Instructional Assistant - Regular Education, Multi-grade

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We need to parse the posting. Position title: Instructional Assistant (IA). Not needed as heading. We have sections: Position Purpose, Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs), Education, Training, and Experience (ALL SCHOOLS and IF TITLE I SCHOOL), Certification and License Requirements, Preferred Qualifications, Essential Duties and Responsibilities, Work Environment/Physical Requirements, Effective Date, Disclaimer. We need to map to allowed headings: About the role (maybe position purpose), Responsibilities (essential duties), Requirements (maybe minimum qualifications?), Qualifications (education/training/experience?), Skills (KSAs), Benefits (none), Pay (none), Schedule (work week schedule). Also maybe include Work Environment? Not in allowed headings; we could incorporate into About the role or Responsibilities? Probably not; we should only include allowed headings. If content doesn't fit, we may omit? But we must preserve all substantive information. However we cannot create new headings beyond allowed list. We could embed extra info within existing sections (e.g., About the role includes purpose and work environment). That's acceptable. We need to avoid boilerplate: disclaimer, effective date maybe minor metadata; we can fold into a short p or drop. The instruction: "do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short

or drop it." Effective date and disclaimer are minor metadata; we can include in a short p at end maybe. We must not include sections with placeholder like "commensurate with experience". No pay/benefits/schedule unless stated. We have 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. Pay: Not specified (Pay Grade Noncertified Grade 20). That's a pay grade but not actual pay amount. The rule: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It states Pay Grade Noncertified Grade 20. Is that considered stating pay? It's a grade, not a dollar amount. Might be considered pay info. The rule says "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state Pay Grade. So we could include Pay section with that info. However they also said prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. Might be okay to include Pay with the grade. Benefits: Not mentioned. So omit Benefits. Now we need to structure:

About the role

Position Purpose ... plus maybe work environment.

Responsibilities

• ... essential duties

Requirements

maybe combine Minimum Qualifications and Certification? Or we could have Requirements for minimum qualifications and Qualifications for education/training/experience. But we have both sections allowed: Requirements and Qualifications. We need to decide what goes where. Interpretation: Requirements could be minimum qualifications (knowledge, skills, abilities). Qualifications could be education, training, experience, certifications. Skills could be KSAs. However KSAs are skills. So we could put KSAs under Skills. Education/Training/Experience under Qualifications. Minimum Qualifications (maybe just the baseline) under Requirements. Certification and License Requirements could also go under Requirements or Qualifications. Preferred Qualifications could be under Qualifications as a note. Let's map: - About the role: Position Purpose + Work Environment/Physical Requirements (maybe brief). - Responsibilities: Essential Duties and Responsibilities. - Requirements: Minimum Qualifications (the bullet list of KSAs? Actually Minimum Qualifications section includes "See Education and Training for requirements for TITLE I schools". Then KSAs list. So Requirements could be the KSAs list. - Qualifications: Education, Training, and Experience (both ALL SCHOOLS and IF TITLE I SCHOOL) + Certification and License Requirements + Preferred Qualifications. - Skills: maybe we could combine with Requirements? But we already used KSAs there. Could also put Skills separate but might be thin. Better to put KSAs under Skills and Requirements maybe just the baseline? However the baseline is just "High school diploma or GED." That's not much. Might be thin. Given instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we should combine where possible. Thus maybe: - About the role: Position Purpose + Work Environment. - Responsibilities: Essential Duties. - Qualifications: Education/Training/Experience, Certification, Preferred Qualifications. - Skills: KSAs (knowledge, skills, abilities). - Schedule: Work week schedule. - Pay: Pay Grade Noncertified Grade 20. We'll omit Benefits. Now we need to preserve all substantive information. Let's extract. Position Purpose: "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." Work Environment/Physical Requirements: "This job operates in a classroom environment and requires sitting and standing throughout the day. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, scanners, and copiers. The position, at times, must be able to come into direct contact with school system staff, staff members of external funding agencies, and the community. Work is considered medium physical work, requiring the exertion of up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. School can contact the school’s Physical Therapist for assistance, if needed, with proper lifting techniques." Essential Duties and Responsibilities: list: - 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. Minimum Qualifications (KSAs list): Let's extract each ability: - 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. Education, Training, and Experience ALL SCHOOLS: "High school diploma or GED." Education, Training, and Experience 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 and License Requirements: "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)." Preferred Qualifications: "CPR and First Aid certification." Pay Grade: "Noncertified Grade 20" 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." Effective Date: "EFFECTIVE DATE: 3/2025" (minor metadata) Disclaimer: we can drop or put in short p. Now construct HTML. We'll have sections:

About the role

Position Purpose ...

Work Environment ...

Responsibilities

• ... each duty

Qualifications

Education, Training, and Experience:

• All schools: High school diploma or GED.
• Title I schools: Must meet ESSA requirements and have either six documented semester hours of coursework in childhood education or two years of work experience in a childhood setting.

Certification and License Requirements:

• Dependent upon school need, hold and maintain Crisis Prevention and Intervention (CPI) certification (principal determines if required; training provided through WCPSS).

Preferred Qualifications:

• CPR and First Aid certification.

Skills

• Considerable knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Google Apps.
• Working knowledge of successful instructional delivery methods.
• Working knowledge of core subjects at the assigned grade level.
• Ability to recognize and support students of diverse backgrounds, learning abilities, and learning styles.
• Ability to protect confidentiality of personally identifiable information per FERPA and applicable laws.
• Ability to work in a team environment and collaborate effectively.
• Ability to motivate students.
• Ability to constantly supervise student safety and well‑being.
• Ability to work with a diverse student population and recognize variations in backgrounds, abilities, and learning styles.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely orally and in writing using various techniques and tools.
• Ability to implement academic and behavioral interventions as needed.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with school staff, students, parents, businesses, community agencies, and the public.

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.

Pay

Pay Grade: Noncertified Grade 20.

We could also include effective date as a short p at end:

Effective date: 3/2025.

We must not include any markdown code fences