diploma or hold a General Educational Development (GED) certificateHave met formal academic assessment, associate's degree, or two years of study at an institution of higher learning (if college hours not held, academic assessment available once hired)Valid Texas educational aide certificate (once hired)". The text seems concatenated; we need to parse: Likely three bullet points: High school diploma or GED; Have met formal academic assessment, associate's degree, or two years of study at an institution of higher learning (if college hours not held, academic assessment available once hired); Valid Texas educational aide certificate (once hired). We'll keep as list. Special Knowledge And Skills: list: - Ability to work with children with disabilities - Ability to follow verbal and written instructions - Ability to communicate effectively - Knowledge of general office equipment Experience: "Experience working with children preferred." Major Responsibilities And Duties: list many items: - Assists and guides students to reinforce reading, language arts, mathematics, computer instruction, and other skills. - Works with students individually and in small groups to reinforce basic learning and implement assigned programs. - Assists professional staff in the administration and correction of classroom exercises, tests and assessments. - Assists in classroom preparations and strategies for reinforcing instructional materials and skills according to individual student needs. - Assists with record-keeping procedures to document student learning and performance. - Assists with classroom behavioral management to minimize disruptions, ensure a safe and orderly classroom, and ensure students are on task. - Assists students in non-instructional areas, such as supervising the student lunch programs, bus duty, playground duty, corridor, study hall, and other related non-instructional areas. - Accompanies students on field trips for the purpose of assisting with supervision. - Constructs, copies and distribute and use educational materials as needed. - Assists teacher with parent contact as requested to foster effective and participatory parent involvement in student education. - Assists students with special needs in all aspects of classroom instruction to maximize inclusion, learning, achievement if IEP objectives, etc. - Participates in IEP process and serves as resource for the student personnel evaluation team as needed. - Assist students with physical or mental disabilities with activities of daily living for the purpose of maximizing their ability to participate in school or learning activities. - Follows all applicable safety rules, procedures and regulations governing the proper manner of assistance for all students, including those with disabilities or other special needs. - May assist in the training of other paraprofessionals. Other: - Maintain confidentiality. - Participate in staff development training programs, faculty meetings, and special events as assigned. - Follow district safety protocols and emergency procedures. - Other duties as assigned. Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors: - Tools/Equipment Used: Standard office equipment, including computer and peripherals; standard instructional equipment; other specialized and adaptive equipment used by students - Posture: Frequent standing; kneeling/squatting, bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting - Motion: Frequent walking and reaching - Lifting: Frequent light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds); Occasional heavy lifting (45 pounds or over) and positioning or students with physical disabilities, controlling behavior through physical restraint, assisting nonambulatory students, and lifting and moving adaptive and other classroom equipment - Environment: Work inside and outside (exposure to sun, heat, cold, and inclement weather); exposure to noise; exposure to biological hazards (bacteria, communicable diseases) - Mental Demands: Work with frequent interruptions; maintain emotional control under stress - Note: The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities. It is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task or responsibility. Other Information: - The District contributes $330 per month toward the cost of employee-only health insurance, which is $105 more than the state-required amount of $225/month. - All employees in this position receive free treatment at any Next Level Urgent Care. - Position Type: Full-Time - Days: 10-month/181 Days - Pay Grade: 201 - Self-Contained special education paraprofessionals in ECSE/SLC/BSC receive a $2,000 stipend. We need to avoid repeating job title. Not needed. Now produce HTML. We'll have sections:

  About the role

  Under the direct supervision of a certified staff member, to assist certified professional staff with students in the classroom to meet instructional goals and objectives, and to free certified professional employees from non-professional duties such as proctoring study halls to enable them to make a contribution to other aspects of the educational program, such as curriculum development.

  Qualifications

  • High school diploma or hold a General Educational Development (GED) certificate
  • Have met formal academic assessment, associate's degree, or two years of study at an institution of higher learning (if college hours not held, academic assessment available once hired)
  • Valid Texas educational aide certificate (once hired)

  Skills

  • Ability to work with children with disabilities
  • Ability to follow verbal and written instructions
  • Ability to communicate effectively
  • Knowledge of general office equipment

  Experience

  (but Experience not in allowed list; maybe we put under Requirements). Allowed headings: Requirements. We could rename to Requirements and include Experience plus maybe other requirements. Let's do Requirements heading and include Experience plus maybe any other requirement like certification? But certification already in Qualifications. We'll put Experience under Requirements. Thus:

  Requirements

  • Experience working with children preferred.
  But we might also include any other requirement like "Must be able to..." but that's skills. So fine.

  Responsibilities

  • Assists and guides students to reinforce reading, language arts, mathematics, computer instruction, and other skills.
  • Works with students individually and in small groups to reinforce basic learning and implement assigned programs.
  • Assists professional staff in the administration and correction of classroom exercises, tests and assessments.
  • Assists in classroom preparations and strategies for reinforcing instructional materials and skills according to individual student needs.
  • Assists with record-keeping procedures to document student learning and performance.
  • Assists with classroom behavioral management to minimize disruptions, ensure a safe and orderly classroom, and ensure students are on task.
  • Assists students in non-instructional areas, such as supervising the student lunch programs, bus duty, playground duty, corridor, study hall, and other related non-instructional areas.
  • Accompanies students on field trips for the purpose of assisting with supervision.
  • Constructs, copies and distribute and use educational materials as needed.
  • Assists teacher with parent contact as requested to foster effective and participatory parent involvement in student education.
  • Assists students with special needs in all aspects of classroom instruction to maximize inclusion, learning, achievement if IEP objectives, etc.
  • Participates in IEP process and serves as resource for the student personnel evaluation team as needed.
  • Assist students with physical or mental disabilities with activities of daily living for the purpose of maximizing their ability to participate in school or learning activities.
  • Follows all applicable safety rules, procedures and regulations governing the proper manner of assistance for all students, including those with disabilities or other special needs.
  • May assist in the training of other paraprofessionals.
  • Maintain confidentiality.
  • Participate in staff development training programs, faculty meetings, and special events as assigned.
  • Follow district safety protocols and emergency procedures.
  • Other duties as assigned.
  We also need to include Mental/Physical/Environmental factors. Could be part of Responsibilities as a list item? But it's not a duty; it's demands. Could be a separate section but not allowed heading. Could incorporate into Responsibilities as a paragraph? But we must preserve all substantive information. We could add a

  Working Conditions

  but not allowed. So we need to fit into allowed headings. Perhaps we can add a subsection under Responsibilities as a paragraph (not list) describing mental/physical demands. But the rule says use
  • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and

    for prose. So we can put a

    for the demands. Thus after the responsibilities list, we add a

    with the mental/physical/environmental details. We'll include:

    Tools/Equipment Used: Standard office equipment, including computer and peripherals; standard instructional equipment; other specialized and adaptive equipment