Grade 4 Teacher: Leave Replacement
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to include sections only if posting has real specific content. Let's parse the posting.
The posting: "Grade 4 Teacher 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."
Then "Essential Job Functions" list bullet points.
Then "Additional Duties" bullet.
Then "Note: The above description is illustrative..." (we can drop as boilerplate? It's a note but maybe not needed; it's generic. We can drop.)
Then "Equipment Use standard office equipment, such as personal computers and copiers."
"Travel Requirements Travel between schools, or between schools and central offices, may be required for certain positions."
"Knowledge, Skills And Abilities" list bullet points.
"Physical and Mental Demands, Work Hazards" paragraph.
"Note: Also see the Summary of Physical, Sensory and Environmental Requirements Needed to Perform Essential Functions for this position." (drop)
"Qualifications Profile" paragraph.
"Typical qualifications would be equivalent to: College diploma or equivalent. Successful completion of college level coursework or passing of examination as required by the No Child Left Behind Act. Prior experience working with special needs children desirable."
"FLSA Status: Non-exempt"
We need to decide sections.
We have no explicit Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we should not create those sections.
We can have sections: About the role (maybe the introductory paragraph), Responsibilities (Essential Job Functions + Additional Duties + Equipment Use + Travel Requirements?), Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (maybe Skills), Qualifications (Qualifications Profile + FLSA status?), Physical and Mental Demands (maybe as a separate section? Could be under Requirements? But we have no specific heading for physical demands; we could include under Requirements or as its own section if we have content. The instruction: use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can choose among those. We have content for About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (maybe Knowledge, Skills and Abilities), Qualifications, Skills (maybe overlapping). We need to avoid duplication.
Better to map:
- About the role: introductory paragraph.
- Responsibilities: Essential Job Functions + Additional Duties + Equipment Use + Travel Requirements (these are duties).
- Requirements: Knowledge, Skills And Abilities (maybe also Physical and Mental Demands? Could be part of Requirements). But we have a separate heading for Skills; we could put Skills under Skills heading. However we have both Knowledge, Skills And Abilities and also maybe we could split: Knowledge, Skills And Abilities -> Skills section. Requirements could be something like "Qualifications". But we already have Qualifications heading for education/experience.
Thus:
- About the role: intro.
- Responsibilities: list of essential functions and additional duties, equipment, travel.
- Skills: Knowledge, Skills And Abilities list.
- Qualifications: Qualifications Profile + FLSA status.
We could also include Physical and Mental Demands under Requirements or maybe as a separate section but not in allowed headings; we could put under Requirements as a paragraph.
But we have allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we can use Requirements for physical demands and maybe other requirements.
Thus:
- About the role: intro paragraph.
- Responsibilities: essential functions + additional duties + equipment + travel.
- Requirements: Physical and Mental Demands, Work Hazards paragraph.
- Skills: Knowledge, Skills And Abilities list.
- Qualifications: Qualifications Profile + FLSA status.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Good.
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 information, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also drop notes like "Note: The above description is illustrative..." and "Note: Also see the Summary...". Also drop "Equipment Use standard office equipment, such as personal computers and copiers." That's not boilerplate; it's substantive, keep.
Travel Requirements: keep.
Now let's extract content.
Intro paragraph: "Grade 4 Teacher 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."
We can keep as is.
Essential Job Functions list: each bullet starts with "Assists and guides students..." etc. We need to preserve each bullet as
- .
Let's list them:
1. Assists and guides students to reinforce reading, language arts, mathematics, computer instruction, and other skills.
2. Works with students individually and in small groups to reinforce basic learning and implement assigned programs.
3. Assists professional staff in the administration and correction of classroom exercises, tests and assessments.
4. Assists in classroom preparations and strategies for reinforcing instructional materials and skills according to individual student needs.
5. Assists with record-keeping procedures to document student learning and performance.
6. Assists with classroom behavioral management to minimize disruptions, ensure a safe and orderly classroom, and ensure students are on task.
7. 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.
8. Accompanies students on field trips for the purpose of assisting with supervision.
9. Constructs, copies and distribute and use educational materials as needed.
10. Assists teacher with parent contact as requested to foster effective and participatory parent involvement in student education.
11. Assists students with special needs in all aspects of classroom instruction to maximize inclusion, learning, achievement if IEP objectives, etc.
12. Participates in IEP process and serves as resource for the student personnel evaluation team as needed.
13. 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.
14. 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.
Note: Some bullets have minor grammar issues but we keep as is.
Additional Duties:
- Assist guidance, pupil services staff or building administration, as needed.
- Perform any other related duties as assigned.
Note: The above description is illustrative... drop.
Equipment Use: "Equipment Use standard office equipment, such as personal computers and copiers." We'll keep as a sentence.
Travel Requirements: "Travel Requirements Travel between schools, or between schools and central offices, may be required for certain positions." Keep.
Now Knowledge, Skills And Abilities list:
- Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide, and perform arithmetic operations as needed to assist students.
- Ability to understand, apply and use personal computers and software applications (e.g., Word, Excel).
- Ability to work with a diverse group of individuals.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of information regarding students, employees and others.
- Ability to establish a supportive and compassionate relationship with students with special needs.
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with students, staff and others contacted in the course of work.
- Ability to report work orally or in writing to supervisor as required.
- Effective writing and verbal communication skills.
Note: The last bullet is "Effective writing and verbal communication skills." It's not phrased as ability but we keep.
