Life Skills School Teacher
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. Preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate (cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions). Include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it — never emit heading followed by filler/placeholder text. Prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones.
We need to parse the posting.
Key info:
- Title: Life Skills School Teacher (but we don't repeat as heading)
- Hiring Department: College of Education
- Position Open To: All Applicants
- Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40
- FLSA Status: Exempt from FLSA
- Earliest Start Date: Immediately
- Position Duration: Expected to Continue Until Jul 31, 2027
- Location: LEANDER, TX (but later says located in Liberty Hill, Texas at UT-University Charter School’s Hope House Campus. So location details: Leander? Actually says Location: LEANDER, TX then later says This Life Skills Teacher position is located in Liberty Hill, Texas at the University of Texas-University Charter School’s Hope House Campus. So we need to preserve both? Probably include location details: Liberty Hill, Texas (Hope House Campus). We'll include location in a paragraph.
- Job Details: General Notes: description about making a difference, UT Charter School System, benefits package list.
- Benefits: list of benefits: Salaries highly competitive with local ISD; eligibility for annual merit-based permanent salary increases; Competitive health benefits (employee premiums covered at 100%, family premiums at 50%); Voluntary Vision, Dental, Life, and Disability insurance options; Paid sick time, and holidays; Teachers Retirement System of Texas, a defined benefit retirement plan, with 8.25% employer matching funds; Additional Voluntary Retirement Programs: Tax Sheltered Annuity 403(b) and a Deferred Compensation program 457(b); Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses; Robust free training access through LinkedIn Learning plus professional conference opportunities; Tuition assistance; Expansive employee discount program including athletic tickets; Free access to UT Austin's libraries and museums with staff ID card; link for more details.
- Then description of position: This Life Skills Teacher position is located in Liberty Hill, Texas at the University of Texas-University Charter School’s Hope House Campus. This residential school campus is located at a partner residential home center campus in a non-traditional alternative educational setting that focuses on serving students with severe and profound disabilities requiring life skills supports. The school serves students in grades Kindergarten through 12th grades. This position is on a year-round 194 day 11-month school calendar, August - June. Salary will be spread over 12 months. This is a one year termed position - Renewal for this position is based on performance and student enrollment. The University of Texas-University Charter School is a public charter school and follows all state and federal regulations for public school services. The University of Texas-University Charter School is a part of the University of Texas at Austin’s College of Education and participates in the Texas Teacher Incentive Allotment and Teacher Retention Allotment.
- Purpose: This teaching position is located at a partner residential treatment center campus in a non-traditional alternative educational setting that focuses on the therapeutic treatment of children.
- Responsibilities: list bullet points (starting with "Create a classroom environment..." etc). We'll put under
Responsibilities
with - each.
- Required Qualifications: list bullet points: Valid Texas Special Education EC-12 teaching certification; Knowledge of assigned subject or subjects; Understanding of TEKS and the curriculum standards of the State of Texas; General knowledge of curriculum and instruction; Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills; Ability to work in a non-traditional school setting with special needs students of varying abilities and interests; Maintain awareness and understanding of the role that trauma may play in the lives of our students; Proficiency in technology and technology applications to the level specified by the district; Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university; This position requires fingerprinting; Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.
- Preferred Qualifications: At least one year of student teaching or approved internship.
- Salary Range: $57,000 + depending on qualifications
- Working Conditions: Classrooms are located within a residential treatment facility.
- Required Materials: Resume/CV; 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor; Letter of interest
- Then there is a bunch of application instructions (Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees..., Important for Current university employees..., Employment Eligibility..., Retirement Plan Eligibility..., Background Checks..., Equal Opportunity Employer..., Pay Transparency..., Employment Eligibility Verification..., E-Verify..., Compliance...). These are boilerplate/legal/EEO etc. According to instructions, we must remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we should drop all that legal stuff, including Equal Opportunity Employer, Pay Transparency, Employment Eligibility Verification, E-Verify, Compliance, etc. Also drop the "Important for applicants..." sections (application instructions). Also drop "Retirement Plan Eligibility:" maybe that's substantive? It mentions retirement plan eligibility but we already have benefits section covering retirement. Might be considered boilerplate? It's about eligibility for retirement plan; but we already have benefits describing retirement. Could keep but it's somewhat redundant. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could combine retirement info into Benefits section. So we can drop the separate Retirement Plan Eligibility paragraph.
