SPED Inclusion Teacher Assistant (Grades: K-4)
Dallas Independent School District · Dallas, TX · 1 mo ago
EducationFull-time
We need to produce HTML fragment with headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Remove boilerplate. The posting includes many duties/responsibilities, qualifications, etc. Also includes Work Locations, Job Inclusion - Teacher Assistant, Schedule Full-time, Minimum Salary, Median Salary, Job Posting date. We need to preserve all substantive info.
We need to decide sections: Probably "About the role" could be a brief description? The posting starts with many bullet-like sentences describing duties. Could treat as Responsibilities. Then Qualifications (education, certification). Skills maybe separate? Benefits? Not mentioned except maybe none. Pay: Minimum Salary and Median Salary given. Schedule: Full-time. Work Locations maybe part of About the role? Could include as a separate section? The instruction says use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can choose which to include.
We have content for Responsibilities (list of duties). Qualifications (education, certification, etc). Skills (maybe list of demonstrated abilities). Pay (minimum and median salary). Schedule (Full-time). About the role maybe a brief overview: "Help teacher prepare instructional materials..." but that's also duties. Could combine About the role as a short paragraph summarizing position: Teacher Assistant at Urban Park Steam Academy, supporting teachers, students with disabilities, etc. But we must not invent. We can extract a summary from the first few sentences: "Help teacher prepare instructional materials and classroom displays Help maintain a neat and orderly classroom and prepare classroom according to student needs Help with inventory, care and maintenance of equipment Help teacher keep administrative records and prepare required reports Provide orientation and assistance to substitutes teachers Assist students with physical disabilities according to their needs, including transferring to and from wheelchairs, lifting or positioning Assist students with physical needs and personal care, including feeding, bathroom needs and personal hygiene Assist with classroom curriculum Help manage behavior of students which includes intervening in crisis situations and restraining disruptive or dangerous student behavior as needed Assume responsibility for learning and adapting to each student's special medical, physical, communicative and emotional needs Work with individual students or small groups to develop motor skills and conduct instructional exercises assigned by teacher Help supervise students throughout the school day, inside and outside the classroom which includes lunchroom, bus and playground duty Keep teacher informed of special needs or problems of individual students Maintain confidentiality Participate in staff development training programs, faculty meetings and special events as assigned Perform all other tasks and duties as assigned Regular and punctual attendance at the worksite is required for this position"
That's a lot; could be Responsibilities.
Qualifications: "Accredited Senior High School Diploma or equivalent (U.S.A. equivalency) , plus one of the following: Associate degree, 48 college credit hours, pass an academic assessment Paraprofessional certificate required from State Board of Certification Successful completion of a specific training program for teacher assistants or six months of knowledge and skills acquired through work experience preferred Demonstrated general knowledge of child growth/development and behavior characteristics Demonstrated ability to work with people from diverse ethnic groups Demonstrated organizational and interpersonal skills required to meet the goals of the position Demonstrated initiative and a willingness to follow verbal and written instructions Demonstrated effective communication skills both in oral and written form Demonstrated ability to work with children with disabilities Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred Demonstrated flexibility to cope with the challenges of a rapidly changing world Demonstrated willingness to remain current with the latest developments in the profession"
That's repeated twice; we need to preserve but not duplicate. We'll list once.
Skills: Could be the demonstrated abilities list (knowledge of child growth, ability to work with diverse groups, organizational, interpersonal, initiative, communication, ability to work with children with disabilities, bilingual preferred, flexibility, willingness to stay current). Those could be Skills.
Pay: Minimum Salary 29,528.00 Median Salary 36900.00
Schedule: Full-time
Work Locations: Urban Park Steam Academy
Job Inclusion - Teacher Assistant maybe title but we don't repeat title.
Job Posting date maybe not needed? Could be metadata; we could drop or put in a short p.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. There's none.
We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual numbers for Pay.
We must not repeat job title as heading.
We need to output only HTML fragment.
Structure: maybe:
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Remove boilerplate. The posting includes many duties/responsibilities, qualifications, etc. Also includes Work Locations, Job Inclusion - Teacher Assistant, Schedule Full-time, Minimum Salary, Median Salary, Job Posting date. We need to preserve all substantive info.
We need to decide sections: Probably "About the role" could be a brief description? The posting starts with many bullet-like sentences describing duties. Could treat as Responsibilities. Then Qualifications (education, certification). Skills maybe separate? Benefits? Not mentioned except maybe none. Pay: Minimum Salary and Median Salary given. Schedule: Full-time. Work Locations maybe part of About the role? Could include as a separate section? The instruction says use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can choose which to include.
