Immediate: Paraeducator Level III, Special Education - CAPP, Maryvale ES, 4.5 hrs/10 mos, Ad Closes10/5/26
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections when posting has real specific content.
We need to parse the job posting.
Content:
- Summary Description Of Classification: description of duties, tasks, etc. This could be "About the role" or "Responsibilities". We need to decide.
- Physical Demands: Frequent bending, walking, kneeling, running, lifting up to 50 pounds.
- Special Requirements: Outside duty may be required. Must be able to accommodate flexible scheduling and change of location and/or program, as needed. Continues planned instructional activities during teacher's temporary absence from the classroom. Specialized training (provided by MCPS) in alignment with the assignment special education services required within 6 months of starting in the position.
- Job Specific Information: wage range $28.57 to $44.10 per hour, based on years of service. Benefits link.
- Job School Instructional Support Job Grade 17-18 Organization Maryvale Elementary School Primary Location Rockville Schedule Full-time Working Months 10 Shift Day Job Job Posting Sep 24, 2026, 12:59:03 PM
- Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities: list of knowledge and abilities.
- Education, Training, And Experience: requirements.
- Certificate and License Requirements: None.
We need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. Not present.
We need to not repeat job title as heading. Not include Job ID etc.
We need to include sections only when there is real specific content.
Potential sections:
- About the role (maybe from Summary Description). Could be "About the role".
- Responsibilities (maybe from duties like assisting students, personal care, etc). Could combine.
- Requirements (maybe Education, Training, Experience). Could be "Qualifications" or "Requirements".
- Skills (Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities).
- Pay (wage range).
- Benefits (mention of benefits link). Could include Benefits section with link.
- Schedule (Full-time, Working Months 10, Shift Day). Could include Schedule.
We must not create sections with placeholder like "commensurate with experience". We have actual wage range, so Pay section is okay.
Benefits: we have a link to benefits info. That's specific enough.
Schedule: we have Full-time, Working Months 10, Shift Day. That's specific.
Now we need to output HTML fragment only, no /, no markdown fences.
We'll produce something like:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Qualifications
...
maybe list. But we need to decide which headings to use: The instruction says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can choose among those.
We need to preserve all substantive information.
Let's extract substantive content.
Summary Description Of Classification:
"At the direction of the principal, this paraeducator performs a variety of tasks that promote student learning and well-being to support students with Individualized Education Programs (IEP). The paraeducator may be required to assist students with various needs related to academic, behavioral, social, emotional, and physical support. Successful student support will include attending to student personal care and medical needs and may require work with students that display physical and/or verbal aggression. The paraeducator at this level may be required to participate with students in learning activities off of school grounds. The paraeducator work at this level is focused on facilitating the student mastery of grade-level curriculum or mastery of Alternate Academic Achievement Standards. The students supported at this level typically participate in specialized instructional settings throughout the school day. This position also performs a variety of instructional and classroom management supports, as well as related clerical tasks to support teachers and other professional staff in all classrooms or learning environments. All new paraeducators are hired at a grade 17 and have the opportunity to promote to a grade 18 after successfully completing the six-month probationary period and successfully completing the required number of training hours."
That's a lot; we can put under About the role or Responsibilities.
Physical Demands: "Frequent bending, walking, kneeling, running, and lifting of objects/equipment up to 50 pounds may be required."
Special Requirements: "Outside duty may be required. Must be able to accommodate flexible scheduling and change of location and/or program, as needed. Continues planned instructional activities during teacher's temporary absence from the classroom. Specialized training (provided by MCPS) in alignment with the assignment special education services required within 6 months of starting in the position."
Job Specific Information: "The wage range for this position is between $28.57 and $44.10 per hour, based on years of service. For information about benefits, please follow the link below. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nCKtJEqy4w4SLTzmvmVXgE8hPfOBolkb/view"
Job School Instructional Support Job Grade 17-18 Organization Maryvale Elementary School Primary Location Rockville Schedule Full-time Working Months 10 Shift Day Job Job Posting Sep 24, 2026, 12:59:03 PM
Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities: list.
Education, Training, And Experience: requirements.
Certificate and License Requirements: None.
We need to avoid repeating job title as heading. Not include Job ID etc.
We need to drop duplicated lines.
Now decide sections:
- About the role: could be the summary description (first paragraph). We'll put that.
- Responsibilities: maybe the duties like assisting students, personal care, medical needs, off-grounds activities, instructional and classroom management supports, clerical tasks. Could be a list.
- Qualifications: could combine Education, Training, Experience and Knowledge, Skills, Abilities? But we have separate headings for Skills and Qualifications. The instruction list includes both Skills and Qualifications. We could put Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities under Skills heading. And Education, Training, And Experience under Qualifications heading.
- Pay: wage range.
- Benefits: link.
- Schedule: Full-time, Working Months 10, Shift Day.
- Possibly also Physical Demands and Special Requirements could be part of Responsibilities or a separate section like Requirements? But we have Requirements heading; we could put physical demands and special requirements under Requirements. However we already have Qualifications for education/experience. Might be better to put physical demands and special requirements under Responsibilities as they are job demands.
But we need to avoid too many thin sections. Prefer a few substantive sections.
We could have:
- About the role (summary)
- Responsibilities (duties, physical demands, special requirements)
- Qualifications (education, training, experience)
- Skills (knowledge, skills, abilities)
- Pay
- Benefits
- Schedule
That's 7 sections, each substantive.
Now we need to format lists with - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits.
For prose, use
.
We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail.
We must include all details from each section.
Let's craft each.
About the role: Use the summary description paragraph. Might be long but okay.
Responsibilities: Need to list duties: assist students with academic, behavioral, social, emotional, physical support; attend to student personal care and medical needs; work with students displaying physical/verbal aggression; participate with students in learning activities off school grounds; facilitate student mastery of grade-level curriculum or Alternate Academic Achievement Standards; perform instructional and classroom management supports; perform related clerical tasks to support teachers and other professional staff; continue planned instructional activities during teacher's temporary absence; outside duty may be required; accommodate flexible scheduling and change of location/program as needed. Also physical demands: frequent bending, walking, kneeling, running, lifting up to 50 pounds. Also specialized training required within 6 months.
We could combine these as list items.
Qualifications: Education, Training, And Experience requirements. Need to preserve all detail: The requirements are in order of preference:
1. Associate's degree, required. Bachelor's degree preferred. College course work should include a minimum of nine credit-hours related to education field such as behavior management, instructional strategies. One year of experience working with students in structured educational (or academic) situations preferred. If no related education course work, then two to four years of experience working with children and adolescents in a structured setting such as a daycare, pre-school, etc. required.
OR2. At least 48 college credits and two years of experience in an in a structured setting such as a daycare, pre-school, adult day program, after-school program, extended day, or school/non-school based departments, etc.
OR3. Two years of experience in a structured setting such as a daycare, pre-school, adult day program, after-school program, extended day, or school/non-school based departments, etc. Successful completion of the ParaPro Assessment with a qualifying score of 455 or higher is required.
OR4. Any combinations of applicable education, training, and experience which provide the knowledge, abilities, and skills necessary to perform effectively in the position may be considered.
Also CERTIFICATE AND LICENSE REQUIREMENTS: None.
We need to preserve that.
Skills: Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities list:
- Knowledge of child development, instructional strategies and practices applicable to assignment, and instructional goals and policies of Montgomery County Public Schools.
- Ability to assist with implementation of the instructional program and to participate in monitoring and ensuring appropriate student behavior.
- Ability to exhibit patient behavior and to work effectively with children, young adults, and staff members.
- Ability to follow written and verbal instructions and to perform all required tasks.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to read/write/speak English.
- Ability to interact with and support students with special needs.
- Knowledge of standard computer hardware and software such as Google Workspace, MS Office and web-based instructional tools.
- Knowledge of and the ability to quickly learn and meet the seven core competencies of the Supporting Services Professional Growth System (SSPGS).
We need to preserve each as list items.
Pay: wage range $28.57 to $44.10 per hour, based on years of service.
Benefits: link to benefits info. Could be a
with link.
Schedule: Full-time, Working Months 10, Shift Day.
