Instructional Assistant - Special Education, Emotional Behavior Support
Wake County Public School System · Fuquay-Varina, NC · 1 mo ago
EducationFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes Position Purpose, Minimum Qualifications, KSAs, Education, Certification, Preferred Qualifications, Essential Duties, Additional Duties, Work Environment/Physical Requirements, Effective Date, Disclaimer (boilerplate). We must remove boilerplate like disclaimer? The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Disclaimer may be considered boilerplate? It's a generic disclaimer about description not comprehensive; could be considered boilerplate. Likely we should drop it. Also Effective Date maybe metadata; we could fold into short p. The instruction: do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short for section headings. Use
or drop it. Effective Date is minor metadata; we can include in a p. We need sections only when posting has real specific content. So we can have sections: About the role (maybe Position Purpose), Responsibilities (Essential Duties and Responsibilities), Additional Duties (maybe part of Responsibilities?), Requirements (Minimum Qualifications, KSAs, Education, Certification, Preferred Qualifications). Benefits, Pay, Schedule: none given, so omit. We need to use
for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail.
We need to extract content.
Let's parse:
Position Purpose: "Provides support and assists in coordinating instructional programs relating to special education students and their Individual Education Plans (IEP). Monitors programs with students with disabilities, maintains confidentiality, and complies with all federal, state, and local laws, regulations, guidelines, and procedures as they relate to the special education program throughout the district. Maintains an environment conducive to learning."
That's prose.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: (See Education and Training for requirements for TITLE I schools ) KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES (KSAs) ... list.
Education: "ALL SCHOOLS High school diploma or GED." plus Title I specifics.
CERTIFICATION AND LICENSE REQUIREMENTS: maintain CPI certification.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: CPR and First Aid certification; Experience working with or assisting individuals with special needs.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: list of duties (many sentences). We need to turn into
- items. Each sentence maybe separate bullet.
ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES- SATA Only : one-on-one instructional assistant... etc.
Work Environment/Physical Requirements: description.
Effective Date: 3/2025.
We need to avoid boilerplate like disclaimer.
Let's craft sections:
About the role
Position Purpose ...
Responsibilities
- ... each essential duty sentence
...
Maybe also Additional Duties as part of responsibilities? Could be separate section "Additional Duties (SATA)". But we can combine? The instruction: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Could have Responsibilities covering both essential and additional duties. But we need to preserve all detail; we can include both sets under Responsibilities.
Better: have Responsibilities (Essential Duties) and Additional Duties (SATA) as separate subsections? That would be thin. Maybe combine into one Responsibilities section with all duties.
We'll list all duties from Essential Duties and Additional Duties.
Now Requirements: we need to include Minimum Qualifications (KSAs), Education, Certification, Preferred Qualifications. Could be a section "Requirements" with subpoints? But we need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can make a
for requirements items.
We need to preserve all substantive information: include each bullet.
Let's extract KSAs list:
- Considerable knowledge of Microsoft Office, specifically Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point; Google Apps;
- Working knowledge of successful instructional delivery methods;
- Working knowledge of general classroom activities and routines;
- 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 monitor and supervise the safety and well-being of students;
- Ability to recognize and support students with a variety of backgrounds, abilities, exceptionalities, behavioral needs, 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 establish and maintain effective working relationships with school system staff, students, parents, businesses, community agencies, and the public.
Education:
- High school diploma or GED (ALL SCHOOLS)
- For Title I schools: meet ESSA requirements AND have either six documented semester hours of coursework in early childhood education, OR two years of work experience in an early childhood setting.
Certification and License Requirements:
- Maintain a Crisis Prevention and Intervention (CPI) certification and maintain that certification through the proper renewal process, adhering to all timelines; CPI training will be provided through Wake County Public School System (WCPSS), if needed.
Preferred Qualifications:
- CPR and First Aid certification;
- Experience working with or assisting individuals with special needs (an individual with one or more difficulties such as, a physical, emotional, behavioral, or learning disability or impairment that causes an individual to require additional or specialized services or accommodations).
Now duties:
Essential Duties list (sentences):
1. Provides support and assistance to teachers in coordinating instructional programs for special education students, including familiarity with student’s IEP;
2. ensures an encouraging, caring, safe, and healthful environment for all students.
3. Assists teachers with strategies related to the implementation of students’ behavioral intervention plans.
4. 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.
5. Demonstrates professional and technical skills necessary to function effectively in the classroom and to support student achievement and the school program.
6. Maintains a positive disposition, exercises good judgement, and remains calm when dealing with students at all times.
7. Provides in-class support while promoting progress towards independence and self-determination for all students.
8. Assists teachers with implementation of low- and high-tech assistive technology and augmentative communication devices in the classroom to meet both class-wide and individual student needs.