We have content for Responsibilities (list of duties). Qualifications (education, certification, etc). Skills (maybe list of demonstrated abilities). Pay (minimum and median salary). Schedule (Full-time). About the role maybe a brief overview: "Help teacher prepare instructional materials..." but that's also duties. Could combine About the role as a short paragraph summarizing position: Teacher Assistant at Urban Park Steam Academy, supporting teachers, students with disabilities, etc. But we must not invent. We can extract a summary from the first few sentences: "Help teacher prepare instructional materials and classroom displays Help maintain a neat and orderly classroom and prepare classroom according to student needs Help with inventory, care and maintenance of equipment Help teacher keep administrative records and prepare required reports Provide orientation and assistance to substitutes teachers Assist students with physical disabilities according to their needs, including transferring to and from wheelchairs, lifting or positioning Assist students with physical needs and personal care, including feeding, bathroom needs and personal hygiene Assist with classroom curriculum Help manage behavior of students which includes intervening in crisis situations and restraining disruptive or dangerous student behavior as needed Assume responsibility for learning and adapting to each student's special medical, physical, communicative and emotional needs Work with individual students or small groups to develop motor skills and conduct instructional exercises assigned by teacher Help supervise students throughout the school day, inside and outside the classroom which includes lunchroom, bus and playground duty Keep teacher informed of special needs or problems of individual students Maintain confidentiality Participate in staff development training programs, faculty meetings and special events as assigned Perform all other tasks and duties as assigned Regular and punctual attendance at the worksite is required for this position"
That's a lot; could be Responsibilities.
Qualifications: "Accredited Senior High School Diploma or equivalent (U.S.A. equivalency) , plus one of the following: Associate degree, 48 college credit hours, pass an academic assessment Paraprofessional certificate required from State Board of Certification Successful completion of a specific training program for teacher assistants or six months of knowledge and skills acquired through work experience preferred Demonstrated general knowledge of child growth/development and behavior characteristics Demonstrated ability to work with people from diverse ethnic groups Demonstrated organizational and interpersonal skills required to meet the goals of the position Demonstrated initiative and a willingness to follow verbal and written instructions Demonstrated effective communication skills both in oral and written form Demonstrated ability to work with children with disabilities Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred Demonstrated flexibility to cope with the challenges of a rapidly changing world Demonstrated willingness to remain current with the latest developments in the profession"
That's repeated twice; we need to preserve but not duplicate. We'll list once.
Skills: Could be the demonstrated abilities list (knowledge of child growth, ability to work with diverse groups, organizational, interpersonal, initiative, communication, ability to work with children with disabilities, bilingual preferred, flexibility, willingness to stay current). Those could be Skills.
Pay: Minimum Salary 29,528.00 Median Salary 36900.00
Schedule: Full-time
Work Locations: Urban Park Steam Academy
Job Inclusion - Teacher Assistant maybe title but we don't repeat title.
Job Posting date maybe not needed? Could be metadata; we could drop or put in a short p.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. There's none.
We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual numbers for Pay.
We must not repeat job title as heading.
We need to output only HTML fragment.
Structure: maybe:
About the role
Teacher Assistant at Urban Park Steam Academy supporting teachers and students with diverse needs.
But we need to ensure we don't invent. The phrase "Teacher Assistant at Urban Park Steam Academy supporting teachers and students with diverse needs." is somewhat inferred but not directly stated. Safer to not add About the role if we cannot guarantee it's directly from posting. However we could use the first sentence as a summary: "Help teacher prepare instructional materials and classroom displays Help maintain a neat and orderly classroom and prepare classroom according to student needs..." That's too long for About the role but could be used. But About the role is supposed to be a brief overview; we could just use the first sentence as is: "Help teacher prepare instructional materials and classroom displays". That's too minimal. Maybe we skip About the role and start with Responsibilities. We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. We have Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills, Pay, Schedule, Work Location (maybe under About the role?). Could treat Work Location as part of About the role. Let's decide sections: - Responsibilities (list of duties) - Qualifications (education, certification, preferred experience) - Skills (demonstrated abilities) - Pay (minimum and median salary) - Schedule (Full-time) - Work Location (Urban Park Steam Academy) maybe as a short p under About the role? Could be its own section but not in list of headings; but we could useAbout the role
