Program Aide

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We need to parse the posting. We have: - Position Title: Program Aide (we do not repeat as heading) - Employee Type: Full-Time Regular - Supervisor Title: Manager, Education & Inclusion or Center Director - Division: Head Start, U.S. Programs - Save the Children description (intro) - could be "About the role"? Actually "About Us" is separate. We need sections: - About the role: maybe a paragraph describing the role: "Program Aides are generalists, responsible for providing educational, relational and social experiences for infants, toddlers and/or preschool-aged children to foster growth and development in all developmental domains. In this role, you will report to the Education and Inclusion Manager or Center Director and may be expected to travel to the various program sites and/or home visits. You may be assigned to various classrooms/centers/bus routes/cafeterias/kitchens, assist with daily classroom management and other duties, and may be assigned to various classrooms/centers as deemed necessary for program operations. As a frontline representative of Save the Children, you are required to ensure the safety and security of children and families that you come in contact with and adhere to our values of Accountability, Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity and Integrity. As a Save the Children employee who will come into contact with children on a routine basis, you are expected to prevent child abuse in every situation by striving, through mental awareness, good practice and training, to minimize risk to children. You must take positive steps to protect children who may be a subject of concern and report, respond to any instance of child abuse, and promote training and awareness around all child-safeguarding obligations." That's a good paragraph. - Responsibilities: The "What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)" list includes many bullet points. We need to extract list items. We have: - Application of clear practice and procedure in day-to-day execution of job. - Organize self and manage time to get things done. - Keep manager informed of important issues. - Build effective relationships within workgroup and with children/families. - Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions. - Classroom Assistance: Assist classroom staff in all classroom activities. - Assist the Teacher in any aspect of the program as the need arises (e.g., at Family Nights, copying newsletters, cutting out classroom materials, making phone calls, etc.). - Serve as a temporary substitute in the periodic absence of the Assistant Teacher or Teacher. - Janitorial Assistance: Provide custodial support as needed; this could include but is not limited to: picking up trash, sweeping, mopping, vacuuming or using industrial cleaning equipment to clean floors, clean and stock bathrooms, ensure buildings are secure, clean windows and minor building maintenance and repairs. - May serve as custodian in the absence of the regular custodian on a periodic basis. - Kitchen Assistance: Complete routine kitchen/dining room/food chores as assigned (e.g. dishwashing, portioning foods, taking and logging temperature of foods received from vendors, etc.). - Prepare food and serve items for service prior to or after use. These duties may include the preparation of food to meet the needs of children with special needs or disabilities. - Participate in food service clean up, inventory, and other food service tasks as requested. - Substitute for regular Cook or Assistant Cook as needed. - May be asked to assist Cook and or Assistant Cook to fulfill kitchen duties, in any capacity. - Responsible for complying with all local, state and federal standards regarding hygiene and sanitation. - Other General Job Duties: - May be required to serve as a Bus Monitor. - Attend all workshops and meetings as necessary. - Attend required staff and parent meetings and activities. - Responsible for gaining understanding Head Start Program Performance Standards and local childcare licensing regulations. - Expected to be knowledgeable of the regulations associated with prevention of occupational disease and injury, including the exercise of universal precautions and the prevention of contamination. - Positively promote Head Start in the community. - Maintain strict confidentiality with respect to Head Start/Early Head Start children, families and staff in accordance with established policies and procedures. - Become thoroughly familiar with Save the Children Head Start Employee Handbook, Save the Children Head Start Human Resources Policies and Procedures, manuals and resources and adhere to them. We need to format as

