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Special Education Teacher - IDEA Frontier College Prep (Immediate Opening)

IDEA Public Schools · Brownsville, TX · 1 mo ago
EducationFull-time
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 must not repeat job title. Must not include boilerplate like EEO, application instructions, etc. Must preserve all substantive info. We need to parse the description. Key sections: - About the role: The description includes "Role Mission: ..." and details about IDEA Special Education teachers responsibilities, grant-funded, etc. So we can put that in About the role. - Responsibilities: The "What You’ll Do -- Accountabilities" list of duties. - Requirements: maybe "Service Record Requirement" etc. Also "Qualifications" includes Education, Experience, Licenses or Certifications. - Qualifications: maybe separate from Requirements? The instruction says we can have sections like Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We need to decide what goes where. Typically Requirements could be mandatory items (education, license, experience). Qualifications could be preferred? But we can combine. However we must not create empty sections. We have content: Education: Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year educational institution (required) Experience: Experience in a Special Education classroom setting (strongly preferred) Licenses or Certifications: Valid Texas state certification in Special Education (required) Knowledge And Skills: list of knowledge and skills. Also "What You Bring -- Competencies" includes Knowledge And Skills. We also have "Supervisory Responsibilities (if Applicable)" maybe part of Responsibilities. We have "What We Offer" includes Compensation, Additional hourly compensation, Other Benefits. We have Pay: starting teacher salary $57,500, stipends $500-$4,000 each, performance-based compensation, additional hourly compensation for after school tutoring or Saturday school. We have Benefits: comprehensive benefits plan, Paid Family Leave up to 8 weeks, Tuition Reimbursement up to 50% up to $5,250 per year, Employer-Paid Mental/Behavioral Health (5 face-to-face sessions, unlimited telephonic), dental and vision, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, flexible spending, generous vacation, referral bonuses, professional development, 403(b) plan, relocation allowance if applicable. Schedule: Not explicitly stated, but maybe "Minimum of 40+ hours spent at school per week" indicates schedule. Also "after school tutoring or Saturday school as assigned". So we can include schedule: Minimum 40+ hours per week, with possible after-school/Saturday duties. We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have specific numbers. We must not include duplicated lines. We must remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we need to cut out the "To Apply Please submit your application online through Jobvite..." and the EEO statement, contact info, etc. Also remove "About IDEA Public Schools", "Staff Experience", maybe those are not required sections but could be considered "About the role"? However they are more about the organization. The instruction says we should include sections only when posting has real specific content for it. The "About IDEA Public Schools" is substantive but not about the role. Could we put it under "About the role"? Probably not; it's about the organization. But we could include a section "About IDEA" if we had a heading for it, but not in the list of allowed headings. The allowed headings are only those listed: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we must fit all substantive info into those sections. The "About IDEA Public Schools" could be considered part of "About the role" maybe as context. But we must not invent headings. So we can include that info in About the role paragraph. Similarly "Staff Experience" maybe not needed. We must preserve all substantive information; we cannot drop info like "IDEA serves over 80,000 college-bound students..." etc. That is substantive about the organization; we need to keep it somewhere. Since we cannot add a new heading, we can incorporate it into About the role or maybe Benefits? Probably About the role is appropriate as it describes the organization and mission. Thus About the role will contain: Role Mission description, grant-funded nature, service record requirement? Actually service record requirement is a requirement. We'll put that in Requirements. Now let's draft. We need to use

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    About the role

    ...

    Responsibilities

    • ...

    Requirements

    • ...

    Qualifications

    • ...

    Skills

    • ...

    Benefits

    • ...

    Pay

    ...

    Schedule

    ...

