Instructional Assistant - Regular Education, Kindergarten - 2nd Grade, Track 1
or drop it." Pay grade could be considered minor metadata. But they said "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state PAY GRADE, so we could include a Pay section with that info. However they also said "never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. 'commensurate with experience', 'not specified', 'N/A', 'varies', 'TBD')". Pay grade is not filler; it's specific: Noncertified Grade 20. So we could include Pay section. Schedule: "WORK WEEK SCHEDULE Monday-Friday (occasional evenings and weekends/Workday must not exceed more than 40 hours per week and begins at least 30 minutes prior to the instructional day for students.)" That's specific schedule info. So we can include Schedule section. Benefits: Not mentioned. So omit Benefits. Now we need sections: About the role (position purpose), Responsibilities (essential duties), Requirements (minimum qualifications? maybe combine education and KSAs), Qualifications (preferred?), Skills (KSAs). But we need to avoid duplication. The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). We can choose which to include based on content. We have: - About the role: position purpose paragraph. - Responsibilities: essential duties and responsibilities (list). - Requirements: maybe education and training (high school diploma or GED, Title I specifics). Also certification requirements (CPI). Could be under Requirements. - Qualifications: maybe preferred qualifications (CPR/First Aid). Or we could treat KSAs as Skills. - Skills: KSAs list. - Pay: PAY GRADE Noncertified Grade 20. - Schedule: WORK WEEK SCHEDULE description. We must not repeat job title as heading. Good. We need to use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Thus for KSAs (list of abilities) we should make a
- . For duties also list.
For education requirements maybe also list.
We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail.
Let's extract details precisely.
Position Purpose paragraph: "Performs instructional support work assisting classroom teachers in classroom activities as well as general administrative support tasks. Implements goals and objectives established by licensed teachers and works directly with students. Assists in the instruction of individual students or groups of students in all curricular areas as directed by teachers or administrators. Plans and collaborates with teachers in devising special strategies for reinforcing skills and concepts based on the understanding of individual students."
We'll put that in
under About the role. Responsibilities: Essential Duties and Responsibilities paragraph: "Provides assistance with activities and duties that implement the total school program, assists teachers in instructional activities, and assists teachers in ensuring an encouraging, caring, safe and healthy environment for all students. Aids teachers with planning and organizing, evaluating instructional activities, developing classroom procedures, and preparing necessary materials; ensures materials for students are readily available according to the needs of the lesson plan. Demonstrates professional and technical skills necessary to function effectively in the classroom and to support the school program. Works with an individual student and/or specific groups of students in a different classroom and/or area of the school, as needed. Participates in the district staff development program and continued professional growth in the area of assignment. Maintains a positive disposition, exercises good judgement, and remains calm when dealing with students at all times. May perform vision and hearing screenings; enters results into the Electronic Access Student Information System (EASi, student’s electronic records system.) Initial training and recertification will be provided through WCPSS, if needed. Performs other related duties, as assigned." We could break into list items for each duty. But the instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The paragraph is not a list but we could split into logical items. However we must preserve all substantive information; we can keep as
but they said use
- for any list. It's not explicitly a list but we could treat each sentence as a list item. Safer to make a
- for each duty. Let's extract each duty as separate bullet.
Duties list:
1. Provides assistance with activities and duties that implement the total school program, assists teachers in instructional activities, and assists teachers in ensuring an encouraging, caring, safe and healthy environment for all students.
2. Aids teachers with planning and organizing, evaluating instructional activities, developing classroom procedures, and preparing necessary materials; ensures materials for students are readily available according to the needs of the lesson plan.
3. Demonstrates professional and technical skills necessary to function effectively in the classroom and to support the school program.
4. Works with an individual student and/or specific groups of students in a different classroom and/or area of the school, as needed.
5. Participates in the district staff development program and continued professional growth in the area of assignment.
6. Maintains a positive disposition, exercises good judgement, and remains calm when dealing with students at all times.
7. May perform vision and hearing screenings; enters results into the Electronic Access Student Information System (EASi, student’s electronic records system.)
