Paraeducator - Bridge Program at Lockeford K-8

We need to output HTML fragment with sections only if real content. Use

for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to map content. The posting includes mission, description, duties, knowledge and abilities, education and experience, working conditions, physical demands, requirements/qualifications (duplicate), required documents, special requirements, comments (EEO etc). We should remove boilerplate like EEO, nondiscrimination, tobacco free, application instructions (submit via EdJoin, call to RSVP, etc). Also remove duplicated lines. We need to preserve substantive info: mission, duties list, knowledge and abilities list, education and experience, working conditions, physical demands, required documents, special requirements (TB test, fingerprint, practical skills test). Also maybe "Basic Function" duplicate of duties. We should not create sections like Benefits, Pay, Schedule unless present. Not present. So we will have sections: About the role (maybe mission), Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (maybe education/experience + required docs?), Qualifications (knowledge and abilities?), Skills (maybe knowledge and abilities?), but we need to decide. We have to use headings only when there is real specific content. We can combine some. Let's think: "About the role" could contain mission and basic function description. "Responsibilities" list duties. "Requirements" could contain education and experience, required documents, special requirements. "Qualifications" could contain knowledge and abilities. "Skills" maybe not needed if we already have qualifications. But we could put knowledge and abilities under Skills. However we need to avoid thin sections. Perhaps we have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications. That's four sections. We must not repeat job title as heading. Good. We need to use

• for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So duties list as ul. Knowledge and abilities list as ul maybe under Qualifications. Education and experience maybe as p or ul? It's a statement; could be p. Required documents list as ul. Special requirements maybe as ul. We need to preserve all substantive info, not invent. Let's extract content: Mission: "The mission of the Bridge Program is to provide a safe after school program for students in Lodi Unified School District who attend schools funded by the After School Education and Safety (ASES) Proposition 49 Grant. The requirements of the Grant include an academic hour focusing on Literacy and Mathematics, an hour of enrichment, and an hour of recreation. It is the goal of the Bridge Program to make each site a powerful, fun learning environment for all students." Basic function: "Paraeducators for the Bridge Program provide academic and enrichment support to individuals or small groups of elementary or middle school students participating in the after school Bridge Program at an assigned site. They are under the supervision of Lodi Unified School District Bridge Program Administrators." Duties list: each bullet preceded by "E". We'll extract each duty: - Work with students alone or with another staff member in accordance with the guidelines of the After School Education and Safety (ASES) Grant. - Provide homework tutoring in academic subjects, including checking for homework completion; read with students; play academic games and activities; utilize Black Line Masters for student support. - Lead students in academic enrichment areas, such as art, science, traditional sports, nontraditional sports, drama, and dance. - Provide support during snack and attendance time at the beginning of the daily program. - Supervise, observe and control behavior of students according to Bridge Program Rules of Conduct. - Assure the health and safety of students by following health and safety rules; assist students regarding the building of self-esteem and development of a value system; provide proper examples, emotional support, friendly attitude and general guidance. - Interact positively with site leader, teachers, Parks and Recreation and Boys and Girls Club staff, and other paraeducators. - Work successfully with multiple grade levels throughout the Bridge Program. - Help maintain a clean, orderly work area. - Maintain daily records, turning in a monthly calendar, and notifying the site leader when an absence will occur. - Participate in meetings and in-service training as necessary. - Perform related duties as assigned. Knowledge and Abilities: Knowledge of: - Basic aspects of the physical and emotional care of children - Basic subjects taught in District schools, including arithmetic, grammar, spelling, language and reading - Safe practices in classroom and playground activities - Indoor and outdoor recreational and educational activities for school-aged children - Interpersonal skills using tact, patience and courtesy - Proper English usage, grammar, vocabulary, spelling and punctuation - Positive behavior management techniques and discipline of children - Effective record-keeping practices and procedures Ability To: - Tutor individual or small groups of students in a variety of academic subjects - Demonstrate an understanding, patient, respectful and receptive attitude toward students of all ages - Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with children and adults - Monitor and discipline students according to approved policies and procedures - Effectively supervise and care for children with varying degrees of development and needs in various activities - Analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action - Understand and follow the curriculum guide for enrichment - Maintain confidentiality in all matters related to students Education and Experience: - Any combination equivalent to: high school diploma and increasingly responsible experience working with school aged children in an organized setting. Working Conditions: - Outdoor and indoor recreational and classroom environments Physical Demands: - Lifting heavy objects up to 25 pounds - Dexterity of hands and fingers to demonstrate activities and prepare materials - Bending at the waist, kneeling or crouching - Standing and walking for up to two hours a day when necessary Required Documents: - High School Diploma or Equivalent AND Proficiency Exam Certificate (Basic Skills Assessment Test) - Candidates not providing evidence of meeting the proficiency requirement may be considered for employment as a Non Instructional Classroom Assistant. - OR Associate's Degree or Bachelor's Degree or Higher Education Degree - The Proficiency Exam (Basic Skills Assessment Test) is administered by Lodi Unified School District. - Interested Candidates need to RSVP by calling 209-331-7605. (This is application instruction; we should remove per instruction: remove application instructions. So drop the RSVP line.) Special Requirements / Certificates: - If selected for the position, out-of-district applicants must be T.B. tested and fingerprinted. - A practical skills test may be administered at the time of interview. We should also keep maybe "Developed 8/08" but that's metadata; could drop. Now we need to decide sections. About the role: mission + basic function. Responsibilities: duties list. Requirements: education and experience, required documents, special requirements? Might be better to put under Requirements. Qualifications: knowledge and abilities. We could also include working conditions and physical demands under Requirements or a separate section like "Working Conditions". But we have no heading for that in allowed list; we could put under Requirements as part of it. However the instruction says use headings only from list: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we cannot create arbitrary headings like Working Conditions. So we must fit content into those headings. Thus we can put working conditions and physical demands under Requirements (maybe as sublist). Or we could put them under Qualifications? Probably Requirements is appropriate for education, experience, documents, special req, working conditions, physical demands. Skills could be knowledge and abilities? But we already have Qualifications heading. Could use Skills for knowledge and abilities, and Qualifications for education/experience. But we need to decide. We have both Knowledge and Abilities (which are more like skills/abilities) and Education/Experience (qualifications). So we can map: - Qualifications: Education and Experience, Required Documents, Special Requirements, Working Conditions, Physical Demands. - Skills: Knowledge and Abilities. But we also have About the role and Responsibilities. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills. We must not create empty sections. Now produce HTML. Structure:

