Special Education Para Educator 3 - 2026-27 Ardmore Elementary School
for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to map content. We have Position Objective -> could be About the role. Commitment To Equity maybe part of About the role? Could be separate but not required headings; we can include as part of About the role paragraph. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES -> Responsibilities section (ul). Required EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE -> Requirements or Qualifications? The instruction list includes Requirements and Qualifications separate. We could put Required EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE under Requirements. Preferred Experience could be Qualifications? Or we could combine. But we need to avoid thin sections. Perhaps combine Requirements and Qualifications into one? But we must follow headings list; we can choose to include only those with content. Could have Requirements (education/experience) and Qualifications (preferred experience, licensing, knowledge, skills). However knowledge and skills are separate headings? The list includes Skills as a heading. Knowledge not listed; we could embed knowledge under Skills or Requirements. But we have a SKILLS section in posting; we can map to Skills heading. Knowledge could be part of Requirements or Qualifications but not a heading; we could include as
under Requirements. LICENSING REQUIREMENTS -> could be under Requirements or Qualifications. Since we have Licensing, we could put under Requirements as part of that. Physical Requirements -> could be under Requirements? Not a heading; maybe include as part of Requirements. Conditions Of Employment -> includes pay, schedule, benefits. So we can create Pay, Schedule, Benefits sections from that. We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". The posting includes specific pay: AISP pay range P3 $ 29.51/hour to $ 31.41/hour (starting hourly rate $ 29.51) based on negotiated collective bargaining agreement, 32hours/week and a 192-day annual assignment (Mon, Tues, Th, and Fri: 7:30m to 2:45pm; Weds: 7:30am- 12:30pm). Medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life-insurance eligibility is based upon 630 hours worked within a school year. Retirement provided through Washington State Department of Retirement Systems. Thus we have Pay, Schedule, Benefits. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /. Use
for each section heading. Use - for lists. Use
for prose.
We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep all details from the posting (except removed boilerplate). Let's extract substantive content:
- Position Objective: "The position of Para Educator III is done for the purpose of assisting and supporting students as identified with individual learning needs for maximizing student success."
- Commitment To Equity: "The Bellevue School District is committed to a diverse workforce representative of our students, one that embraces and models cultural competency as an international community."
- DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES list (bullet points). We'll convert each line to
- .
List items:
1. Provides for the physical, health and safety needs of students.
2. Provides social, emotional, behavioral, and educational support for students with significant disabilities.
3. Implements components of Individual Education Programs (IEP's) as required.
4. Provides direct academic, functional, vocational and specifically designed instruction.
5. Serves as advocate and support of students with disabilities in their least restrictive environment.
6. Supports students with significant emotional regulation challenges.
7. Ensures the safety of students and staff when dealing with escalated behavior based upon needs of students.
8. Encourages and fosters student independence in all settings.
9. Collects other data as directed by the case manager/teacher.
10. Responds to student medical needs within the scope of the position.
11. Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
- Reporting Relationships: "Reports directly to and is supervised by building administrator, receives direction from assigned certificated staff." This is substantive; could be part of Responsibilities or About the role. We'll include as a
under Responsibilities maybe.
- Required EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE: "High school graduation or equivalent. And Have At Least One Of The Following ETS Paraeducator Assessment, or Have an Associate of Arts degree (original transcripts), or Have earned 72 quarter credits or 48 semester credits at an institution of higher education (original transcripts), or Have completed a registered apprenticeship program (certificate); Foreign degrees accepted if evaluated by a NACES member company."
We need to preserve exactly. Might need to format as
list.
- Preferred Experience: list:
- Experience working with students in self-contained learning settings
- Experience working individually with students with diverse aptitudes and levels of achievement.
- Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) training
- Right Response Training
- Experience working individually with students with diverse aptitudes and levels of achievement and/or with behaviorally disabled students.
Note duplicate line: "Experience working individually with students with diverse aptitudes and levels of achievement." appears twice; we should deduplicate? Instruction: remove duplicated lines. So we should keep only one instance.
Thus Preferred Experience items:
- Experience working with students in self-contained learning settings
- Experience working individually with students with diverse aptitudes and levels of achievement.
- Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) training
- Right Response Training
- Experience working individually with students with diverse aptitudes and levels of achievement and/or with behaviorally disabled students.
- LICENSING REQUIREMENTS: "Washington State Driver’s License Type II may be required for some assignments. First AID/CPR certification required."
- KNOWLEDGE: list items (sentences). We'll convert to maybe.