and include location there. But the instruction says use those headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings, but suggests those as examples. Probably we should stick to those. Thus we can have About the role (maybe includes work location and brief purpose). Responsibilities (list). Qualifications (list). Skills (list). Pay (list). Schedule (list). No Benefits. We must not repeat content. Let's extract: About the role: Could be "Teacher Assistant position at Urban Park Steam Academy supporting teachers, preparing instructional materials, maintaining classroom, assisting students with disabilities, and performing related duties." This is a synthesis but might be considered summarizing. Safer to use a direct sentence from posting: maybe the first sentence: "Help teacher prepare instructional materials and classroom displays". But that's too narrow. However we can combine multiple sentences but that's essentially summarizing. The instruction says "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." Summarizing is not allowed. So we cannot create a summary that omits details. But we can include all details in Responsibilities; About the role could be a short statement that is also present in the posting. Is there a sentence that describes the role generally? The posting starts with many duty sentences; there is no separate overview. So maybe we should not include About the role section because we would have to either repeat details (which would be duplication) or invent. Better to omit About the role and start with Responsibilities. Thus sections: Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills, Pay, Schedule. We need to ensure we don't miss any substantive info like "Work Locations Urban Park Steam Academy". That's substantive; we need to include it somewhere. Could be part of Responsibilities? Not really. Could be part of About the role but we omitted. Could add a short p under Responsibilities? Not appropriate. Perhaps we can include Work Location as its own section usingAbout the role
but content is just location; that's specific, not filler. So we can have About the role with just the location. That's not inventing; it's directly from posting. So we can do:About the role
Work Locations: Urban Park Steam Academy
That preserves the location. Now Responsibilities: list all duty sentences. We need to put them in- . Ensure we don't duplicate. Let's list duties exactly as in posting, splitting by sentences. The posting has many sentences separated by spaces. We'll extract each distinct duty. Original text: "Help teacher prepare instructional materials and classroom displays Help maintain a neat and orderly classroom and prepare classroom according to student needs Help with inventory, care and maintenance of equipment Help teacher keep administrative records and prepare required reports Provide orientation and assistance to substitutes teachers Assist students with physical disabilities according to their needs, including transferring to and from wheelchairs, lifting or positioning Assist students with physical needs and personal care, including feeding, bathroom needs and personal hygiene Assist with classroom curriculum Help manage behavior of students which includes intervening in crisis situations and restraining disruptive or dangerous student behavior as needed Assume responsibility for learning and adapting to each student's special medical, physical, communicative and emotional needs Work with individual students or small groups to develop motor skills and conduct instructional exercises assigned by teacher Help supervise students throughout the school day, inside and outside the classroom which includes lunchroom, bus and playground duty Keep teacher informed of special needs or problems of individual students Maintain confidentiality Participate in staff development training programs, faculty meetings and special events as assigned Perform all other tasks and duties as assigned Regular and punctual attendance at the worksite is required for this position" We need to split into items. Some sentences are long with commas. We'll keep each sentence as an item. Let's list: 1. Help teacher prepare instructional materials and classroom displays 2. Help maintain a neat and orderly classroom and prepare classroom according to student needs 3. Help with inventory, care and maintenance of equipment 4. Help teacher keep administrative records and prepare required reports 5. Provide orientation and assistance to substitutes teachers 6. Assist students with physical disabilities according to their needs, including transferring to and from wheelchairs, lifting or positioning 7. Assist students with physical needs and personal care, including feeding, bathroom needs and personal hygiene 8. Assist with classroom curriculum 9. Help manage behavior of students which includes intervening in crisis situations and restraining disruptive or dangerous student behavior as needed 10. Assume responsibility for learning and adapting to each student's special medical, physical, communicative and emotional needs 11. Work with individual students or small groups to develop motor skills and conduct instructional exercises assigned by teacher 12. Help supervise students throughout the school day, inside and outside the classroom which includes lunchroom, bus and playground duty 13. Keep teacher informed of special needs or problems of individual students 14. Maintain confidentiality 15. Participate in staff development training programs, faculty meetings and special events as assigned 16. Perform all other tasks and duties as assigned 17. Regular and punctual attendance at the worksite is required for this position Now Qualifications: we need to list distinct items, not duplicate. The qualifications block repeats twice; we need to combine unique items. Let's parse: "Accredited Senior High School Diploma or equivalent (U.S.A. equivalency) , plus one of the following: Associate degree, 48 college credit hours, pass an academic assessment Paraprofessional certificate required from State Board of Certification Successful completion of a specific training program for teacher assistants or six months of knowledge and skills acquired through work experience preferred Demonstrated general knowledge of child growth/development and behavior characteristics Demonstrated ability to work with people from diverse ethnic groups Demonstrated organizational and interpersonal skills required to meet the goals of the position Demonstrated initiative and a willingness to follow verbal and written instructions Demonstrated effective communication skills both in oral and written form Demonstrated ability to work with children with disabilities Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred Demonstrated flexibility to cope with the challenges of a rapidly changing world Demonstrated willingness to remain current with the latest developments in the profession" We need to split into items. Potential items: -