Paraprofessional - Special Education

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 need to parse the posting. Given posting: Position: ParaProfessional - Special Education Position Purpose: Under the direct supervision of a certified staff member, the paraprofessional is responsible for working as a team member to assist with students in the special education classroom to meet instructional goals and objectives. This person will also have a role in certain non-instructional and concept/skill reinforcement tasks and providing students the opportunity for additional adult/student relationships. Schedule: 5.75 hours/day, 5 days/week, 38 weeks/year Then a long list of duties/responsibilities. Then Additional Duties: Perform any other related duties as assigned. Note: The above description illustrates tasks and responsibilities. It is not meant to be all-inclusive for every task or responsibility. Equipment: Use standard office equipment, such as personal computers and copiers. Travel Requirements: Travel between schools and between schools and central offices may be required for certain positions. Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: list. Qualifications: list. Physical And Mental Demands, Work Hazards Ada Requirements: description. FLSA STATUS: Non-Exempt APPLICATIONS: ... (application instructions) - we need to remove application instructions. EEO statement: remove. We need to produce sections: About the role (maybe from Position Purpose). Responsibilities (list of duties). Requirements? Possibly from Knowledge, Skills & Abilities? Or Qualifications? The spec says use headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide what content goes where. We have Schedule given explicitly: 5.75 hours/day, 5 days/week, 38 weeks/year. So we can include a Schedule section. Benefits: Not mentioned. Pay: Not mentioned. So we should NOT include Benefits or Pay sections because they are not stated. Qualifications: we have qualifications section: Two years of study at an institution of higher learning (equal to 60 credits) OR Obtain an associate's degree (or higher) OR Pass an approved formal state academic assessment. Prior experience working with students with disabilities. Knowledge and training in proper classroom management techniques, such as verbal de-escalation skills and physical interventions, including Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (CPI), may be required. Willingness to participate in professional development as identified by the principal, the special education department, or the school district. Also Physical And Mental Demands, Work Hazards Ada Requirements: could be considered Requirements? Might be part of Requirements or Qualifications. But we have a separate Requirements heading; we could put physical demands etc there. However the spec says we should prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. We have many possible sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Requirements (maybe physical demands), Skills (knowledge, skills & abilities). We could combine some. But we need to follow the instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we might combine Requirements and Qualifications? But they are distinct headings; we could still include both if they have substantive content. However we might decide to omit Requirements if its content is thin or could be merged into Qualifications. Let's see. We have Knowledge, Skills & Abilities list: Ability to carry out instructions, arithmetic, use PCs, maintain confidentiality, establish supportive relationship, establish cooperative relationships, report work, effective writing/verbal communication, ability to work in diverse environment. That's skills. Qualifications: education/experience, prior experience, training, willingness to participate in PD. Physical demands: could be considered Requirements (maybe under Requirements). But we could also put them under Qualifications? Usually physical demands are separate. The spec includes Requirements heading; we can use it for physical demands and maybe also for travel requirements? Travel requirements could be under Requirements as well. Thus we could have sections: - About the role (Position Purpose) - Responsibilities (list of duties) - Requirements (Physical demands, work environment, travel requirements) - Qualifications (education, experience, training, PD) - Skills (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities) - Schedule (given) We should not include Benefits or Pay. We need to use