8. Initial training and recertification will be provided through WCPSS, if needed.
9. Performs other related duties, as assigned.
Note: #8 is about training provision, still a duty.
Now Requirements: Education and training, certification requirements.
Education: "ALL SCHOOLS High school diploma or GED." Also Title I specifics: "IF TITLE I SCHOOL Meet the employment requirements outlined by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Pub.L.114-95, AND have one of the following: Six documented semester hours of coursework in childhood education, OR Two years of work experience in a childhood setting."
Certification: "Dependent upon the need of the school and the student population, hold and maintain a Crisis Prevention and Intervention (CPI) certification (Principal will determine if the position requires; CPI training will be provided through WCPSS)."
We could make a list under Requirements.
Also maybe include "FLSA STATUS Nonexempt", "PAY GRADE Noncertified Grade 20", "WORK WEEK SCHEDULE..." but those go to Pay and Schedule sections.
Requirements could include education, certification, maybe also eligibility for employment contract? "ELIGIBILITY FOR EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT No". That's minor metadata; could be omitted or folded into a short p. But we might drop as per instruction to drop minor metadata. We'll drop.
Thus Requirements section: list items:
- High school diploma or GED.
- For Title I schools: must meet ESSA requirements AND either six documented semester hours of coursework in childhood education OR two years of work experience in a childhood setting.
- May be required to hold and maintain Crisis Prevention and Intervention (CPI) certification; training provided by WCPSS if needed.
Now Skills: KSAs list.
Extract KSAs:
- Considerable knowledge of Microsoft Office, specifically Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point; Google Apps;
- Working knowledge of successful instructional delivery methods;
- Working knowledge of the core subjects at the grade level to which employment assignment is made;
- Ability to recognize and support students of diverse backgrounds, learning abilities, and learning styles;
- Ability to protect the confidentiality of personally identifiable information in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) and other applicable federal and state laws, policies, and regulations;
- Ability to work in a team environment and effectively collaborate with others;
- Ability to motivate students;
- Ability to constantly supervise the safety and well-being of students;
- Ability to work with a diverse student population and recognize variations in student backgrounds, abilities, and learning styles;
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both in oral and written form using a variety of communication techniques and tools to ensure the appropriate flow of information, collaborative efforts, and feedback;
- Ability to implement academic and behavioral interventions, as needed;
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with school system staff, students, parents, businesses, community agencies, and the public.
Note some duplicates: ability to recognize and support students of diverse backgrounds appears twice (similar). We'll keep as given but could deduplicate? Instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Duplicates are part of original; we should keep them? Might be okay to keep both but it's redundant. However we could keep as is; it's not inventing. We'll keep both.
Now Preferred Qualifications: "CPR and First Aid certification."
We could put under Qualifications section.
Now Pay section: "PAY GRADE Noncertified Grade 20". We'll put as
. Schedule section: "WORK WEEK SCHEDULE Monday-Friday (occasional evenings and weekends/Workday must not exceed more than 40 hours per week and begins at least 30 minutes prior to the instructional day for students.)" We'll put as
. Now we need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown. We'll structure:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Requirements
- ... ...
Skills
- ... ...
Qualifications
CPR and First Aid certification.
Pay
Noncertified Grade 20
Schedule
Monday-Friday (occasional evenings and weekends; workday must not exceed 40 hours per week and begins at least 30 minutes prior to the instructional day for students.)
We need to ensure we didn't miss any substantive info: The position purpose we captured. The essential duties we captured. The KSAs we captured. Education/Training we captured. Certification we captured. Preferred qualifications we captured. Pay grade we captured. Schedule we captured
- for each duty. Let's extract each duty as separate bullet.
Duties list:
1. Provides assistance with activities and duties that implement the total school program, assists teachers in instructional activities, and assists teachers in ensuring an encouraging, caring, safe and healthy environment for all students.
2. Aids teachers with planning and organizing, evaluating instructional activities, developing classroom procedures, and preparing necessary materials; ensures materials for students are readily available according to the needs of the lesson plan.