Now we need to ensure we don't include boilerplate like "Job School Instructional Support Job Grade 17-18 Organization Maryvale Elementary School Primary Location Rockville Schedule Full-time Working Months 10 Shift Day Job Job Posting Sep 24, 2026, 12:59:03 PM". Some of that is schedule info we already captured; the rest like Job School Instructional Support Job Grade 17-18 Organization Maryvale Elementary School Primary Location Rockville is metadata that could be omitted? The instruction says do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. So we could drop the job title line etc. But we already have schedule captured. The organization and location maybe could be included in About the role? Not required. Might drop.
We need to preserve ALL substantive information; organization and location might be considered substantive? The instruction says fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. So we could drop organization and location if considered minor. But maybe it's substantive. However we already have schedule; location maybe not needed for the HTML fragment? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep location and organization if they are substantive. But we can put them in a short
under About the role maybe.
But we have to avoid repeating job title as heading. The line "
. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. We must include all details from each section. Let's craft each. About the role: Use the summary description paragraph. Might be long but okay. Responsibilities: Need to list duties: assist students with academic, behavioral, social, emotional, physical support; attend to student personal care and medical needs; work with students displaying physical/verbal aggression; participate with students in learning activities off school grounds; facilitate student mastery of grade-level curriculum or Alternate Academic Achievement Standards; perform instructional and classroom management supports; perform related clerical tasks to support teachers and other professional staff; continue planned instructional activities during teacher's temporary absence; outside duty may be required; accommodate flexible scheduling and change of location/program as needed. Also physical demands: frequent bending, walking, kneeling, running, lifting up to 50 pounds. Also specialized training required within 6 months. We could combine these as list items. Qualifications: Education, Training, And Experience requirements. Need to preserve all detail: The requirements are in order of preference: 1. Associate's degree, required. Bachelor's degree preferred. College course work should include a minimum of nine credit-hours related to education field such as behavior management, instructional strategies. One year of experience working with students in structured educational (or academic) situations preferred. If no related education course work, then two to four years of experience working with children and adolescents in a structured setting such as a daycare, pre-school, etc. required. OR2. At least 48 college credits and two years of experience in an in a structured setting such as a daycare, pre-school, adult day program, after-school program, extended day, or school/non-school based departments, etc. OR3. Two years of experience in a structured setting such as a daycare, pre-school, adult day program, after-school program, extended day, or school/non-school based departments, etc. Successful completion of the ParaPro Assessment with a qualifying score of 455 or higher is required. OR4. Any combinations of applicable education, training, and experience which provide the knowledge, abilities, and skills necessary to perform effectively in the position may be considered. Also CERTIFICATE AND LICENSE REQUIREMENTS: None. We need to preserve that. Skills: Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities list: - Knowledge of child development, instructional strategies and practices applicable to assignment, and instructional goals and policies of Montgomery County Public Schools. - Ability to assist with implementation of the instructional program and to participate in monitoring and ensuring appropriate student behavior. - Ability to exhibit patient behavior and to work effectively with children, young adults, and staff members. - Ability to follow written and verbal instructions and to perform all required tasks. - Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing. - Ability to read/write/speak English. - Ability to interact with and support students with special needs. - Knowledge of standard computer hardware and software such as Google Workspace, MS Office and web-based instructional tools. - Knowledge of and the ability to quickly learn and meet the seven core competencies of the Supporting Services Professional Growth System (SSPGS). We need to preserve each as list items. Pay: wage range $28.57 to $44.10 per hour, based on years of service. Benefits: link to benefits info. Could be a
with link. Schedule: Full-time, Working Months 10, Shift Day. Now we need to ensure we don't include boilerplate like "Job School Instructional Support Job Grade 17-18 Organization Maryvale Elementary School Primary Location Rockville Schedule Full-time Working Months 10 Shift Day Job Job Posting Sep 24, 2026, 12:59:03 PM". Some of that is schedule info we already captured; the rest like Job School Instructional Support Job Grade 17-18 Organization Maryvale Elementary School Primary Location Rockville is metadata that could be omitted? The instruction says do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. So we could drop the job title line etc. But we already have schedule captured. The organization and location maybe could be included in About the role? Not required. Might drop. We need to preserve ALL substantive information; organization and location might be considered substantive? The instruction says fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. So we could drop organization and location if considered minor. But maybe it's substantive. However we already have schedule; location maybe not needed for the HTML fragment? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep location and organization if they are substantive. But we can put them in a short
under About the role maybe. But we have to avoid repeating job title as heading. The line "