Knowledge items:
- Understands the basics of child development and the behavior of children
- Knowledgeable of reading, writing and arithmetic
- Understands safety procedures for students and staff
- Understands behavior modification programs, including restraint techniques
- Utilizes adaptive technology and equipment to meet student needs
- Demonstrates non-violent crisis intervention techniques, including de-escalation strategies
- Utilizes basic therapy techniques and procedures
- Knowledgeable of functional life skills/activities of daily living
- SKILLS: list items.
Skills items:
- Demonstrates effective oral and written communication skills
- Work with students in a warm and confident manner
- Demonstrates the ability to work effectively as member of a team
- Possesses ability to follow oral and written directions
- Demonstrates ability to model and monitor appropriate student behavior
- Maintains confidentiality and respect between students, parents and teachers
- Maintains positive relationships with students, staff, parents and the public
- Able to perform all physical activities and meet all physical requirements indicated above
- Able to perform activities of daily living including feeding and toileting by various means
- Able to provide appropriate care for students who experience seizures
- Able to provide proper physical restraint of students with severe behavior that poses a danger to themselves or others
- Demonstrates multicultural sensitivity with the ability to effectively and collaboratively work with diverse populations
- Ability to perform all duties in accordance with all applicable Board policies and district and legal requirements
- Ability to meet and maintain punctuality and attendance expectations
- Physical Requirements: "Positions in this class typically require: stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, finger dexterity, grasping, talking, hearing, seeing, and repetitive motions. Heavy Work: Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of forces constantly to move objects. Employee may be subject to testing to determine ability to meet the lifting requirements. Incumbents may be subjected to moving mechanical parts, odors, chemicals, extreme temperatures, inadequate lighting, workspace restrictions, and intense noises. Employee may be subject to determination of fitness to perform the essential duties of the position."
We'll keep as .
- Conditions Of Employment: includes location may change, mandatory continuing professional education, pay range, schedule, benefits, retirement.
We need to extract Pay, Schedule, Benefits.
Pay: "AISP pay range P3 $ 29.51/hour to $ 31.41/hour (starting hourly rate $ 29.51) based on negotiated collective bargaining agreement"
Schedule: "32hours/week and a 192-day annual assignment (Mon, Tues, Th, and Fri: 7:30m to 2:45pm; Weds: 7:30am- 12:30pm)." Note there's a typo "7:30m". We'll keep as is.
Benefits: "Medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life-insurance eligibility is based upon 630 hours worked within a school year. Retirement provided through Washington State Department of Retirement Systems."
Also "The location of the position may change during the school year. This position will require mandatory continuing professional education per state requirements." Could be part of Conditions but not a specific heading; we could include as a
under Conditions or maybe under About the role. Since we don't have a Conditions heading, we could incorporate into Benefits or Schedule? Better to add a
under Benefits or Schedule? The instruction: include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. We have Benefits, Pay, Schedule sections. The location change and continuing education could be placed under Benefits as additional notes, or under About the role. I'd add a
under Benefits after the retirement line.
We must not include boilerplate like "Note The above job description is intended to represent only the key areas..." etc. Remove that.
Also remove "Verification of identity..." and "All offers..." and "Notice of Non-Discrimination". Good.
Now structure:
About the role
Position Objective: ...
Commitment To Equity: ...
Responsibilities
- ...
...
Reports directly to and is supervised by building administrator, receives direction from assigned certificated staff.
Requirements
Required EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
- High school graduation or equivalent.
- And Have At Least One Of The Following ETS Paraeducator Assessment, or Have an Associate of Arts degree (original transcripts), or Have earned 72 quarter credits or 48 semester credits at an institution of higher education (original transcripts), or Have completed a registered apprenticeship program (certificate); Foreign degrees accepted if evaluated by a NACES member company.
for prose. We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep all details from the posting (except removed boilerplate). Let's extract substantive content: - Position Objective: "The position of Para Educator III is done for the purpose of assisting and supporting students as identified with individual learning needs for maximizing student success." - Commitment To Equity: "The Bellevue School District is committed to a diverse workforce representative of our students, one that embraces and models cultural competency as an international community." - DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES list (bullet points). We'll convert each line to
under Responsibilities maybe. - Required EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE: "High school graduation or equivalent. And Have At Least One Of The Following ETS Paraeducator Assessment, or Have an Associate of Arts degree (original transcripts), or Have earned 72 quarter credits or 48 semester credits at an institution of higher education (original transcripts), or Have completed a registered apprenticeship program (certificate); Foreign degrees accepted if evaluated by a NACES member company." We need to preserve exactly. Might need to format as
- list.
- Preferred Experience: list:
- Experience working with students in self-contained learning settings
- Experience working individually with students with diverse aptitudes and levels of achievement.
- Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) training
- Right Response Training
- Experience working individually with students with diverse aptitudes and levels of achievement and/or with behaviorally disabled students.
Note duplicate line: "Experience working individually with students with diverse aptitudes and levels of achievement." appears twice; we should deduplicate? Instruction: remove duplicated lines. So we should keep only one instance.
Thus Preferred Experience items:
- Experience working with students in self-contained learning settings
- Experience working individually with students with diverse aptitudes and levels of achievement.
- Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) training
- Right Response Training
- Experience working individually with students with diverse aptitudes and levels of achievement and/or with behaviorally disabled students.
- LICENSING REQUIREMENTS: "Washington State Driver’s License Type II may be required for some assignments. First AID/CPR certification required."
- KNOWLEDGE: list items (sentences). We'll convert to
- ... ...
- High school graduation or equivalent.
- And Have At Least One Of The Following ETS Paraeducator Assessment, or Have an Associate of Arts degree (original transcripts), or Have earned 72 quarter credits or 48 semester credits at an institution of higher education (original transcripts), or Have completed a registered apprenticeship program (certificate); Foreign degrees accepted if evaluated by a NACES member company.
- maybe.
Knowledge items:
- Understands the basics of child development and the behavior of children
- Knowledgeable of reading, writing and arithmetic
- Understands safety procedures for students and staff
- Understands behavior modification programs, including restraint techniques
- Utilizes adaptive technology and equipment to meet student needs
- Demonstrates non-violent crisis intervention techniques, including de-escalation strategies
- Utilizes basic therapy techniques and procedures
- Knowledgeable of functional life skills/activities of daily living
- SKILLS: list items.
Skills items:
- Demonstrates effective oral and written communication skills
- Work with students in a warm and confident manner
- Demonstrates the ability to work effectively as member of a team
- Possesses ability to follow oral and written directions
- Demonstrates ability to model and monitor appropriate student behavior
- Maintains confidentiality and respect between students, parents and teachers
- Maintains positive relationships with students, staff, parents and the public
- Able to perform all physical activities and meet all physical requirements indicated above
- Able to perform activities of daily living including feeding and toileting by various means
- Able to provide appropriate care for students who experience seizures
- Able to provide proper physical restraint of students with severe behavior that poses a danger to themselves or others
- Demonstrates multicultural sensitivity with the ability to effectively and collaboratively work with diverse populations
- Ability to perform all duties in accordance with all applicable Board policies and district and legal requirements
- Ability to meet and maintain punctuality and attendance expectations
- Physical Requirements: "Positions in this class typically require: stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, finger dexterity, grasping, talking, hearing, seeing, and repetitive motions. Heavy Work: Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of forces constantly to move objects. Employee may be subject to testing to determine ability to meet the lifting requirements. Incumbents may be subjected to moving mechanical parts, odors, chemicals, extreme temperatures, inadequate lighting, workspace restrictions, and intense noises. Employee may be subject to determination of fitness to perform the essential duties of the position."
We'll keep as
. - Conditions Of Employment: includes location may change, mandatory continuing professional education, pay range, schedule, benefits, retirement. We need to extract Pay, Schedule, Benefits. Pay: "AISP pay range P3 $ 29.51/hour to $ 31.41/hour (starting hourly rate $ 29.51) based on negotiated collective bargaining agreement" Schedule: "32hours/week and a 192-day annual assignment (Mon, Tues, Th, and Fri: 7:30m to 2:45pm; Weds: 7:30am- 12:30pm)." Note there's a typo "7:30m". We'll keep as is. Benefits: "Medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life-insurance eligibility is based upon 630 hours worked within a school year. Retirement provided through Washington State Department of Retirement Systems." Also "The location of the position may change during the school year. This position will require mandatory continuing professional education per state requirements." Could be part of Conditions but not a specific heading; we could include as a
under Conditions or maybe under About the role. Since we don't have a Conditions heading, we could incorporate into Benefits or Schedule? Better to add a
under Benefits or Schedule? The instruction: include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. We have Benefits, Pay, Schedule sections. The location change and continuing education could be placed under Benefits as additional notes, or under About the role. I'd add a
under Benefits after the retirement line. We must not include boilerplate like "Note The above job description is intended to represent only the key areas..." etc. Remove that. Also remove "Verification of identity..." and "All offers..." and "Notice of Non-Discrimination". Good. Now structure:
About the role
Position Objective: ...
Commitment To Equity: ...
Responsibilities
Reports directly to and is supervised by building administrator, receives direction from assigned certificated staff.
Requirements
Required EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE: