Paraeducator - Non-Mainstream Special Education ILC
Bethel School District · Roy, WA · 1 mo ago
Education$25.4/hrInternship
We need to output HTML fragment with sections for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content.
We must extract content from posting.
Let's parse.
Position Hours And Pay: "This position is for 6.5 hours per day at 178 days per year. 7 hours per day for 4 days for the first year and 2 days each year following until certification is completed. Position pay: PSE Salary Schedule Level 5 - $ 25.40"
Thus we have schedule (hours per day, days per year) and pay.
Important Information: Official Hire Date, Required Training (Right Response Training within 3-5 months, must complete FCS and General Paraeducator Certificate, etc). Also mention Paraeducator Certificate Program dependent on State funding.
Then "IMPORTANT: In order to be considered for an interview for this instructional paraeducator position you must meet the following federal minimum employment requirements." Then list: Must be 18 years of age; hold high school diploma or its equivalent; and one of the following: passed ParaPathways Assessment or Pearson Paraprofessional assessment; AA degree or higher; earned 72 quarter credits or 48 semester credits; completion of registered apprenticeship program; successful completion of The Master Teacher Inc. Paraeducator Online Training Program. Then link.
Then "You may provide unofficial transcripts..." etc.
General Summary: responsibilities to assist certificated staff with instructional and non-instructional activities for non-mainstreamed special education students, generally in a self-contained classroom, and including instructing students individually or in small groups, assisting students with basic life skills, and supervising student behavior activities.
Essential Functions: list many duties.
Other Functions: list.
REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS: Reports to school principal or assigned administrator; receives guidance from certificated staff.
MENTAL DEMANDS: list.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: list.
Minimum Qualifications Education and Experience: Education, training, skills, and experience necessary to carry out the assignment, with experience working with school age children and special needs students preferred. For Title One and Title One School-wide Special Education positions there is an associate degree, or proof of completion of the Washington State Paraeducator Assessment, or two years of higher education requirement per the Federal "No Child Left Behind" Act. Allowable Substitutions Not applicable.
Required Knowledge, Skills And Abilities: list many.
Licenses/Special Requirements: fingerprinting and background check; infection control plan; may be required to obtain first aid and CPR certification; Hepatitis-B immunization offered; Must complete Right Response Training and receive qualifications within the first 3-5 months of hire date.
PSE UNIT AFFILIATION: Paraeducator/Special Services
Wages And Benefits: "Click here to access details on the following: Salaries/Wages Insurance Retirement Plans Paid Time Off or Vacation Paid Holidays Other Compensation"
Non-Discrimination Policy: long.
Application Procedure: Apply online.
We need to produce sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We must not repeat job title as heading (not given). We must not include Job ID etc.
We need to decide which sections have real specific content.
- About the role: Could be General Summary? That describes role. So we can put About the role with the General Summary paragraph.
- Responsibilities: Essential Functions and Other Functions combined? Could list duties. We'll put Responsibilities with bullet list of essential functions (maybe combine essential and other). Must preserve all substantive info; we can list them as
- items.
- Requirements: Federal minimum employment requirements (age, diploma, one of the options). Also maybe Minimum Qualifications Education and Experience? That could be Requirements or Qualifications. We need to decide mapping.
We have sections: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. Usually Requirements = mandatory criteria (education, experience, certifications). Qualifications = preferred or additional. Skills = abilities.
We have Required Knowledge, Skills And Abilities (list). That's skills.
We have Licenses/Special Requirements (fingerprinting, background check, infection control, first aid/CPR, Hepatitis B, Right Response training). Those could be Requirements.
We have Minimum Qualifications Education and Experience (education, experience preferred). That could be Qualifications.
We have Required Training (Right Response Training within 3-5 months, FCS, General Paraeducator Certificate). That's also Requirements.
We have "IMPORTANT: In order to be considered for an interview..." that's federal minimum employment requirements. That's definitely Requirements.
Thus we can structure:
- About the role: General Summary paragraph.
- Responsibilities: Essential Functions + Other Functions (maybe combine). We'll list bullet points.
- Requirements: Federal minimum employment requirements (age, diploma, one of the options) + Required Training (Right Response Training within 3-5 months, FCS, General Paraeducator Certificate) + Licenses/Special Requirements (fingerprinting, background check, infection control plan, may need first aid/CPR, Hepatitis B immunization offered, Right Response training again? Already covered). We'll avoid duplication.
- Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications Education and Experience (education, experience working with school age children and special needs students preferred; for Title One positions associate degree or proof of completion of Washington State Paraeducator Assessment, or two years of higher education). Also maybe PSE UNIT AFFILIATION? Not needed.
- Skills: Required Knowledge, Skills And Abilities list.
- Benefits: Wages And Benefits section mentions click here to access details on salaries/wages, insurance, retirement plans, paid time off/vacation, paid holidays, other compensation. Since no specific details given, we cannot create Benefits section because it's not specific; it's just a link to details. The rule: never create Benefits section unless posting actually states them. It does mention categories but not specifics. Might be considered not specific enough. Safer to omit Benefits section.