  About the role

  mission + basic function combined.

  Responsibilities

  • ... each duty

  Qualifications

  Education and Experience: ...

  for Required Documents? Actually required documents is a list; we can put
  • ...
  Also Special Requirements list. Also Working Conditions and Physical Demands maybe as
  or

  . Could combine. Better: Use

  for prose,

  • for lists. Thus:

    Qualifications

    Education and Experience: Any combination equivalent to: high school diploma and increasingly responsible experience working with school aged children in an organized setting.

    ?? Not allowed headings besides those. Can't use h4. So we need to keep within allowed headings only. So we cannot add extra headings like "Required Documents". We must embed lists directly under the Qualifications section without extra headings. That's okay: we can have multiple

    under same

    . Similarly for Skills. Thus under Qualifications we can have:

    Education and Experience: Any combination equivalent to: high school diploma and increasingly responsible experience working with school aged children in an organized setting.

    • High School Diploma or Equivalent AND Proficiency Exam Certificate (Basic Skills Assessment Test)
    • Candidates not providing evidence of meeting the proficiency requirement may be considered for employment as a Non Instructional Classroom Assistant.
    • OR Associate's Degree or Bachelor's Degree or Higher Education Degree
    • The Proficiency Exam (Basic Skills Assessment Test) is administered by Lodi Unified School District.

    • If selected for the position, out-of-district applicants must be T.B. tested and fingerprinted.
    • A practical skills test may be administered at the time of interview.

    Working Conditions: Outdoor and indoor recreational and classroom environments.

    • Lifting heavy objects up to 25 pounds
    • Dexterity of hands and fingers to demonstrate activities and prepare materials
    • Bending at the waist, kneeling or crouching
    • Standing and walking for up to two hours a day when necessary

    But we have multiple

    sequentially; that's fine. Now Skills section: Knowledge and Abilities. We can split into Knowledge and Ability lists.

    Skills

    Knowledge of:

    • Basic aspects of the physical and emotional care of children
    • Basic subjects taught in District schools, including arithmetic, grammar, spelling, language and reading
    • Safe practices in classroom and playground activities
    • Indoor and outdoor recreational and educational activities for school-aged children
    • Interpersonal skills using tact, patience and courtesy
    • Proper English usage, grammar, vocabulary, spelling and punctuation
    • Positive behavior management techniques and discipline of children
    • Effective record-keeping practices and procedures

    Ability To:

    • Tutor individual or small groups of students in a variety of academic subjects
    • Demonstrate an understanding, patient, respectful and receptive attitude toward students of all ages
    • Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with children and adults
    • Monitor and discipline students according to approved policies and procedures
    • Effectively supervise and care for children with varying degrees of development and needs in various activities
    • Analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action
    • Understand and follow the curriculum guide for enrichment
    • Maintain confidentiality in all matters related to students
    Now About the role: We need to combine mission and basic function. Mission paragraph: "The mission of the Bridge Program is to provide a safe after school program