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Paraeducator - Academic Core Program

Federal Way Public Schools · Federal Way, WA · 1 mo ago
EducationFull-time
We need to produce HTML fragment with sections for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. We need to parse the posting. Key content: POSITION SUMMARY: description of ACP, paraeducator duties. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: list of duties. Other Responsibilities: more duties. Required Qualifications: Education and Experience, Additional Requirements. Condition Of Employment: list of items (background check, core competency, driver's license, PBIS, Right Response training, work scheduled hours, etc.) Knowledge Of: list of knowledge areas. Ability To: list of abilities. REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES RELATED TO CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND EQUITY: bullet points. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: description. WORK CONDITIONS: description. WORK SCHEDULE: description. REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS: reporting. REPRESENTATION: union. Level Of Compensation: Paraeducator position on the PSE Salary Schedule. Benefits prorated based on FTE – Medical, dental vision; sick and vacation leave; life insurance; retirement. CLASSIFICATION HISTORY etc. We need to produce sections: About the role (position summary), Responsibilities (essential duties + other responsibilities), Requirements (maybe education/experience + condition of employment?), Qualifications (maybe required qualifications?), Skills (maybe knowledge/abilities?), Benefits (benefits listed), Pay (maybe level of compensation?), Schedule (work schedule). We must not create sections with placeholder or vague content. Must include only if real specific content. We need to decide mapping. Probably: - About the role: POSITION SUMMARY paragraph. - Responsibilities: combine ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES and Other Responsibilities into a list. - Requirements: Education and Experience (Required Qualifications) plus Condition Of Employment? Might be separate but we can combine into Requirements. - Qualifications: maybe Knowledge Of, Ability To, Cultural Competence? But we have Skills section for skills. Better: Use headings as per instruction: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide what goes where. Let's extract specifics. About the role: POSITION SUMMARY paragraph. Responsibilities: list of duties (essential duties + other responsibilities). We'll make
  • items. Requirements: Education and Experience (High School Diploma or Equivalent plus one of the following) plus Condition Of Employment items (background check, core competency, driver's license, PBIS, Right Response training, work scheduled hours, etc.) Might also include physical demands? But physical demands maybe under Requirements? Could be separate but we have no heading for physical demands. Could include under Requirements as well. Qualifications: maybe Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Related to Cultural Competence and Equity? Or maybe the "Knowledge Of" and "Ability To" lists. Skills: maybe the "Knowledge Of" and "Ability To" lists? Actually Skills could be the abilities list. But we have both Qualifications and Skills headings; we need to allocate content. We could do: - Requirements: Education and Experience + Condition Of Employment. - Qualifications: Knowledge Of (list) + Ability To (list) + Cultural Competence (list). - Skills: maybe the "Proficient in basic spelling, math and grammar skills" etc? But that's already in Knowledge Of. Better: Use Qualifications for the "Required Qualifications" (education/experience) and Skills for the "Knowledge Of", "Ability To", and cultural competence. But we already used Requirements for education/experience. Hmm. Let's think: The instruction says use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have all eight headings if content exists. We need to decide content for each. We have: - About the role: POSITION SUMMARY. - Responsibilities: duties list. - Requirements: maybe the "Condition Of Employment" (background check, driver's license, etc.) plus physical demands? But physical demands maybe not a requirement but a demand. - Qualifications: Education and Experience (the Required Qualifications). - Skills: Knowledge Of, Ability To, Cultural Competence. - Benefits: benefits list (Medical, dental vision; sick and vacation leave; life insurance; retirement). - Pay: Level Of Compensation (Paraeducator position on the PSE Salary Schedule). That's specific. - Schedule: WORK SCHEDULE description. We also have REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS, REPRESENTATION, CLASSIFICATION HISTORY, etc. Those could be omitted as not under headings; maybe we can drop or include under About the role? Probably drop as boilerplate? But they are substantive? Reporting relationships maybe relevant but not under headings; we could include under About the role as extra paragraph? But instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." We could include reporting relationships under About the role as a sentence. But we must preserve all substantive information; we cannot drop reporting relationships if it's substantive. However we could incorporate into About the role or Responsibilities? Probably better to add a short paragraph under About the role about reporting to teacher/department head/principal and evaluated by principal. Representation (union) maybe also under About the role. Classification history maybe not needed. We need to avoid boilerplate like EEO, disclaimer, etc. We'll remove those. Now craft HTML. We'll produce:

    About the role

    ... (position summary plus reporting relationships and union maybe)

    Responsibilities

    • ... each duty
      • ...