- Also drop "Background Checks:" maybe that's legal/boilerplate; but it's a requirement. Might be considered substantive? It's a condition of employment. Could be considered a requirement. However it's typical boilerplate. The instruction says remove legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. Background check is not exactly EEO but could be considered legal. Safer to drop it.
- Also drop "Employment Eligibility: Regular staff who have been employed..." etc.
- Also drop "Retirement Plan Eligibility: The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length." This is somewhat specific but we already have benefits describing TRS. Could keep as part of Benefits? Might be okay to drop.
- Also drop "Background Checks: A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position." Might be considered a requirement; but we can incorporate into Required Qualifications? Not typical. Safer to drop.
- Also drop "Employment Eligibility Verification: If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form." etc. That's legal.
- Also drop "E-Verify: The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify..." etc.
- Also drop "Compliance: Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX..." etc.
Thus final sections: About the role (maybe combine General Notes and purpose?), Responsibilities, Required Qualifications, Preferred Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule? We have schedule info: Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40, Position is year-round 194 day 11-month school calendar, August - June. Salary spread over 12 months. Also Position Duration: Expected to Continue Until Jul 31, 2027. Earliest Start Date: Immediately. FLSA Status: Exempt from FSLA. Could make a Schedule section with hours and calendar. Or we could embed schedule info in About the role. But we have a Schedule heading possible if we have real content. We have weekly scheduled hours 40, calendar details. So we can make a Schedule section.
Pay: Salary Range $57,000 + depending on qualifications. Also mention salary spread over 12 months. So we can have Pay section.
Benefits: we have a long list.
About the role: we can combine General Notes, purpose, location, department, position duration, etc.
We must not repeat job title as heading. So we start with
About the role
etc.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. For prose, use
.
We must preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting that are not boilerplate.
Let's extract substantive info:
- Hiring Department: College of Education
- Position Open To: All Applicants
- Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40
- FLSA Status: Exempt from FLSA
- Earliest Start Date: Immediately
- Position Duration: Expected to Continue Until Jul 31, 2027
- Location: LEANDER, TX (but also Liberty Hill, Texas at Hope House Campus). We'll include both: Located in Liberty Hill, Texas at the UT-University Charter School’s Hope House Campus (partner residential home center campus). Also note the job posting says Location: LEANDER, TX but later says Liberty Hill. We'll include both maybe as "Located in Liberty Hill, Texas (Hope House Campus), serving the Leander area." But we must not invent. We can state both: "Location: LEANDER, TX (position located in Liberty Hill, Texas at the Hope House Campus)." That's preserving both.
- General Notes: "You will make a difference! You’ll be working for a university that is internationally recognized for our academic programs and research. Your work will make a difference in the lives of students and colleagues. If you’re the type of person that wants to know your work has meaning and impact, you’ll love working in the UT Charter School System."
- Benefits list: as above.
- Position details: "This Life Skills Teacher position is located in Liberty Hill, Texas at the University of Texas-University Charter School’s Hope House Campus. This residential school campus is located at a partner residential home center campus in a non-traditional alternative educational setting that focuses on serving students with severe and profound disabilities requiring life skills supports. The school serves students in grades Kindergarten through 12th grades. This position is on a year-round 194 day 11-month school calendar, August - June. Salary will be spread over 12 months. This is a one year termed position - Renewal for this position is based on performance and student enrollment. The University of Texas-University Charter School is a public charter school and follows all state and federal regulations for public school services. The University of Texas-University Charter School is a part of the University of Texas at Austin’s College of Education and participates in the Texas Teacher Incentive Allotment and Teacher Retention Allotment."
- Purpose: "This teaching position is located at a partner residential treatment center campus in a non-traditional alternative educational setting that focuses on the therapeutic treatment of children."
- Responsibilities list: we need to capture each bullet.
Let's list responsibilities exactly as in text:
"Create a classroom environment conducive to learning and appropriate for the physical, social, and emotional development of students.
Effectively plan and use appropriate instructional interventions, strategies, activities, materials, and equipment to add educational value for each student. ESL, GT, at-risk, etc.
Comply with UT-UCS curriculum standards and all relevant policies and procedures UT, UT-UCS, and campus.
Implement each student's IEP and 504 accommodations as stated.
