Paraeducator - Elementary

We need to output HTML format. Need sections: About the role? The posting has POSITION SUMMARY, ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, Required Qualifications, Additional Requirements, Preferred Qualifications, Condition Of Employment, Knowledge Of..., Ability To..., REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES RELATED TO CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND EQUITY, PHYSICAL DEMANDS, WORK CONDITIONS, WORK SCHEDULE, REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS, REPRESENTATION, Level Of Compensation, CLASSIFICATION HISTORY, etc. We need to use

for section headings: e.g., About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. However we should only include sections when posting has real specific content. We can map content to these headings. We need to avoid repeating job title as heading. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate like EEO, legal, etc. We need to preserve all substantive info. Use

• for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use

  for prose. We need to decide which sections to include: About the role (summary), Responsibilities (essential duties), Requirements (required qualifications + additional requirements?), Qualifications (preferred qualifications?), Skills (knowledge, skills, abilities?), Benefits (maybe condition of employment includes benefits? Not really benefits; but we have Level Of Compensation (pay) and maybe schedule. Benefits not mentioned. So we may omit Benefits if no content. Pay: Level Of Compensation: "Paraeducator position on the PSE Salary Schedule." That's specific enough? It's not a number but indicates schedule. We can include Pay section with that statement. Schedule: WORK SCHEDULE: "This is a school year assignment. Hours and days will vary from school to school." That's specific. We also have REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS, REPRESENTATION, CLASSIFICATION HISTORY maybe could be under About the role or separate? But headings limited to given list. We could incorporate into About the role or Responsibilities? Probably better to create sections for those that match: About the role (summary), Responsibilities (essential duties), Requirements (required qualifications + additional requirements), Qualifications (preferred qualifications), Skills (knowledge, skills, abilities + cultural competence), Pay, Schedule. Possibly also Benefits? Not present. We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual content. We need to output only HTML fragment. Let's structure:

  About the role

  POSITION SUMMARY: ... (the summary paragraph).

  Responsibilities

  • ... each duty as list items.
  We need to extract duties from ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES list. Also "Other Responsibilities" list. We'll combine all duty statements into list items. Then

  Requirements

  for Required Qualifications (education/experience) and Additional Requirements (skills). Could split but we can combine. We'll list education/experience as list items? It's prose but we can make list. Better:

  Required Qualifications:

  then
  • ...
  for each bullet. Similarly Additional Requirements: list. Then

  Qualifications

  for Preferred Qualifications. Then

  Skills

  for Knowledge Of..., Ability To..., REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES RELATED TO CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND EQUITY. We'll combine those into list items. Then

  Pay

  Level Of Compensation: Paraeducator position on the PSE Salary Schedule.

  Then

  Schedule

  WORK SCHEDULE: This is a school year assignment. Hours and days will vary from school to school.