    Requirements

    ... condition of employment items (background check, core competency, driver's license, PBIS, Right Response training, work scheduled hours)

    Qualifications

    ... education and experience requirements (high school diploma or equivalent plus one of AA degree, 48 semester credits, 72 quarter credits, or pass state approved paraeducator assessment test)

    Skills

    • ... knowledge items (basic spelling, math and grammar skills; experienced/training in reading instruction, remediation, and assessment; knowledge of IEP's; English grammar and spelling; basic math; Positive behavior interventions; Right Response and de-escalation techniques; School Board Policies; ability to demonstrate basic knowledge of modern technology and willingness to increase knowledge to proficiency; work independently and collaboratively; maintain good attendance; demonstrate enthusiasm, flexibility, commitment; practice effective safety and security; develop positive relations; follow directions; speak, read, follow written English; perform basic spelling, math and grammar; desire, skill, patience to work with students with special needs; caring attitude; exercise judgment; practice ethical standards; communicate effectively; interact positively; continue professional growth; perform essential functions with or without accommodations)
      • ... maybe too many. But we need to keep list items reasonable. Could break into multiple
    • each. Similarly Ability To list. And Cultural Competence list. We could combine Knowledge Of, Ability To, and Cultural Competence into Skills section as list items. But we need to avoid too thin sections; maybe we can have Skills as a single
        with many
      • . Benefits:
        • Medical
        • Dental
        • Vision
        • Sick leave
        • Vacation leave
        • Life insurance
        • Retirement
        Pay:

        Paraeducator position on the PSE Salary Schedule.

        Schedule:

        This is a school year assignment. Hours and days will vary slightly from school to school.

        Now we need to ensure we don't include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. Now produce HTML. We need to be careful to not include any markdown fences. Let's draft. First, About the role paragraph: POSITION SUMMARY: The academic core program (ACP) is for students with identified disabilities who demonstrate primary learning needs in the academic domain. The paraeducator's duties will include assisting with special education students ranging in one-on-one to small group activities under the supervision of the certified teacher/specialist. The employee will assist with a variety of instructional clerical tasks. The employee may be working in an inclusion model. Add reporting relationships: Position reports to classroom teacher and/or department head and building principal. Position is evaluated by the building principal or designee. Representation: Public School Employees Union (PSE) SEIU Local 1948. We'll combine. Now Responsibilities list: need to extract each duty from ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES and Other Responsibilities. Let's list them: - Tutor individuals and/or groups in specific skills as directed by the teacher. - When trained, will assist the teacher in administering special instructional and or behavioral programs. - Communicate and work with related resource personnel. - Supervise students in accordance with the school and district policies. - Plan daily/weekly with the teachers and other staff members servicing the same students. - Assist teachers with record keeping. - Assist the teacher in communicating with other building/district staff members. - Assist the teacher in communicating with parents. - Discuss information pertaining to students with teacher or other appropriate staff within your building. - Inform the advising teacher to any observed problems or information regarding an individual student. - Give positive reinforcement to students during the school day. - Assist with the room maintenance and control of books and equipment. - Perform instructional clerical tasks. - Work collaboratively with District staff and promote teamwork with co-workers. - Assist substitute teacher with helpful information pertinent to the classroom. That's all. Now Requirements: Condition Of Employment list: - Pass a criminal background check - Complete the district's paraeducator core competency requirements - Washington State driver's license. Possess and maintain Type II driver's license - Possess and maintain Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) certificated course - Successfully complete the FWPS district-approved Right Response training at the advanced level at the next available time; maintain current certification at the advanced level through an annual recertification class - Work scheduled hours on a consistent basis - Knowledge Of Individual Education Plan (IEP's) (maybe under Knowledge) But we already have Knowledge Of list; but condition of employment includes "Knowledge Of Individual Education Plan (IEP's)" maybe we treat as requirement. Also "English grammar and spelling", "Basic math", "Positive behavior interventions", "Right Response and de-escalation techniques", "School Board Policies" are under Knowledge Of list. But we might keep them under Skills. Nevertheless, Condition Of Employment includes: "Pass a criminal background check", "Complete the district's paraeducator core competency requirements", "Washington State driver's license. Possess and maintain Type II driver's license", "Possess and maintain Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) certificated course", "Successfully complete the FWPS district-approved Right Response training at the advanced level at the next available time; maintain current certification at the advanced level through an annual recertification class", "Work scheduled hours on a consistent basis". Also maybe "Knowledge Of Individual Education Plan (IEP's)" but we can treat as skill. We'll put those as list items. Qualifications: Education and Experience: - High School Diploma or Equivalent - And one of the following: - AA degree - High school diploma (or equivalent) and 48 college-level semester credits or 72 college-level quarter credits - High school diploma (or equivalent) and pass the state approved paraeducator assessment test We'll format as list. Skills: Knowledge Of, Ability To, Cultural Competence. Let's extract Knowledge Of list: - Individual Education Plan

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