Instructional Assistant

We need to produce semantic HTML fragment with headings

for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. So we need to extract relevant content. Let's parse the posting: - First line: "All education provided on your application must be supported by attaching a scanned copy of your high school diploma, transcription or college/university transcript." This is about application requirement, maybe part of Required Qualifications? It's about documentation. Could be part of Required Qualifications. - "Work Year Calendar and Hours 10-month position (190 days / year), 7 hours per day Daily Work Hours: TBD" This is schedule info. So we can have Schedule section: 10-month position (190 days/year), 7 hours per day. Daily Work Hours: TBD (but TBD is placeholder; we should not include placeholder text? The rule: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD", "varies", "TBD"). So we should not include TBD. So schedule: 10-month position (190 days/year), 7 hours per day. That's specific. - "For more information about employee benefits please go to: https://www.fcps.org/staff/benefits" That's a link to benefits. We can include Benefits section with that link? The rule: include a section only when posting has real, specific content for it. It gives a URL for more info. That's specific enough? Might be considered placeholder? It's a link. We can include Benefits: see link for details. But we should not invent details. Could include a

with that link. - "Salary Support Salary Scale Grade S05: $20.42 per hour starting Under the Fair Labor and Standards Act this position is non-exempt from overtime. Actual salary placement will be in accordance with the salary procedures of the Frederick County Public School System. Please see linked salary scale for the full range. This vacancy announcement is part of a current classification study which is an ongoing evaluation process to review its duties, responsibilities, and appropriate placement within the organization's job structure at FCPS." So Pay section: Salary Scale Grade S05: $20.42 per hour starting. Non-exempt from overtime. Actual salary placement per FCPS procedures. See linked salary scale for full range. That's specific. - "Role Under the general direction of one or more certified classroom teachers and/or school administrator(s), an Instructional Assistant works with individuals or small groups of pupils and performs instructional or clerical work as assigned. Performance is evaluated at least annually by the supervising administrator." That's About the role. - Essential Functions list: many bullet points. Those are Responsibilities. - Other Functions: "May be requested to provide class coverage." Also maybe part of responsibilities. - Required Qualifications: list: High school diploma or equivalent (GED). Note: 48 college credits, AA degree, or passing one of the following exams (ParaPathways, Pearson NES: Foundations of Classroom Support, or Pearson NES: Foundations of Classroom Support & Instruction) will be required for Title One Schools. Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly, concisely in both oral and written form. Working knowledge of English, spelling vocabulary, and mathematics. Willingness to participate in training programs or professional development designed by the principal or central office staff as it pertains to the job function. Capable of performing the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations. Regular and predictable attendance. - Preferred Qualifications: Familiarity with the FCPS policies, goals and programs. - Also earlier: "All education provided on your application must be supported by attaching a scanned copy of your high school diploma, transcription or college/university transcript." That could be part of Required Qualifications (documentation). We'll include. - Also there is EEO statement etc which we must remove. - Also there is "THIS JOB DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN WRITTEN..." etc remove. Now we need to decide sections. We have content for: - About the role (role description) - Responsibilities (Essential Functions + Other Functions) - Requirements (maybe combine Required Qualifications and documentation) - Qualifications (maybe Preferred Qualifications) - Skills (maybe we can extract from Required Qualifications: communication, English, spelling, math, willingness to train, etc. But we might not need separate Skills if we already have Qualifications. The instruction says use headings for those categories if content exists. We can have Skills section if we have specific skill list. The posting includes "Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly, concisely in both oral and written form." "Working knowledge of English, spelling vocabulary, and mathematics." Those are skills. Could put them under Skills. But we also have Required Qualifications includes those. To avoid duplication, we could put them under Required Qualifications and not have separate Skills. However the instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could combine Required Qualifications and Skills into one section called Requirements or Qualifications. But we have both Required and Preferred qualifications. We could have Requirements (required) and Qualifications (preferred). Or we could have Requirements (required) and Skills (derived). Let's see typical usage: They list sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we can map: - About the role: role description paragraph. - Responsibilities: essential functions list + other functions. - Requirements: required qualifications (including education documentation). - Qualifications: preferred qualifications. - Skills: maybe we can extract specific skills like communication, English, math, etc. But those are already in required qualifications. Could still list them under Skills but would duplicate. Better to not create Skills if content is thin; we can omit Skills section if we don't have distinct skill list beyond what's already in Requirements. The instruction: "include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text". So if we put Skills but just repeat same content, it's still specific content, but duplication may be okay? Might be considered thin? I'd rather omit Skills to keep fewer sections. - Benefits: link to benefits page. - Pay: salary details. - Schedule: work year calendar and hours. Now we need to format using

for each section heading, then

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

  for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Let's extract each piece. About the role: "Under the general direction of one or more certified classroom teachers and/or school administrator(s), an Instructional Assistant works with individuals or small groups of pupils and performs instructional or clerical work as assigned. Performance is evaluated at least annually by the supervising administrator." That's prose ->