3. Demonstrates professional and technical skills necessary to function effectively in the classroom and to support the school program.
4. Works with an individual student and/or specific groups of students in a different classroom and/or area of the school, as needed.
5. Participates in the district staff development program and continued professional growth in the area of assignment.
6. Maintains a positive disposition, exercises good judgement, and remains calm when dealing with students at all times.
7. May perform vision and hearing screenings; enters results into the Electronic Access Student Information System (EASi, student’s electronic records system.)
8. Initial training and recertification will be provided through WCPSS, if needed.
9. Performs other related duties, as assigned.
Note: #8 is about training provision, still a duty.
Now Requirements: Education and training, certification requirements.
Education: "ALL SCHOOLS High school diploma or GED." Also Title I specifics: "IF TITLE I SCHOOL Meet the employment requirements outlined by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Pub.L.114-95, AND have one of the following: Six documented semester hours of coursework in childhood education, OR Two years of work experience in a childhood setting."
Certification: "Dependent upon the need of the school and the student population, hold and maintain a Crisis Prevention and Intervention (CPI) certification (Principal will determine if the position requires; CPI training will be provided through WCPSS)."
We could make a list under Requirements.
Also maybe include "FLSA STATUS Nonexempt", "PAY GRADE Noncertified Grade 20", "WORK WEEK SCHEDULE..." but those go to Pay and Schedule sections.
Requirements could include education, certification, maybe also eligibility for employment contract? "ELIGIBILITY FOR EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT No". That's minor metadata; could be omitted or folded into a short p. But we might drop as per instruction to drop minor metadata. We'll drop.
Thus Requirements section: list items:
- High school diploma or GED.
- For Title I schools: must meet ESSA requirements AND either six documented semester hours of coursework in childhood education OR two years of work experience in a childhood setting.
- May be required to hold and maintain Crisis Prevention and Intervention (CPI) certification; training provided by WCPSS if needed.
Now Skills: KSAs list.
Extract KSAs:
- Considerable knowledge of Microsoft Office, specifically Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point; Google Apps;
- Working knowledge of successful instructional delivery methods;
- Working knowledge of the core subjects at the grade level to which employment assignment is made;
- Ability to recognize and support students of diverse backgrounds, learning abilities, and learning styles;
- Ability to protect the confidentiality of personally identifiable information in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) and other applicable federal and state laws, policies, and regulations;
- Ability to work in a team environment and effectively collaborate with others;
- Ability to motivate students;
- Ability to constantly supervise the safety and well-being of students;
- Ability to work with a diverse student population and recognize variations in student backgrounds, abilities, and learning styles;
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both in oral and written form using a variety of communication techniques and tools to ensure the appropriate flow of information, collaborative efforts, and feedback;
- Ability to implement academic and behavioral interventions, as needed;
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with school system staff, students, parents, businesses, community agencies, and the public.
Note some duplicates: ability to recognize and support students of diverse backgrounds appears twice (similar). We'll keep as given but could deduplicate? Instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Duplicates are part of original; we should keep them? Might be okay to keep both but it's redundant. However we could keep as is; it's not inventing. We'll keep both.
Now Preferred Qualifications: "CPR and First Aid certification."
We could put under Qualifications section.
Now Pay section: "PAY GRADE Noncertified Grade 20". We'll put as
- for any list. It's not explicitly a list but we could treat each sentence as a list item. Safer to make a
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The paragraph is not a list but we could split into logical items. However we must preserve all substantive information; we can keep as
- . For duties also list.
For education requirements maybe also list.
We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail.
Let's extract details precisely.
Position Purpose paragraph: "Performs instructional support work assisting classroom teachers in classroom activities as well as general administrative support tasks. Implements goals and objectives established by licensed teachers and works directly with students. Assists in the instruction of individual students or groups of students in all curricular areas as directed by teachers or administrators. Plans and collaborates with teachers in devising special strategies for reinforcing skills and concepts based on the understanding of individual students."
We'll put that in