Establish and maintain open communication with the principal, professional support personnel
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. Preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate (cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions). Include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it — never emit heading followed by filler/placeholder text. Prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. We need to parse the posting. Key info: - Title: Life Skills School Teacher (but we don't repeat as heading) - Hiring Department: College of Education - Position Open To: All Applicants - Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40 - FLSA Status: Exempt from FLSA - Earliest Start Date: Immediately - Position Duration: Expected to Continue Until Jul 31, 2027 - Location: LEANDER, TX (but later says located in Liberty Hill, Texas at UT-University Charter School’s Hope House Campus. So location details: Leander? Actually says Location: LEANDER, TX then later says This Life Skills Teacher position is located in Liberty Hill, Texas at the University of Texas-University Charter School’s Hope House Campus. So we need to preserve both? Probably include location details: Liberty Hill, Texas (Hope House Campus). We'll include location in a paragraph. - Job Details: General Notes: description about making a difference, UT Charter School System, benefits package list. - Benefits: list of benefits: Salaries highly competitive with local ISD; eligibility for annual merit-based permanent salary increases; Competitive health benefits (employee premiums covered at 100%, family premiums at 50%); Voluntary Vision, Dental, Life, and Disability insurance options; Paid sick time, and holidays; Teachers Retirement System of Texas, a defined benefit retirement plan, with 8.25% employer matching funds; Additional Voluntary Retirement Programs: Tax Sheltered Annuity 403(b) and a Deferred Compensation program 457(b); Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses; Robust free training access through LinkedIn Learning plus professional conference opportunities; Tuition assistance; Expansive employee discount program including athletic tickets; Free access to UT Austin's libraries and museums with staff ID card; link for more details. - Then description of position: This Life Skills Teacher position is located in Liberty Hill, Texas at the University of Texas-University Charter School’s Hope House Campus. This residential school campus is located at a partner residential home center campus in a non-traditional alternative educational setting that focuses on serving students with severe and profound disabilities requiring life skills supports. The school serves students in grades Kindergarten through 12th grades. This position is on a year-round 194 day 11-month school calendar, August - June. Salary will be spread over 12 months. This is a one year termed position - Renewal for this position is based on performance and student enrollment. The University of Texas-University Charter School is a public charter school and follows all state and federal regulations for public school services. The University of Texas-University Charter School is a part of the University of Texas at Austin’s College of Education and participates in the Texas Teacher Incentive Allotment and Teacher Retention Allotment. - Purpose: This teaching position is located at a partner residential treatment center campus in a non-traditional alternative educational setting that focuses on the therapeutic treatment of children. - Responsibilities: list bullet points (starting with "Create a classroom environment..." etc). We'll put under
Responsibilities
with- each.
- Required Qualifications: list bullet points: Valid Texas Special Education EC-12 teaching certification; Knowledge of assigned subject or subjects; Understanding of TEKS and the curriculum standards of the State of Texas; General knowledge of curriculum and instruction; Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills; Ability to work in a non-traditional school setting with special needs students of varying abilities and interests; Maintain awareness and understanding of the role that trauma may play in the lives of our students; Proficiency in technology and technology applications to the level specified by the district; Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university; This position requires fingerprinting; Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.
- Preferred Qualifications: At least one year of student teaching or approved internship.
- Salary Range: $57,000 + depending on qualifications
- Working Conditions: Classrooms are located within a residential treatment facility.
- Required Materials: Resume/CV; 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor; Letter of interest
- Then there is a bunch of application instructions (Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees..., Important for Current university employees..., Employment Eligibility..., Retirement Plan Eligibility..., Background Checks..., Equal Opportunity Employer..., Pay Transparency..., Employment Eligibility Verification..., E-Verify..., Compliance...). These are boilerplate/legal/EEO etc. According to instructions, we must remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we should drop all that legal stuff, including Equal Opportunity Employer, Pay Transparency, Employment Eligibility Verification, E-Verify, Compliance, etc. Also drop the "Important for applicants..." sections (application instructions). Also drop "Retirement Plan Eligibility:" maybe that's substantive? It mentions retirement plan eligibility but we already have benefits section covering retirement. Might be considered boilerplate? It's about eligibility for retirement plan; but we already have benefits describing retirement. Could keep but it's somewhat redundant. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could combine retirement info into Benefits section. So we can drop the separate Retirement Plan Eligibility paragraph.