9. Compiles, maintains, and files reports, records, and other required documents, maintaining confidentiality.
10. Participates in the district staff development program and continued professional growth in the area of assignment.
11. Coordinates, assists, and facilitates student transitions between classes; assists students by providing for special health care needs, which could include: Personal hygiene, restroom functions, diapering, etc.; Mobility assistance including lifting, positioning or transferring student; Activities related to seizure control; Feeding needs; Adaptive equipment needs such as wheelchairs, crutches, prosthetic devices, orthotic devices, hearing aids, braille, assistive listening devices (ADL), and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices; Behavioral assistance and CPI skills.
12. Performs other related duties as assigned.
Additional Duties (SATA Only):
- Assigned to be a one-on-one instructional assistant to a student who has severe to profound learning disabilities.
- Attends and successfully completes specialized training, as determined by student’s IEP.
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, for proper lifting techniques.
Effective Date: 3/2025 (maybe as a p).
Now we need to output HTML fragment only.
We'll have:
About the role
Provides support and assists in coordinating instructional programs relating to special education students and their Individual Education Plans (IEP). Monitors programs with students with disabilities, maintains confidentiality, and complies with all federal, state, and local laws, regulations, guidelines, and procedures as they relate to the special education program throughout the district. Maintains an environment conducive to learning.
Responsibilities
- Provides support and assistance to teachers in coordinating instructional programs for special education students, including familiarity with student’s IEP;
- ensures an encouraging, caring, safe, and healthful environment for all students.
- Assists teachers with strategies related to the implementation of students’ behavioral intervention plans.
- 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 student achievement and the school program.
- Maintains a positive disposition, exercises good judgement, and remains calm when dealing with students at all times.
- Provides in-class support while promoting progress towards independence and self-determination for all students.
- Assists teachers with implementation of low- and high-tech assistive technology and augmentative communication devices in the classroom to meet both class-wide and individual student needs.
- Compiles, maintains, and files reports, records, and other required documents, maintaining confidentiality.
- Participates in the district staff development program and continued professional growth in the area of assignment.
- Coordinates, assists, and facilitates student transitions between classes; assists students by providing for special health care needs, which could include: Personal hygiene, restroom functions, diapering, etc.; Mobility assistance including lifting, positioning or transferring student; Activities related to seizure control; Feeding needs; Adaptive equipment needs such as wheelchairs, crutches, prosthetic devices, orthotic devices, hearing aids, braille, assistive listening devices (ADL), and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices; Behavioral assistance and CPI skills.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
- Assigned to be a one-on-one instructional assistant to a student who has severe to profound learning disabilities.
- Attends and successfully completes specialized training, as determined by student’s IEP.
Requirements
- Considerable knowledge of Microsoft Office, specifically Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point; Google Apps;
- Working knowledge of successful instructional delivery methods;
- Working knowledge of general classroom activities and routines;
- 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 monitor and supervise the safety and well-being of students;
- Ability to recognize and support students with a variety of backgrounds, abilities, exceptionalities, behavioral needs, and learning styles;
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely
for prose. We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. We need to extract content. Let's parse: Position Purpose: "Provides support and assists in coordinating instructional programs relating to special education students and their Individual Education Plans (IEP). Monitors programs with students with disabilities, maintains confidentiality, and complies with all federal, state, and local laws, regulations, guidelines, and procedures as they relate to the special education program throughout the district. Maintains an environment conducive to learning." That's prose. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: (See Education and Training for requirements for TITLE I schools ) KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES (KSAs) ... list. Education: "ALL SCHOOLS High school diploma or GED." plus Title I specifics. CERTIFICATION AND LICENSE REQUIREMENTS: maintain CPI certification. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: CPR and First Aid certification; Experience working with or assisting individuals with special needs. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: list of duties (many sentences). We need to turn into
- items. Each sentence maybe separate bullet.
ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES- SATA Only : one-on-one instructional assistant... etc.
Work Environment/Physical Requirements: description.
Effective Date: 3/2025.
We need to avoid boilerplate like disclaimer.
Let's craft sections:
About the role
Position Purpose ...
Responsibilities
- ... each essential duty sentence ...
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can make a
- for requirements items.
We need to preserve all substantive information: include each bullet.
Let's extract KSAs list:
- Considerable knowledge of Microsoft Office, specifically Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point; Google Apps;
- Working knowledge of successful instructional delivery methods;
- Working knowledge of general classroom activities and routines;
- 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 monitor and supervise the safety and well-being of students;
- Ability to recognize and support students with a variety of backgrounds, abilities, exceptionalities, behavioral needs, 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 establish and maintain effective working relationships with school system staff, students, parents, businesses, community agencies, and the public.
