Instructional Assistant - Special Education, Emotional Behavioral Support

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings

for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We need to parse the job posting. We have position title etc but we should not repeat job title as heading. We need to include sections like About the role (maybe from Position Purpose), Responsibilities (Essential Duties and Responsibilities), Requirements (Minimum Qualifications, Education, Certification, etc), Qualifications (Preferred Qualifications), Skills (KSAs), Benefits (none? Not mentioned), Pay (Pay Grade Noncertified Grade 21 maybe? That's pay grade but not explicit salary; we should not create Pay section unless posting actually states them. It says PAY GRADE Noncertified Grade 21. That is a pay grade but not a salary amount. The rule: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state PAY GRADE, but is that considered "states them"? It says "PAY GRADE Noncertified Grade 21". That is a pay grade, not a salary. Might be considered pay info. However the instruction: "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. But we need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". This is specific: Noncertified Grade 21. So we can 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 schedule info. So we can include Schedule section. Benefits: Not mentioned. So omit. Now we need to decide sections: About the role (Position Purpose), Responsibilities (Essential Duties and Responsibilities), Requirements (Minimum Qualifications, Education, Certification, etc), Qualifications (Preferred Qualifications), Skills (KSAs), Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title as heading. Use

for each section heading. We need to use

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

  for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate etc. We need to include all substantive info from the posting. Let's extract: 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. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: a long list. We need to turn into

  • items. Each sentence maybe separate bullet. Let's list them: - 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. Additional Duties and Responsibilities- SATA Only: (we need to include if present). It says: "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." We should include that as part of responsibilities maybe as separate bullet. Work Environment/Physical Requirements: This is also substantive. Should we include as a separate section? Could be part of Responsibilities or maybe a separate section like Working Conditions. But we only have predefined headings; we could include under Responsibilities or maybe a separate section like "Work Environment". However the instruction says use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings, but says "use

    for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It implies we can use those headings; but we could also add others if needed? It says "use

    for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It seems they expect those headings. Probably we should stick to those. Work Environment could be part of Responsibilities or maybe we can include under Responsibilities as bullet. Minimum Qualifications: "High school diploma or GED." plus note about Title I schools: "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 early childhood education, OR Two years of work experience in an early childhood setting." Also "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 ." Also "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)." KSAs: list of knowledge, skills, abilities. We need to separate Requirements (minimum qualifications) vs Qualifications (preferred). Skills maybe KSAs. Pay: "PAY GRADE Noncertified Grade 21". Also FLSA STATUS Nonexempt. Could include that. 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.)" We need to preserve all substantive info. Also include "SCHOOL/DEPARTMENT Elementary, Middle, or High School LOCATION School Site". That's metadata; we could fold into a short

    maybe under About the role? Or we could include a brief paragraph about location etc. The instruction: "do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short

    or drop it." So we can include a short paragraph with school/department, location, etc. We should not include boilerplate like "EFFECTIVE DATE: 3/2025 DISCLAIMER: ..." That's boilerplate? It's not cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. It's effective date and disclaimer. Might be considered boilerplate? The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Effective date and disclaimer maybe not required but could be considered minor metadata. Might be okay to keep? It's not essential to the job description. Safer to drop it? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Effective date and disclaimer are substantive? They are metadata but not about the job. Might be considered minor metadata; we could fold into a short p or drop. I'd drop to keep concise. Now construct HTML. We'll start with a

    for metadata: School/Department, Location, maybe Pay Grade? But Pay Grade we will have in Pay section. Let's do:

    School/Department: Elementary, Middle, or High School. Location: School Site.

    Then sections:

    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

    High school diploma or GED. For Title I schools, must meet the employment requirements outlined by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Pub.L. 114-95, AND have either six documented semester hours of coursework in early childhood education or two years of work experience in an early childhood setting.