Special Education Para Educator 4 - 2026-27 Newport Heights Elementary
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can choose which sections to include based on content. We must not repeat job title as heading. We must not put Job ID etc.
We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from posting, but we can group them under appropriate headings.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO, legal, etc. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we need to strip out the Notice of Non-Discrimination and contact info etc. Also remove "Verification of identity..." etc. Also remove "Note The above job description..." maybe considered boilerplate? It's a note but still substantive? It says "Note The above job description is intended to represent only the key areas of responsibilities; specific position assignments will vary depending on the business needs of the department." That's somewhat generic but still part of description. Might be considered boilerplate? It's not EEO but it's a note. The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. This note is not those categories, but could be considered generic. However we should preserve ALL substantive information; this note is not substantive? It's basically saying assignments may vary. Might be considered not essential. Safer to keep? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. The note is not adding new detail, it's a disclaimer. Might be considered boilerplate. I'd lean to remove it as it's not specific duties. Also remove "Conditions Of Employment" maybe we keep as it contains schedule, pay, benefits. Actually Conditions Of Employment includes location may change, mandatory continuing professional education, pay schedule, hours, benefits, retirement. That's substantive.
We need to avoid duplication: there is duplicated line "Experience working individually with students with diverse aptitudes and levels of achievement." appears twice under Preferred Experience. We should keep only once.
Now craft HTML.
We'll have sections:
About the role
Position Objective: The position of Para Educator IV is done for the purpose of assisting and supporting students as identified within a specialized program or with specialized instruction.
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.
Responsibilities
- Has a primary focus on supporting activities of daily living, (toileting, feeding), and other adaptive/life skills.
- Provides for the physical, health and safety needs of students.
- Provides social, emotional, behavioral and educational support for students with significant disabilities as needed.
- Provides direct academic, functional, vocational and specifically designed instruction.
- Serves as advocate and support of students with disabilities in their least restrictive environment.
- May support students with significant emotional regulation challenges.
- Encourages and fosters student independence in all settings.
- Collects functional behavior assessment data on individual students as appropriate for the assignment.
- Implements components of Individual Education Programs (IEP's) as required.
- Ensures the safety of students and staff when dealing with escalated behavior based upon needs of students.
- May collect other data as directed by the case manager/teacher.
- Provides coaching and support for staff as required for the position.
- For some position assignments, may be required to assist students in reaching post-secondary goals including, but not limited to the Aquatic Center, Community Center, etc.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Reporting Relationships
Reports directly to and is supervised by building administrator, receives direction from assigned certificated staff.
But we don't have a heading for Reporting Relationships in the allowed list. The allowed list includes About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Reporting Relationships could be part of About the role or Responsibilities. Probably we can incorporate into About the role or Responsibilities. Since we have limited headings, we could put Reporting Relationships under About the role as a paragraph. Or we could create a separate section "Requirements"? Actually Requirements could be for Required EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE etc. Qualifications could be for Preferred Experience? Skills separate. But we have both Requirements and Qualifications headings allowed. We need to decide mapping. We have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to place content accordingly. - About the role: Position Objective, Commitment To Equity, Reporting Relationships maybe. - Responsibilities: DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES. - Requirements: Required EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE (the mandatory qualifications) and LICENSING REQUIREMENTS maybe. - Qualifications: Preferred Experience (the preferred qualifications) maybe. - Skills: KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS (the knowledge and skills required at entry). - Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, life-insurance eligibility, Retirement. - Pay: Pay schedule/hourly rate. - Schedule: Hours per week, days, times. We also have Physical Requirements and Conditions Of Employment (location may change, mandatory continuing professional education). Could be placed under Requirements or maybe under About the role? Physical Requirements could be part of Requirements? But we don't have a heading for Physical Requirements. Could we incorporate into Requirements? Probably yes: we can add a paragraph under Requirements about physical requirements. Conditions Of Employment (location may change, mandatory continuing professional education) could also go under Requirements or About the role. Since we need to preserve all substantive info, we need to include them somewhere. We could add a subsection under Requirements for Physical Requirements and Conditions Of Employment. But we must not create headings not listed. So we can't add a heading for Physical Requirements. We'll embed that info in aunder Requirements. Similarly, we must not repeat job title as heading. Now ensure we don't include boilerplate like "Note The above job description..." etc. Also remove the EEO notice etc. Now craft HTML. We need to be careful with HTML escaping: use proper punctuation. Let's draft:
About the role
Position Objective: The position of Para Educator IV is done for the purpose of assisting and supporting students as identified within a specialized program or with specialized instruction.
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.
Reporting Relationships: Reports directly to and is supervised by building administrator, receives direction from assigned certificated staff.
Responsibilities
- Has a primary focus on supporting activities of daily living, (toileting, feeding), and other adaptive/life skills.
- Provides for the physical, health and safety needs of students.
- Provides social, emotional, behavioral and educational support for students with significant disabilities as needed.
- Provides direct academic, functional, vocational and specifically designed instruction.
- Serves as advocate and support of students with disabilities in their least restrictive environment.
- May support students with significant emotional regulation challenges.
- Encourages and fosters student independence in all settings.
- Collects functional behavior assessment data on individual students as appropriate for the assignment.
- Implements components of Individual Education Programs (IEP's) as required.
- Ensures the safety of students and staff when dealing with escalated behavior based upon needs of students.
- May collect other data as directed by the case manager/teacher.
- Provides coaching and support for staff as required for the position.
- For some position assignments, may be required to assist students in reaching post-secondary goals including, but not limited to the Aquatic Center, Community Center, etc.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Requirements
Required EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE: High school graduation or equivalent. And have at least one of the following: ETS Paraeducator Assessment; or an Associate of Arts degree (original transcripts); or 72 quarter credits or 48 semester credits at an institution of higher education (original transcripts); or completion of a registered apprenticeship program (certificate). Foreign degrees accepted if evaluated by a NACES member company.
LICENSING REQUIREMENTS: First AID/CPR certification required. Required to complete specified courses related to the General Paraeducator Certificate as identified by OSPI.
Physical Requirements: Positions 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 force 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.
Conditions Of Employment: The location of the position may change during the school year. This position will require mandatory continuing professional education per state requirements.
Qualifications
Preferred Experience: 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.