- Also drop "Background Checks:" maybe that's legal/boilerplate; but it's a requirement. Might be considered substantive? It's a condition of employment. Could be considered a requirement. However it's typical boilerplate. The instruction says remove legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. Background check is not exactly EEO but could be considered legal. Safer to drop it.
- Also drop "Employment Eligibility: Regular staff who have been employed..." etc.
- Also drop "Retirement Plan Eligibility: The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length." This is somewhat specific but we already have benefits describing TRS. Could keep as part of Benefits? Might be okay to drop.
- Also drop "Background Checks: A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position." Might be considered a requirement; but we can incorporate into Required Qualifications? Not typical. Safer to drop.
- Also drop "Employment Eligibility Verification: If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form." etc. That's legal.
- Also drop "E-Verify: The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify..." etc.
- Also drop "Compliance: Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX..." etc.
Thus final sections: About the role (maybe combine General Notes and purpose?), Responsibilities, Required Qualifications, Preferred Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule? We have schedule info: Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40, Position is year-round 194 day 11-month school calendar, August - June. Salary spread over 12 months. Also Position Duration: Expected to Continue Until Jul 31, 2027. Earliest Start Date: Immediately. FLSA Status: Exempt from FSLA. Could make a Schedule section with hours and calendar. Or we could embed schedule info in About the role. But we have a Schedule heading possible if we have real content. We have weekly scheduled hours 40, calendar details. So we can make a Schedule section.
Pay: Salary Range $57,000 + depending on qualifications. Also mention salary spread over 12 months. So we can have Pay section.
Benefits: we have a long list.
About the role: we can combine General Notes, purpose, location, department, position duration, etc.
We must not repeat job title as heading. So we start with
About the role
etc. We need to use- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. For prose, use
. We must preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting that are not boilerplate. Let's extract substantive info: - Hiring Department: College of Education - Position Open To: All Applicants - Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40 - FLSA Status: Exempt from FLSA - Earliest Start Date: Immediately - Position Duration: Expected to Continue Until Jul 31, 2027 - Location: LEANDER, TX (but also Liberty Hill, Texas at Hope House Campus). We'll include both: Located in Liberty Hill, Texas at the UT-University Charter School’s Hope House Campus (partner residential home center campus). Also note the job posting says Location: LEANDER, TX but later says Liberty Hill. We'll include both maybe as "Located in Liberty Hill, Texas (Hope House Campus), serving the Leander area." But we must not invent. We can state both: "Location: LEANDER, TX (position located in Liberty Hill, Texas at the Hope House Campus)." That's preserving both. - General Notes: "You will make a difference! You’ll be working for a university that is internationally recognized for our academic programs and research. Your work will make a difference in the lives of students and colleagues. If you’re the type of person that wants to know your work has meaning and impact, you’ll love working in the UT Charter School System." - Benefits list: as above. - Position details: "This Life Skills Teacher position is located in Liberty Hill, Texas at the University of Texas-University Charter School’s Hope House Campus. This residential school campus is located at a partner residential home center campus in a non-traditional alternative educational setting that focuses on serving students with severe and profound disabilities requiring life skills supports. The school serves students in grades Kindergarten through 12th grades. This position is on a year-round 194 day 11-month school calendar, August - June. Salary will be spread over 12 months. This is a one year termed position - Renewal for this position is based on performance and student enrollment. The University of Texas-University Charter School is a public charter school and follows all state and federal regulations for public school services. The University of Texas-University Charter School is a part of the University of Texas at Austin’s College of Education and participates in the Texas Teacher Incentive Allotment and Teacher Retention Allotment." - Purpose: "This teaching position is located at a partner residential treatment center campus in a non-traditional alternative educational setting that focuses on the therapeutic treatment of children." - Responsibilities list: we need to capture each bullet. Let's list responsibilities exactly as in text: "Create a classroom environment conducive to learning and appropriate for the physical, social, and emotional development of students. Effectively plan and use appropriate instructional interventions, strategies, activities, materials, and equipment to add educational value for each student. ESL, GT, at-risk, etc. Comply with UT-UCS curriculum standards and all relevant policies and procedures UT, UT-UCS, and campus. Implement each student's IEP and 504 accommodations as stated. Establish and maintain open communication with the principal, professional support personnel
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. For prose, use