• items. Could group under subheadings? Not required; just list. - Requirements: maybe "Required Qualifications" section. We have Required Qualifications: - Must be at minimum 18 years of age. - Minimum high school diploma or G.E.D. - Certification as applicable by federal, state or local Head Start or childcare regulations, now or as amended in the future. - Within 90 days of employment, must obtain and continually maintain basic first aid and pediatric CPR certification (or sooner if required by local/state regulations). - Demonstrated knowledge of the basics of working with infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged children. - Professional proficiency in spoken and written English. - Demonstrated ability to relate sensitively with children and to work well and communicate effectively with staff, parents and families. - Proven ability to follow directions and take initiative. - Demonstrated ability to keep all information on families strictly confidential. - Demonstrated ability to work with children with disabilities. We could put these under Requirements. - Additional Qualifications: Physical Requirements etc. Could be under "Qualifications" or "Skills"? The instruction says we can have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide where to put each piece. "Additional Qualifications Physical Requirements related to essential functions:" includes physical ability, background check, driver's license, preference for former Head Start parents. We could put these under "Qualifications" (maybe separate from Requirements). Or we could treat "Requirements" as mandatory qualifications, and "Qualifications" as additional/preferred. Thus: - Requirements: the list of required qualifications (must have). - Qualifications: additional qualifications (physical requirements, background check, driver's license, preference). - Skills: maybe we can extract skills like "Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions", "Demonstrated ability to relate sensitively with children", "Professional proficiency in spoken and written English", "Demonstrated ability to keep all information on families strictly confidential", "Demonstrated ability to work with children with disabilities". But many of those are already in Requirements. Could still put under Skills. But we need to avoid duplication? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. It doesn't forbid duplication but better to not repeat same content in multiple sections. However we can categorize. Maybe better: Use Requirements for the mandatory qualifications (age, education, certification, first aid/CPR, knowledge, English proficiency, ability to relate, follow directions, confidentiality, work with disabilities). Use Skills for the abilities like "Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions", "Demonstrated ability to relate sensitively with children", "Professional proficiency in spoken and written English", "Demonstrated ability to keep all information on families strictly confidential", "Demonstrated ability to work with children with disabilities". But those overlap with Requirements. Might be okay but could be considered duplication. However we could treat Skills as the soft skills: communication, relationship building, confidentiality, etc. But we need to preserve all info; duplication is not prohibited but might be considered redundant. The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." It doesn't say we cannot repeat. But better to avoid unnecessary duplication. We could put the "Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions" under Responsibilities (it's listed there). Actually it's in the "What You’ll Be Doing" list as a bullet. So we could keep it there. Thus Skills section could be empty? We should only include sections that have real specific content. If we don't have distinct skills beyond those already captured, we could omit Skills. Similarly, Benefits: we have a detailed list under "About Us" after "We are looking to build an inclusive team...". That includes Paid time off, Health, HSA, FSA, Life, Family, Employee Rewards Program, Retirement, Wellness, Employee Assistance Program, Learning & Growth. So we can create Benefits section with those items as list. Pay: we have "Compensation The base pay for this position starts at $15/hour. Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, experience, credentials, base salary of internal peers and other relevant qualifications specific to the role." That's specific content (starting pay). So we include Pay section. Schedule: we have Employee Type: Full-Time Regular. That's schedule info. Could include Schedule section with "Full-Time Regular". Also maybe mention travel? But schedule is just full-time. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We might also include a short paragraph for "About the role" as earlier. Now we need to output HTML fragment only, no /. Use

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    • . Need to capture all duties from the "What You’ll Be Doing" list and other general duties. We should combine all duty bullets into a single list. Let's extract all duty bullets precisely: From the text: - Application of clear practice and procedure in day-to-day execution of job. - Organize self and manage time to get things done. - Keep manager informed of important issues. - Build effective relationships within workgroup and with children/families. - Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions. - Classroom Assistance Assist classroom staff in all classroom activities. - Assist the Teacher in any aspect of the program as the need arises (e.g., at Family Nights, copying newsletters, cutting out classroom materials, making phone calls, etc.). - Serve as a temporary substitute in the periodic absence of the Assistant Teacher or Teacher. - Janitorial Assistance Provide custodial support as needed; this could include but is not limited to: picking up trash, sweeping, mopping, vacuuming or using industrial cleaning equipment to clean floors, clean and stock bathrooms, ensure buildings are secure, clean windows and minor building maintenance and repairs. - May serve as custodian in the absence of the regular custodian on a periodic basis. - Kitchen Assistance Complete routine kitchen/dining room/food chores as assigned (e.g. dishwashing, portioning foods, taking and logging temperature of foods received from vendors, etc.). - Prepare food and serve items for service prior to or after use. These duties may include the preparation of food to meet the needs of children with special needs or disabilities. - Participate in food service clean up, inventory, and other food service tasks as requested. - Substitute for regular Cook or Assistant Cook as needed. - May be asked to assist Cook and or Assistant Cook to fulfill kitchen duties, in any capacity. - Responsible for complying with all local, state and federal standards regarding hygiene and sanitation. - Other General Job Duties May be required to serve as a Bus Monitor. - Attend all workshops and meetings as necessary. - Attend required staff and parent meetings and activities. - Responsible for gaining understanding Head Start Program Performance Standards and local childcare licensing regulations. - Expected to be knowledgeable of the regulations associated with prevention of occupational disease and injury, including the exercise of universal precautions and the prevention of contamination. - Positively promote Head Start in the community. - Maintain strict confidentiality with respect to Head Start/Early Head Start children, families and staff in accordance with established policies and procedures. - Become thoroughly familiar with Save the Children Head Start