- Pay: we have Position pay: PSE Salary Schedule Level 5 - $ 25.40. That's specific. So we can include Pay section with that.
- Schedule: we have Position Hours And Pay: "This position is for 6.5 hours per day at 178 days per year. 7 hours per day for 4 days for the first year and 2 days each year following until certification is completed." That's schedule specifics. So Schedule section.
Thus we will output sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Pay, Schedule.
We must not include Benefits.
Now we need to format: headings
for each section. Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose. We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from each section. Let's extract each piece precisely. About the role (General Summary): "This position's responsibilities are to assist certificated staff with instructional and non-instructional activities for non-mainstreamed special education students, generally in a self-contained classroom, and including instructing students individually or in small groups, assisting students with basic life skills, and supervising student behavior activities." We'll put that in
. Responsibilities: Essential Functions list (many bullet points) plus Other Functions list. We need to capture each bullet as
- . Let's list them exactly as in text.
Essential Functions bullet points (starting with "Instructs moderately to severely handicapped students..."):
- Instructs moderately to severely handicapped students individually or in small groups in a variety of learning activities to promote student understanding of materials presented.
- Provides encouragement, reinforcement and achievement of educational objectives and goals defined by certificated staff.
- Assists in the administration of objective tests or other measurements.
- Communicates with certificated staff concerning individual student progress; adjusts methods to meet the needs of a wide variety of students; consults with certificated staff concerning remediation or enrichment activities.
- Assists certificated staff in maintaining records, logs, charts, assignments and other records for assessment of student progress.
- Attends to student physical and safety needs; monitors students for medical risks such as seizures and behaviors that may result in harm to themselves or others.
- Corrects behaviors and maintains discipline according to established policies and procedures.
- Assists students with toileting, which may include catheterization and diapering; attends to the personal hygiene needs of students.
- Assists students in washing hands and face, brushing teeth and hair, and taking showers.
- Assists students with interpersonal and personal skills mastery; helps feed students and teaches social aspects of eating with others.
- Assists students with basic living skills and pre-vocational activities.
- Works with students to develop communication skills; facilitates integration of students with age-group peers to the extent possible.
- Establishes and maintains effective communication with students, staff and parents for student progress and safety, and community relations.
- Provides physical assistance to students, such as lifting or positioning.
- Uses adaptive equipment to communicate with students; follows and documents procedures established by physical therapist.
- Monitors need for first aid for students and refers for treatment as appropriate.
- Maintains cleanliness and hygiene of classroom, implements and equipment. Washes dishes; cleans and disinfects tables and counters; washes and dries clothes, towels, washcloths and bibs.
Other Functions bullet points:
- Alerts qualified district staff to student problems.
- Locates, prepares and/or modifies materials for student use, enrichment activities and special projects under the direction of certificated staff.
- Prepares, duplicates, collates and distributes materials; operates a variety of office equipment.
- Maintains physical appearance of classroom and other assigned areas; maintains, assembles and stores therapeutic and other equipment as assigned; maintains supplies as assigned.
- May serve on various district committees and/or departmental work teams.
- Models appropriate and cooperative behavior, including protecting confidential information, consistent with district ethical guidelines.
- Performs related duties consistent with the scope and intent of the position.
We'll combine both lists under Responsibilities.
Requirements: Need to include:
Federal minimum employment requirements:
- Must be 18 years of age;
- Hold high school diploma or its equivalent;
- and one of the following:
* Successfully passed the ParaPathways Assessment or Pearson Paraprofessional assessment
* AA degree or higher
* Earned seventy-two (72) quarter credits or forty-eight (48) semester credits at an accredited institution of higher education
* Completion of registered apprenticeship program offered by the Washington State Dept. of Labor & Industries
* Successful completion of The Master Teacher Inc. Paraeducator Online Training Program
Also Required Training:
- Person hired for this position must also complete Right Response Training within 3-5 months of hire.
- Must successfully complete the Fundamental Course of Studies (FCS) and General Paraeducator Certificate of the state mandated Paraeducator Certificate Program per State requirements.
- Paraeducator Certificate Program is dependent upon State funding.
Also Licenses/Special Requirements:
- Requires fingerprinting and background check to determine that there have been no convictions involving physical molestation, abuse, injury or neglect of a minor.
- Must complete training in and adhere to district infection control plan.
- May be required to obtain first aid and CPR certification.
- Hepatitis-B immunization is offered.
- Must complete Right Response Training and receive qualifications within the first 3-5 months of hire date. (duplicate of earlier; we can mention once.)
We should avoid duplication but preserve all info. We can combine Right Response training mention once.
We'll list as
- items. Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications Education and Experience: - Education, training, skills, and experience necessary to carry out the assignment, with experience working with school age children and special needs students preferred. - For Title One and Title One School-wide Special Education positions there is an associate degree, or proof of completion of the Washington State Paraeducator Assessment, or two years of higher education requirement per the Federal "No Child Left Behind" Act. - Allowable Substitutions Not applicable. We'll put that. Skills
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use