  . Responsibilities: Essential Functions list (many bullet points). Also Other Functions: "May be requested to provide class coverage." We need to put each as

• . Ensure we keep all bullet points exactly as written (maybe minor punctuation). Let's list them: - Works with individuals and/or small groups of students under the supervision of a classroom teacher or building administrator. - Checks papers and monitors student progress. - Operates various office machines (may do some typing). - Prepares and arranges materials for the day's instruction. - Assists in supervising recreational, outdoor, and free-time activities, as well as field trips. - Performs classroom duties such as reading, collecting money, taking attendance, correcting assignments, and scheduling parent-teacher conferences. - Monitors small or large groups of pupils so as to free the teacher to perform other duties. - Utilizes various computer programs to assist students, individually or in small instructional groups. - Substitutes for teachers in emergency situations. - Prioritizes work assignments appropriately. - Completes appropriate amount of work in an efficient manner; seeks out additional assignments as time permits. - Demonstrates support for the organization and its goals; accepts constructive criticism. - Reports promptly for work, utilizes time wisely and maintains an acceptable attendance pattern. - Demonstrates ability to communicate clearly and concisely in both oral and written form. - Demonstrates working knowledge of English, spelling, vocabulary and mathematics. - Maintains confidentiality of student information. Other Functions: - May be requested to provide class coverage. Also maybe "Performs other duties as assigned by the Classroom Teacher/Administrator." appears earlier under Required Qualifications? Actually appears: "Required Qualifications Performs other duties as assigned by the Classroom Teacher/Administrator." That line seems misplaced; it's under Required Qualifications heading but actually it's a duty. We should include it as a responsibility. Let's capture: "Performs other duties as assigned by the Classroom Teacher/Administrator." Thus responsibilities list includes that as well. Now Requirements (required qualifications): Let's extract: - All education provided on your application must be supported by attaching a scanned copy of your high school diploma, transcription or college/university transcript. (This is a requirement about documentation.) - High school diploma or equivalent (GED). - Note: 48 college credits, AA degree, or passing one of the following exams (ParaPathways, Pearson NES: Foundations of Classroom Support, or Pearson NES: Foundations of Classroom Support & Instruction) will be required for Title One Schools. - Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly, concisely in both oral and written form. - Working knowledge of English, spelling vocabulary, and mathematics. - Willingness to participate in training programs or professional development designed by the principal or central office staff as it pertains to the job function. - Capable of performing the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations. - Regular and predictable attendance. Also earlier: "Performs other duties as assigned by the Classroom Teacher/Administrator." we already put under responsibilities. Now Qualifications (preferred): "Familiarity with the FCPS policies, goals and programs." That's it. Benefits: "For more information about employee benefits please go to: https://www.fcps.org/staff/benefits" We can make a

  with that link. Pay: "Salary Support Salary Scale Grade S05: $20.42 per hour starting Under the Fair Labor and Standards Act this position is non-exempt from overtime. Actual salary placement will be in accordance with the salary procedures of the Frederick County Public School System. Please see linked salary scale for the full range. This vacancy announcement is part of a current classification study which is an ongoing evaluation process to review its duties, responsibilities, and appropriate placement within the organization's job structure at FCPS." We need to preserve all substantive information. So we can put that as a

  (maybe split into sentences). Keep as is. Schedule: "Work Year Calendar and Hours 10-month position (190 days / year), 7 hours per day Daily Work Hours: TBD" We should omit TBD. So we have: 10-month position (190 days/year), 7 hours per day. We could phrase: "10-month position (190 days per year), 7 hours per day." That's specific. Now we need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown. We'll produce sections in order: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We'll omit Skills. Now ensure we use

  for each heading. For lists, use

  • . For prose, use

    . We must not include any boilerplate like EEO etc. Let's craft. Check for duplicate lines: Ensure we didn't include any duplicated lines like "Performs other duties as assigned by the Classroom Teacher/Administrator." appears both in