Special Education Teacher - IDEA Round Rock Tech College Prep (Immediate Opening)
for 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 as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the description.
Sections present:
- About the role: The description includes "Role Mission: ..." and "What We Offer" etc. Actually "About the role" could be the mission description. We'll create an About the role
with paragraph(s) summarizing mission.
- Responsibilities: There's "What You’ll Do -- Accountabilities" and list of responsibilities. So we can have Responsibilities
with - items.
- Requirements: There's "What You Bring -- Competencies Qualifications" includes Education, Experience, Licenses or Certifications. Also "Service Record Requirement". So we can have
Requirements
with list.
- Qualifications: Might be overlapping with Requirements. But we can separate: Qualifications could be education, experience, licenses. Requirements could be service record? However the instruction says use headings for those categories if content exists. We can combine but better to follow typical: Qualifications (education, experience, licenses) and Requirements (service record). But we need to avoid duplication. Let's see content:
"What You Bring -- Competencies Qualifications 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 Knowledge of core academic subject assigned Knowledge of curriculum and instructionAbility to instruct students and manage student behaviorStrong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skillsAbility to adjust and adapt to a multitude of situations in the school environmentAbility to facilitate Admission, Review and Dismissal meetingsStrong family engagement and communicationRecord of results for students who are academically at risk"
That's a mix of qualifications and skills. Then later "Service Record Requirement: To ensure compliance..." That's a requirement.
Thus we can have:
Qualifications
with list: Bachelor's degree required, experience strongly preferred, valid Texas special ed certification required.
Skills
with list: knowledge of core academic subject, curriculum and instruction, ability to instruct and manage behavior, strong organizational/communication/interpersonal skills, ability to adjust/adapt, ability to facilitate ARD meetings, strong family engagement, record of results for at-risk students.
Requirements
with list: Service record submission (official electronic service records from previous educational employers) to validate experience and determine creditable years.
Also maybe "Additional hourly compensation is provided for after school tutoring or Saturday school as assigned." That's compensation detail.
Pay section: We have compensation details: starting teacher salary $59,500, stipends $500-$4,000, performance-based compensation, additional hourly compensation for after-school tutoring or Saturday school. So we can have Pay
with paragraph(s) detailing.
Benefits: We have "Other Benefits" with comprehensive benefits plan, paid family leave, tuition reimbursement, employer-paid mental/behavioral health, dental/vision, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, flexible spending, generous vacation, referral bonuses, professional development, 403(b), relocation allowance possible. So Benefits
with list.
Schedule: Not explicitly mentioned. There's "Minimum of 40+ hours spent at school per week". That's schedule info. Also maybe "after-school tutoring or Saturday school". So we can include Schedule section with that info.
We must not create sections with filler like "not specified". So we include Schedule because we have concrete info.
Now we need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences.
We'll structure:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
- ...
...
Qualifications
...
Skills
...
Requirements
...
Pay
...
Benefits
...
Schedule
...
Check for duplication: Ensure we preserve all substantive info.
Let's extract details.
About the role mission paragraph: "IDEA Special Education teachers are responsible for the achievement and support of special education. Special Education teachers develop individualized plans and work with students who have a wide range of learning, cognitive, emotional, and physical disabilities. They provide in-class support for various subjects, such as reading, writing, and math, to students with outlined service minutes support. They also teach content mastery for students with outlined accommodations and service minutes support. The IDEA Special Education teacher provides the crucial bridge between home and school for our highest need students and their families."
We'll put that in .
Responsibilities list: from "What You’ll Do -- Accountabilities" bullet list (though not bullet but sentences). We'll extract each responsibility as list item.
List:
- 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
We'll include these as
- .
Qualifications list:
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year educational institution (required)
- Experience in a Special Education classroom setting (strongly preferred)
- Valid Texas state certification in Special Education (required)
Skills list:
- Knowledge of core academic subject assigned
- Knowledge of curriculum and instruction
- Ability to instruct students and manage student behavior
- Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to adjust and adapt to a multitude of situations in the school environment
- Ability to facilitate Admission, Review and Dismissal meetings
- Strong family engagement and communication
- Record of results for students who are academically at risk
Requirements list:
- Submit official electronic service records from previous educational employers to validate professional experience and determine creditable years of service and compensation (as per Texas Education Code 21.4031)
We could also mention that service records are required for compliance.
Pay paragraph:
- Starting teacher salary for 0 years of experience is $59,500.
- Eligible for various stipends based on certifications, credentials, and campus leadership ranging from $500-$4,000 each.
- Additional performance-based compensation.
- Additional hourly compensation provided for after school tutoring or Saturday school as assigned.
- For more information about compensation and total rewards, visit compensation and benefits page (but we should not include application instructions? This is a link to info; it's not application instruction. Might be okay to keep as part of pay description. However instruction says remove application instructions. This is not application instruction but a reference. Might keep but could be considered boilerplate? It's a link to more info; but we can keep as part of pay description. However we should not invent or summarize away detail. We'll include the sentence but maybe drop the link? The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." The link to compensation and benefits page is not application instruction; it's just a reference. I'd keep it but maybe it's okay.