  We should also include REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS maybe under About the role? Could add a paragraph after summary. But we might add a separate section? Not in allowed headings. Could incorporate into About the role. Similarly REPRESENTATION and CLASSIFICATION HISTORY could be added to About the role. We must preserve all substantive info; we can add them as paragraphs under About the role. Let's craft. First, extract POSITION SUMMARY text: "POSITION SUMMARY: The Elementary Paraeducator is responsible for supervising and monitoring scholars in a variety of tasks throughout the day with specific oversite of the playground, crosswalk and breakfast/lunch areas. Under the direction of a supervising teacher, this position assists with the basic skills development of students that can include students with identified disabilities. Typically, the students will work in small groups or individually either within their regular classroom or in a special area devoted to individualized learning." We'll keep that. Now ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES list: - Supervise and monitor students throughout the school day in accordance with the school and district policies. - Communicate concerns to the principal regarding any violations of safety standards or lack of cooperation on the part of students or drivers. - Help students problem solve and resolve conflicts. - Report safety hazards seen on campus to main office so appropriate action can be taken. - Assist students with opening food items, wiping up spills, and cleaning up their area. - Follow protocol when assisting an injured student. - Establish an environment that encourages appropriate behavior and redirect student behaviors that are not in line with the school behavior expectations. - Tutor individuals and/or groups in specific skills as directed by the teacher. - Assist the teacher in administering special instructional and or behavioral programs. - Plan daily/weekly with the teachers and other staff members servicing the same students. - Assist the teacher in the communicating with other building/district staff members and parents. - Inform the advising teacher to any observed problems or information regarding an individual student. - Perform instructional/tutorial assignments and keep records as directed by the supervising teacher. - Interact positively with students, parents, and staff. Give positive reinforcement to students throughout the day. - Assist with the room maintenance and inventory of books and equipment. - Assist with health-related procedures for students as assigned. Other Responsibilities list: - 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. We'll combine. Now Required Qualifications: "EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: High School Diploma or EquivalentAnd one of the following:AA degree, ORHigh school diploma (or equivalent) and 48 college-level semester credits or 72 college-level quarter credits, ORHigh school diploma (or equivalent) and pass the state approved paraeducator assessment test" We need to format nicely. Additional Requirements: "Proficient in basic spelling, math and grammar skills Experienced and/or training in reading instruction, remediation, and assessment" Preferred Qualifications: "Experience working with students in grades K-5" Condition Of Employment list: - Pass a criminal background check - Complete the District's Paraeducator Core Competency requirements - Possess and maintain American Heart Association or American Red Cross CPR and first aid training - 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 if assigned to a Resource Support position - Work scheduled hours on a consistent basis - Knowledge Of Individual education plans (IEPs) - Procedures for the proper regulation of traffic and pedestrians and apply procedures as appropriate - Different learning styles and how to provide support for learning 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 and ability to increase knowledge to proficiency - Work independently and work collaboratively with others fostering a team approach whenever appropriate. - Maintain a good work attendance record, be punctual, and follow District procedures for reporting all absences. - Demonstrate enthusiasm, flexibility and a commitment to students. - Practice effective safety and security within individual work routines. - Develop and maintain positive relations with staff and service providers - Follow written and verbal directions with minimal supervision - Speak, read and follow written communications in English - Perform basic spelling, math and grammar skills - Demonstrate the desire, skill and patience to work with students with special emotional, academic and social needs, which may include violent behavior - Demonstrate a caring attitude and establish an environment that encourages appropriate behavior and successful learning - Exercise judgment as to when to act independently and when to refer to higher authority - Practice ethical and professional standards of conduct including the requirements of confidentiality - Communicate effectively with staff, students, parents/guardians, and the public in a multicultural and multiracial community - Interact positively with students, parents and staff in a professional manner and demonstrate a commitment for students and their success - Continue professional growth - Perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodations That's a huge list; many are abilities/knowledge. We'll treat many as Skills. But we also have "REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES RELATED TO CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND EQUITY:" list: - Knowledge/awareness of own cultural identity and how this influences behavior, and desire to learn about the cultural identity of others. - Ability to establish and nurture an environment that promotes cultural competence and equitable treatment of staff, students, and patrons of the District. - Ability to understand and hold self and others accountable for promoting the Federal Way Public Schools' commitment to "Each Scholar: A Voice. A Dream. A Bright Future." - Ability to recognize that each person is a unique individual even as we celebrate their group cultural heritage. We'll include those in Skills. Now PHYSICAL DEMANDS and WORK CONDITIONS: we could include under About the role or maybe a separate section? Not in allowed headings. Could incorporate into About the role as additional paragraphs. But we must preserve all substantive info. We'll add paragraphs under About the role for Physical Demands and Work Conditions. Also REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS, REPRESENTATION, Level Of Compensation (we have Pay), CLASSIFICATION HISTORY. We'll add those under About the role as well. Now we need to avoid duplication: some items repeat like "Perform basic spelling, math and grammar skills" appears both in Additional Requirements and Ability To list. We'll keep but could deduplicate? The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Duplicated lines: we should remove duplicated lines. So we need to detect duplicates and remove them. There's duplication of "Perform basic spelling, math and grammar skills". Also "Demonstrate basic knowledge of modern technology..." appears maybe only once. We'll deduplicate. Let's list all items from Condition Of Employment and Ability To etc and remove duplicates. I'll compile a master list of skills/abilities/knowledge from Condition Of Employment and Ability To sections, plus the Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities related to cultural competence. We'll produce a list for Skills section. Let's extract Condition Of Employment items (each line after "-"): 1. Pass a criminal background check 2. Complete the District's Paraeducator Core Competency requirements 3. Possess and maintain American Heart Association or American Red Cross CPR and first aid training 4. 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 if assigned to a Resource Support position 5. Work scheduled hours on a consistent basis 6. Knowledge Of Individual education plans (IEPs) 7. Procedures for the proper regulation of traffic and pedestrians and apply procedures as appropriate 8. Different learning styles and how to provide support for learning English grammar and spelling 9. Basic math 10. Positive behavior interventions