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  for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate etc. We need to output only HTML fragment. Let's extract content precisely. About the role: Position Purpose paragraph. Responsibilities: The list after "Assists and guides students..." up to "Additional Duties". Also includes "Assist, as needed or as an alternate in times of assigned staff absence, in students' medical, grooming, and self-care needs, including eating, tooth brushing, toileting, and diapering as needed per student's individualized Personal Care Services (PCS)." Also "Assists, as requested by the teacher, with parent contact to foster effective and participatory parent involvement in student education.." (note double period). Also "Assists students with disabilities in all aspects of classroom instruction to maximize inclusion, learning, achievement of IEP goals and objectives, etc." Also "Participates in the IEP process and serves as a resource for the student evaluation team as needed." Also "Assist students with physical or mental disabilities with activities of daily living to maximize their ability to participate in school, social, and learning activities." Also "Follow all applicable safety rules, procedures, and regulations governing the proper manner of assistance for all students, including those with disabilities or other special needs." Also "Regular, reliable and punctual attendance". Also "Additional Duties Perform any other related duties as assigned." plus note about not all-inclusive. We need to capture all these as list items. We also have Equipment and Travel Requirements maybe under Requirements. Let's list responsibilities items: - Assists and guides students in education and social development with students individually and in small groups to reinforce essential learning skills. - Assists professional staff in administering classroom assignments and assessments. - Assists in classroom preparations and strategies for differentiating instructional materials and skills according to individual student needs, as evidenced by constructing, copying, distributing, and using educational materials as needed. - The ability and willingness to complete the district provided Nonviolent Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) training and maintain certification on schedule with the district's expectations. - The ability to assist in working within data tracking systems to document student learning, progress, and performance aligned with student's Individual Education Program (IEP), Personal Care Services (PCS), and Positive Behavior Support Plans (PBSP). - Assists students in non-instructional areas, such as supervising the student lunch programs, bus duty, playground duty, corridor, study hall, and other non-instructional areas. - Assist, as needed or as an alternate in times of assigned staff absence, in students' medical, grooming, and self-care needs, including eating, tooth brushing, toileting, and diapering as needed per student's individualized Personal Care Services (PCS). - The ability to accompany students on field trips to assist with supervision. - Assists, as requested by the teacher, with parent contact to foster effective and participatory parent involvement in student education. - Assists students with disabilities in all aspects of classroom instruction to maximize inclusion, learning, achievement of IEP goals and objectives, etc. - Participates in the IEP process and serves as a resource for the student evaluation team as needed. - Assist students with physical or mental disabilities with activities of daily living to maximize their ability to participate in school, social, and learning activities. - Follow all applicable safety rules, procedures, and regulations governing the proper manner of assistance for all students, including those with disabilities or other special needs. - Regular, reliable and punctual attendance. - Perform any other related duties as assigned. (Additional Duties) - Note: The above description illustrates tasks and responsibilities. It is not meant to be all-inclusive for every task or responsibility. (maybe we can include as a note but it's not a duty; could be omitted? It's substantive but it's a note; we could include as a paragraph after list.) Equipment: Use standard office equipment, such as personal computers and copiers. Travel Requirements: Travel between schools and between schools and central offices may be required for certain positions. These could go under Requirements. Now Requirements section: we can include Physical Demands, Work Environment, Mental Functions, Travel Requirements, Equipment. Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk, hear (in a quiet or noisy environment), taste and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust/focus. Work Environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually loud to moderate. Mental Functions: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to compare, analyze, communicate both orally and in writing, copy, coordinate, instruct, compute, synthesize, evaluate, use interpersonal skills, compile and negotiate. Travel Requirements: Travel between schools and between schools and central offices may be required for certain positions. Equipment: Use standard office equipment, such as personal computers and copiers. We could combine these into a Requirements section with subpoints maybe as

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    • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can make a list. Qualifications: list: - Two years of study at an institution of higher learning (equal to 60 credits) OR Obtain an associate's degree (or higher) OR Pass an approved formal state academic assessment. - Prior experience working with students with disabilities - Knowledge and training in proper classroom management techniques, such as verbal de-escalation skills and physical interventions, including Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (CPI), may be required. - Willingness to participate in professional development as identified by the principal, the special education department, or the school district. Skills (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities): - Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form. - Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and perform arithmetic operations to assist students as needed. - Ability to understand, apply, and use personal computers and software applications (e.g., Word, Excel). - Ability to work with and maintain confidentiality of information regarding students, employees, and others. - Ability to establish a supportive and compassionate relationship with students with special needs. - Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with students, staff, and others contacted in the course of work. - Ability to report work orally or in writing to supervisor as required. - Effective writing and verbal communication skills. - Ability to work in an economically, culturally, and racially diverse environment. Schedule: 5.75 hours/day, 5 days/week, 38 weeks/year. Now we need to output HTML fragment with

      headings and content. We should not repeat the job title as a heading. We should not include Job ID etc. We should not include application instructions or EEO. We need to ensure we don't create empty sections. Thus final HTML:

      About the role

      Under the direct supervision of a certified staff member, the paraprofessional is responsible for working as a team member to assist with students in the special education classroom to meet instructional goals and objectives. This person will also have a role in certain non-instructional and concept/skill reinforcement tasks and providing students the opportunity for additional adult/student relationships.

      Responsibilities

      • Assists and guides students in education and social development with students individually and in small groups to reinforce essential learning skills.
      • Assists professional staff in administering classroom assignments and assessments.
      • Assists in classroom preparations and strategies for differentiating instructional materials and skills according to individual student needs, as evidenced by constructing, copying, distributing, and using educational materials as