Physical and Mental Demands, Work Hazards:
"Works in standard office and school building environments. Ability to work outdoors during outdoor student activities. Note: Also see the Summary of Physical, Sensory and Environmental Requirements Needed to Perform Essential Functions for this position." We'll keep the first two sentences, drop the note.
Qualifications Profile:
"Any combination of education and experience providing the required skill and knowledge for successful performance would be qualifying. Typical qualifications would be equivalent to: College diploma or equivalent. Successful completion of college level coursework or passing of examination as required by the No Child Left Behind Act. Prior experience working with special needs children desirable."
FLSA Status: "FLSA Status: Non-exempt"
We'll combine.
Now produce HTML.
Structure:
About the role
Grade 4 Teacher 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.
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.
- Assist guidance, pupil services staff or building administration, as needed.
- Perform any other related duties as assigned.
- Equipment Use standard office equipment, such as personal computers and copiers.
- Travel Requirements Travel between schools, or between schools and central offices, may be required for certain positions.
But note: Equipment Use and Travel Requirements are not duties per se but we can include as list items; they are substantive. Could also be but instruction says use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. These are not duties but maybe okay as list items. Could also be
. Safer to put them as
after list? But they are not a list; they are separate statements. The instruction: "Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose." So if it's not a list, use
. Equipment Use and Travel Requirements are not a list; they are separate statements. So we should put them as
after the list.
Thus Responsibilities section: list of essential functions + additional duties as
. Then for Equipment Use and Travel Requirements (maybe combine into one
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also drop notes like "Note: The above description is illustrative..." and "Note: Also see the Summary...". Also drop "Equipment Use standard office equipment, such as personal computers and copiers." That's not boilerplate; it's substantive, keep. Travel Requirements: keep. Now let's extract content. Intro paragraph: "Grade 4 Teacher 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." We can keep as is. Essential Job Functions list: each bullet starts with "Assists and guides students..." etc. We need to preserve each bullet as
- .
Let's list them:
1. Assists and guides students to reinforce reading, language arts, mathematics, computer instruction, and other skills.
2. Works with students individually and in small groups to reinforce basic learning and implement assigned programs.
3. Assists professional staff in the administration and correction of classroom exercises, tests and assessments.
4. Assists in classroom preparations and strategies for reinforcing instructional materials and skills according to individual student needs.
5. Assists with record-keeping procedures to document student learning and performance.
6. Assists with classroom behavioral management to minimize disruptions, ensure a safe and orderly classroom, and ensure students are on task.
7. 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.
8. Accompanies students on field trips for the purpose of assisting with supervision.
9. Constructs, copies and distribute and use educational materials as needed.
10. Assists teacher with parent contact as requested to foster effective and participatory parent involvement in student education.
11. Assists students with special needs in all aspects of classroom instruction to maximize inclusion, learning, achievement if IEP objectives, etc.
12. Participates in IEP process and serves as resource for the student personnel evaluation team as needed.
13. 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.
14. 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.
Note: Some bullets have minor grammar issues but we keep as is.
Additional Duties:
- Assist guidance, pupil services staff or building administration, as needed.
- Perform any other related duties as assigned.
Note: The above description is illustrative... drop.
Equipment Use: "Equipment Use standard office equipment, such as personal computers and copiers." We'll keep as a sentence.
Travel Requirements: "Travel Requirements Travel between schools, or between schools and central offices, may be required for certain positions." Keep.
Now Knowledge, Skills And Abilities list:
- Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide, and perform arithmetic operations as needed to assist students.
- Ability to understand, apply and use personal computers and software applications (e.g., Word, Excel).
- Ability to work with a diverse group of individuals.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of information regarding students, employees and others.
- Ability to establish a supportive and compassionate relationship with students with special needs.
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with students, staff and others contacted in the course of work.
- Ability to report work orally or in writing to supervisor as required.
- Effective writing and verbal communication skills.
Note: The last bullet is "Effective writing and verbal communication skills." It's not phrased as ability but we keep.
Physical and Mental Demands, Work Hazards:
"Works in standard office and school building environments. Ability to work outdoors during outdoor student activities. Note: Also see the Summary of Physical, Sensory and Environmental Requirements Needed to Perform Essential Functions for this position." We'll keep the first two sentences, drop the note.
Qualifications Profile:
"Any combination of education and experience providing the required skill and knowledge for successful performance would be qualifying. Typical qualifications would be equivalent to: College diploma or equivalent. Successful completion of college level coursework or passing of examination as required by the No Child Left Behind Act. Prior experience working with special needs children desirable."
FLSA Status: "FLSA Status: Non-exempt"
We'll combine.
Now produce HTML.
Structure:
About the role
Grade 4 Teacher 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.
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.
- Assist guidance, pupil services staff or building administration, as needed.
- Perform any other related duties as assigned.
- Equipment Use standard office equipment, such as personal computers and copiers.
- Travel Requirements Travel between schools, or between schools and central offices, may be required for certain positions.
but instruction says use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. These are not duties but maybe okay as list items. Could also be
. Safer to put them as
after list? But they are not a list; they are separate statements. The instruction: "Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose." So if it's not a list, use
. Equipment Use and Travel Requirements are not a list; they are separate statements. So we should put them as
after the list. Thus Responsibilities section: list of essential functions + additional duties as
- . Then
for Equipment Use and Travel Requirements (maybe combine into one
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and