Benefits list:
- Comprehensive benefits plan covering majority of employee premium for base medical plan and subsidizing majority of costs for spouse/domestic partner and children.
- Paid Family Leave: Eligible staff may receive up to 8 weeks of paid leave for birth or adoption of a child, based on tenure and caregiver designation.
- Tuition Reimbursement: Staff may apply for up to 50% of tuition paid toward a qualifying degree program, up to $5,250 maximum per year subject to manager discretion and budget availability.
- Employer-Paid Mental/Behavioral Health: 5 face-to-face counseling sessions within a year, unlimited 24/7 telephonic counseling, and other work-life services at no cost.
- Dental and vision plans
- Disability
- Life insurance
- Parenting benefits
- Flexible spending account options
- Generous vacation time
- Referral bonuses
- Professional development
- 403(b) plan
- Relocation allowance (if applicable)
Schedule paragraph:
- Minimum of 40+ hours spent at school per week.
- Additional responsibilities may include after-school tutoring or Saturday school as assigned.
We should ensure we didn't miss any substantive info: The "We look for Team and Family who embody the following values and characteristics:" list includes values. That's substantive but not fitting into defined sections. Could be part of "About the role" or maybe a separate section like "Values". But we only have prescribed headings; we could incorporate into About the role as a paragraph. The instruction: "Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It says e.g., not limited to those? It says use those for section headings. Probably we should only use those headings if we have content. The values list could be placed under About the role or maybe under Responsibilities? It's about candidate attributes. Could be part of "Qualifications" or "Skills"? It's more about values. Might be appropriate to add a section "Values" but not in list. Safer to incorporate into About the role as additional paragraph.
Also "Supervisory Responsibilities (if Applicable) Oversee the daily work and responsibilities of a Special Education Co-Teacher (para-professional) in the RISE classroom." That's a responsibility; we should add to Responsibilities list.
Also "About IDEA Public Schools" and "Staff Experience" etc. That's boilerplate about organization; could be considered navigation/legal? It's not required to preserve? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." The "About IDEA Public Schools" is substantive
Requirements
with list. - Qualifications: Might be overlapping with Requirements. But we can separate: Qualifications could be education, experience, licenses. Requirements could be service record? However the instruction says use headings for those categories if content exists. We can combine but better to follow typical: Qualifications (education, experience, licenses) and Requirements (service record). But we need to avoid duplication. Let's see content: "What You Bring -- Competencies Qualifications 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 Knowledge of core academic subject assigned Knowledge of curriculum and instructionAbility to instruct students and manage student behaviorStrong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skillsAbility to adjust and adapt to a multitude of situations in the school environmentAbility to facilitate Admission, Review and Dismissal meetingsStrong family engagement and communicationRecord of results for students who are academically at risk" That's a mix of qualifications and skills. Then later "Service Record Requirement: To ensure compliance..." That's a requirement. Thus we can have:Qualifications
with list: Bachelor's degree required, experience strongly preferred, valid Texas special ed certification required.Skills
with list: knowledge of core academic subject, curriculum and instruction, ability to instruct and manage behavior, strong organizational/communication/interpersonal skills, ability to adjust/adapt, ability to facilitate ARD meetings, strong family engagement, record of results for at-risk students.Requirements
with list: Service record submission (official electronic service records from previous educational employers) to validate experience and determine creditable years. Also maybe "Additional hourly compensation is provided for after school tutoring or Saturday school as assigned." That's compensation detail. Pay section: We have compensation details: starting teacher salary $59,500, stipends $500-$4,000, performance-based compensation, additional hourly compensation for after-school tutoring or Saturday school. So we can havePay
with paragraph(s) detailing. Benefits: We have "Other Benefits" with comprehensive benefits plan, paid family leave, tuition reimbursement, employer-paid mental/behavioral health, dental/vision, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, flexible spending, generous vacation, referral bonuses, professional development, 403(b), relocation allowance possible. SoBenefits
with list. Schedule: Not explicitly mentioned. There's "Minimum of 40+ hours spent at school per week". That's schedule info. Also maybe "after-school tutoring or Saturday school". So we can include Schedule section with that info. We must not create sections with filler like "not specified". So we include Schedule because we have concrete info. Now we need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. We'll structure:About the role
...
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Qualifications
- ...
Skills
- ...
Requirements
- ...
Pay
...
Benefits
- ...
Schedule
...
Check for duplication: Ensure we preserve all substantive info. Let's extract details. About the role mission paragraph: "IDEA Special Education teachers are responsible for the achievement and support of special education. Special Education teachers develop individualized plans and work with students who have a wide range of learning, cognitive, emotional, and physical disabilities. They provide in-class support for various subjects, such as reading, writing, and math, to students with outlined service minutes support. They also teach content mastery for students with outlined accommodations and service minutes support. The IDEA Special Education teacher provides the crucial bridge between home and school for our highest need students and their families." We'll put that in. Responsibilities list: from "What You’ll Do -- Accountabilities" bullet list (though not bullet but sentences). We'll extract each responsibility as list item. List: - 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 We'll include these as