Education:
- High school diploma or GED (ALL SCHOOLS)
- For Title I schools: meet ESSA requirements AND have either six documented semester hours of coursework in early childhood education, OR two years of work experience in an early childhood setting.
Certification and License Requirements:
- Maintain a Crisis Prevention and Intervention (CPI) certification and maintain that certification through the proper renewal process, adhering to all timelines; CPI training will be provided through Wake County Public School System (WCPSS), if needed.
Preferred Qualifications:
- CPR and First Aid certification;
- Experience working with or assisting individuals with special needs (an individual with one or more difficulties such as, a physical, emotional, behavioral, or learning disability or impairment that causes an individual to require additional or specialized services or accommodations).
Now duties:
Essential Duties list (sentences):
1. Provides support and assistance to teachers in coordinating instructional programs for special education students, including familiarity with student’s IEP;
2. ensures an encouraging, caring, safe, and healthful environment for all students.
3. Assists teachers with strategies related to the implementation of students’ behavioral intervention plans.
4. 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.
5. Demonstrates professional and technical skills necessary to function effectively in the classroom and to support student achievement and the school program.
6. Maintains a positive disposition, exercises good judgement, and remains calm when dealing with students at all times.
7. Provides in-class support while promoting progress towards independence and self-determination for all students.
8. Assists teachers with implementation of low- and high-tech assistive technology and augmentative communication devices in the classroom to meet both class-wide and individual student needs.
9. Compiles, maintains, and files reports, records, and other required documents, maintaining confidentiality.
10. Participates in the district staff development program and continued professional growth in the area of assignment.
11. Coordinates, assists, and facilitates student transitions between classes; assists students by providing for special health care needs, which could include: Personal hygiene, restroom functions, diapering, etc.; Mobility assistance including lifting, positioning or transferring student; Activities related to seizure control; Feeding needs; Adaptive equipment needs such as wheelchairs, crutches, prosthetic devices, orthotic devices, hearing aids, braille, assistive listening devices (ADL), and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices; Behavioral assistance and CPI skills.
12. Performs other related duties as assigned.
Additional Duties (SATA Only):
- Assigned to be a one-on-one instructional assistant to a student who has severe to profound learning disabilities.
- Attends and successfully completes specialized training, as determined by student’s IEP.
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, for proper lifting techniques.
Effective Date: 3/2025 (maybe as a p).
Now we need to output HTML fragment only.
We'll have:
- Provides support and assistance to teachers in coordinating instructional programs for special education students, including familiarity with student’s IEP;
- ensures an encouraging, caring, safe, and healthful environment for all students.
- Assists teachers with strategies related to the implementation of students’ behavioral intervention plans.
- 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 student achievement and the school program.
- Maintains a positive disposition, exercises good judgement, and remains calm when dealing with students at all times.
- Provides in-class support while promoting progress towards independence and self-determination for all students.
- Assists teachers with implementation of low- and high-tech assistive technology and augmentative communication devices in the classroom to meet both class-wide and individual student needs.
- Compiles, maintains, and files reports, records, and other required documents, maintaining confidentiality.
- Participates in the district staff development program and continued professional growth in the area of assignment.
- Coordinates, assists, and facilitates student transitions between classes; assists students by providing for special health care needs, which could include: Personal hygiene, restroom functions, diapering, etc.; Mobility assistance including lifting, positioning or transferring student; Activities related to seizure control; Feeding needs; Adaptive equipment needs such as wheelchairs, crutches, prosthetic devices, orthotic devices, hearing aids, braille, assistive listening devices (ADL), and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices; Behavioral assistance and CPI skills.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
- Assigned to be a one-on-one instructional assistant to a student who has severe to profound learning disabilities.
- Attends and successfully completes specialized training, as determined by student’s IEP.
- Considerable knowledge of Microsoft Office, specifically Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point; Google Apps;
- Working knowledge of successful instructional delivery methods;
- Working knowledge of general classroom activities and routines;
- 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 monitor and supervise the safety and well-being of students;
- Ability to recognize and support students with a variety of backgrounds, abilities, exceptionalities, behavioral needs, and learning styles;
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely
About the role
Provides support and assists in coordinating instructional programs relating to special education students and their Individual Education Plans (IEP). Monitors programs with students with disabilities, maintains confidentiality, and complies with all federal, state, and local laws, regulations, guidelines, and procedures as they relate to the special education program throughout the district. Maintains an environment conducive to learning.
Responsibilities
Requirements