    We need to ensure we don't create empty sections. All have content. Now extract content. About the role: Combine role mission, grant-funded, service record? Actually service record is a requirement, but we could mention grant-funded nature here. Also mention IDEA Public Schools overview. Let's craft: "IDEA Special Education teachers are responsible for the achievement and support of special education students. They develop individualized plans and work with students who have a wide range of learning, cognitive, emotional, and physical disabilities, providing in-class support for subjects such as reading, writing, and math, and teaching content mastery for students with outlined accommodations and service minutes. They serve as a crucial bridge between home and school for highest‑need students and their families. This position is grant‑funded with IDEA B Grant funds; funding may be extended but there is no guarantee of ongoing employment, and all duties must be allowable and allocable to the grant. IDEA Public Schools is a tuition‑free Pre‑K‑12 public charter network serving over 80,000 college‑bound students in 143 schools across Texas, Florida, and Ohio, with national rankings and a legacy of sending 100% of graduates to college." That seems good. Responsibilities: list from "What You’ll Do -- Accountabilities". Let's extract each bullet: - Adapt lessons to meet the needs of students. - Develop Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for a caseload of students - Implement IEPs, assess students’ performance, and track their progress - Update IEPs throughout the school year to reflect students’ progress and goals - Assess students’ skills to determine their needs and to develop teaching plans - Teach small groups consisting of students that are academically at risk in reading and/or math to include students in general education, 504, response-to-intervention, Special Education and English Language Learners. - Collect and analyze student data in order to make effective decisions to maximize achievement - Discuss student’s progress with parents, teachers, counselors, and administrators - Prepare and help students transition from grade to grade and after graduation - Implement state learning standards and IDEA curricula and assessments to meet ambitious academic expectations - Submit weekly lesson plans two weeks in advance for feedback - Implement formal and informal assessments to track each individual student’s progress and learning needs, adjust lesson plans accordingly and update gradebook weekly - Communicate students’ progress with student and family on a weekly basis - Effective facilitation and personal use of technology as a communication and educational tool to improve student achievement and manage work related tasks. - Implement a clear and consistent behavior management system that aligns to campus‑wide initiatives while developing students’ character and sense of community in the classroom - Help shape and develop a school wide culture that fosters a productive and enthusiastic learning environment for each student - Establish and maintain a cooperative working relationship with students and families based on trust, understanding and respect for the communities in which they identify. - Host necessary tutoring sessions to meet all students’ needs - Participate in weekly manager check-ins, grade-level meetings, before and after-school duties, and school wide meetings and functions - Engage in summer and year-long district, school and personal learning and development - Minimum of 40+ hours spent at school per week - Additional responsibilities may include: after-school tutoring or Saturday school and are based on the needs of our scholars - Supervisory Responsibilities (if Applicable): Oversee the daily work and responsibilities of a Special Education Co-Teacher (para-professional) in the RISE classroom. We need to ensure we don't duplicate. Also "Minimum of 40+ hours spent at school per week" could be schedule but it's also a responsibility. We'll keep it in Responsibilities maybe, but schedule section also needed. We could move that to Schedule. However the instruction says include a section only when posting has real specific content for it. We have schedule content: Minimum 40+ hours per week, after-school tutoring or Saturday school as assigned. So we can put schedule there. Then we can omit that from Responsibilities to avoid duplication. But we must preserve all substantive info; we can still mention the 40+ hours in Schedule, not duplicate. Thus Responsibilities list will exclude the schedule line. Now Requirements: includes Service Record Requirement, Education, Experience, Licenses/Certifications. Service Record Requirement: "To ensure compliance with Texas Education Code 21.4031 and accurately verify creditable service, candidates selected for this position must submit official electronic service records from previous educational employers. Service records will be used to validate professional experience and determine creditable years of service and compensation, as applicable." Education: Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year educational institution (required) Experience: Experience in a Special Education classroom setting (strongly preferred) Licenses or Certifications: Valid Texas state certification in Special Education (required) We could also include "Additional hourly compensation is provided for after school tutoring or Saturday school as assigned." That's more about Pay/Benefits? Actually it's compensation. We'll put in Pay. Now Qualifications: maybe we separate knowledge and skills? The instruction has separate Skills section. So Qualifications could be education, experience, license? But we already put those in Requirements. To avoid duplication, we could treat Requirements as mandatory items, Qualifications as preferred or additional qualifications. However we have both required and preferred. Let's think: The posting has "Qualifications Education: ... Experience: ... Licenses or Certifications: ..." plus "Knowledge And Skills". So we could map: - Requirements: Service Record Requirement (maybe also required license?). But we could put license in Requirements as required. - Qualifications: Education, Experience (strongly preferred) maybe. - Skills: Knowledge And Skills list. But we need to avoid duplication. Let's decide: Requirements: Service Record Requirement, Valid Texas state certification in Special Education (required). Possibly also Bachelor's degree? It's required. But we could put education in Qualifications. However the instruction says we can have both Requirements and Qualifications sections. We need to decide what goes where to avoid empty sections. We have substantive content for: - Service Record Requirement (specific) - Education (Bachelor's degree required) - Experience (Special Ed classroom setting strongly preferred) - License (Valid Texas state certification in Special Education required) - Knowledge And Skills (list) - Benefits (list) - Pay (salary, stipends, performance-based, hourly compensation) - Schedule (minimum 40+ hours, after-school/Saturday) We could assign: Requirements: Service Record Requirement, Valid Texas state certification in Special Education (required), Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year educational institution (required). (All required) Qualifications: Experience in a Special Education classroom setting (strongly preferred). (Preferred) Skills: Knowledge And Skills list. That seems logical and avoids duplication. Now Benefits

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