Teacher Assistant - Special Education

We need to output HTML fragment with sections for headings where content exists. Use

for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title. No metadata headings. Remove boilerplate like FLSA Status, Grade, Revision Date, Location? Those are metadata; we can fold into short

or drop. The instruction: "do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short

or drop it." So we can include a short paragraph with location etc. Probably include a

with location and maybe FLSA status etc. But we should keep substantive info: Job Summary, Duties And Responsibilities, Minimum Qualifications, Supervision Exercised/Received, Working Conditions And Physical Requirements, etc. We need to decide which sections to create. The posting has: - Job Summary (a paragraph) - Duties And Responsibilities (list of duties) - Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities Required) (list) - Supervision Exercised (short) - Supervision Received (short) - Working Conditions And Physical Requirements (paragraph) - Also mention "Special Education Aide II: completion of a minimum of 48 hours of college credit." That's part of qualifications. We have no explicit Benefits, Pay, Schedule info. So we should NOT create those sections. We need to use

for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. But we should only include headings when there is real specific content. So we can map: - About the role: could correspond to Job Summary. - Responsibilities: Duties And Responsibilities. - Requirements: maybe Minimum Qualifications? Or Requirements could be qualifications. But we also have Qualifications heading separate. The list includes both Requirements and Qualifications. We need to decide which to use. The instruction: "Use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we can use any of those as appropriate. We should not create headings without content. So we need to decide which sections we have content for. We have: - Job Summary -> About the role. - Duties And Responsibilities -> Responsibilities. - Minimum Qualifications -> Requirements or Qualifications. Could split: Requirements (knowledge, skills, abilities) and Qualifications (education, experience). But we have both in same block. Could make a single Qualifications section covering both. Or we could make Requirements for the abilities and Qualifications for education/experience. Let's see content: Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities Required) includes: High school diploma or GED certificate; autism training; ability to communicate; basic computing; concern for welfare; experience in nursing, childcare, or special education preferred; ability to maintain relationships; patience, flexibility, etc.; Special Education Aide II: completion of 48 hours college credit. Thus we could have a Requirements section for abilities/skills, and a Qualifications section for education/training. But we have only one heading for each; we can decide to use Qualifications for education/experience and Requirements for skills/abilities. However the instruction says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe combine into one Qualifications section. We also have Supervision Exercised/Received and Working Conditions. Those could go under About the role? Or maybe we create a section "Working Conditions". Not in the list but we could still use

for any heading? The instruction says use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It implies we should stick to those headings. So we should not create a heading like "Working Conditions". Instead we could fold that info into About the role or Responsibilities? Probably About the role can include summary and working conditions. But we need to preserve all substantive information. We can include a

after the About the role heading that includes job summary and working conditions. Or we could add a separate

under About the role. Similarly Supervision info could be included in About the role or Responsibilities. Thus we will produce:

About the role

Job Summary: Assists the teacher in implementing instructional procedures and objectives. Reinforces and implements instructional activities as prescribed by the teacher to provide additional time for instruction and guidance. ... plus Working Conditions And Physical Requirements: Subject to a wide variety of behavioral situations ... etc. plus Supervision Exercised/Received: Monitors classroom activities in absence of the teacher. Performs duties under supervision of principal. Reports directly to the teacher ...

Then

Responsibilities

• ... each duty as list items

Then

Qualifications

• ... each qualification/requirement as list items

We must not repeat job title. No metadata headings. We can include location etc in the About the role paragraph maybe as a short sentence. We must remove boilerplate: FLSA Status, Grade, Revision Date, Location? Actually location is substantive? It says Location: Elementary. That's minor metadata; we can fold into short

or drop. Probably we can include location in About the role paragraph: "Location: Elementary." But we could drop it. The instruction: "do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short

or drop it." So we can include a short

for location etc. But we already have About the role paragraph; we could add location there. We must not include cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. There's none. Now we need to extract duties list. Let's parse the Duties And Responsibilities paragraph: It's a long sentence with many duties separated by semicolons and periods. We need to split into list items. We'll create each duty as a

. Ensure we preserve all substantive information. Let's list duties: - Prepares classroom materials in accordance with needs of children; - assumes partial responsibility for arranging and decorating the classroom environments to fit the needs of, and interests of, young developmentally delayed, emotionally disturbed, learning disabled, and/or other special education students. - Encourages and assists students develop self-help skills. - Works with individuals, small groups, or large groups of students as assigned by teacher. - Collects data on student performance and progress as directed by the teacher. - Observes and monitors students' progress and emotional behavior. - Assists in maintaining complete and accurate student records. - Accompanies students to and from lunchroom, buses, and on field trips. - Escorts children as needed to classroom activities. - Assists the teacher with classroom discipline. - Assists classroom teacher in providing for the social, emotional, and physical needs of special education students. - Takes appropriate action in instances of special medical needs. - Monitors students during assigned periods within a variety of school environments for the purpose of maintaining a safe and positive learning environment. - Assists students in preparing for the transition from the self-contained class to the mainstream when appropriate. - Provides input to the teacher in planning daily and long-range programs for students. - Assists in skills practice and reinforcement activities previously introduced by the teacher, either individually or in small groups. - Performs clerical duties, including preparing and operating audiovisual equipment, photocopying, laminating, typing, and other computer related skills. - Checks and updates files, attendance, and other classroom operation records. - Maintains a clean and orderly environment. - Participates in school and district staff development programs and scheduled meetings. - Models the WJCC Strategic Plan Values: Individualism, Integrity, Innovation, Accountability and Collaboration. - Performs other duties as assigned. We need to ensure each is a separate

. Some sentences have multiple clauses; but we can keep as is. Now Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities Required) list: - High school diploma or GED certificate. - As of September 1, 2014, all exceptional education instructional assistants must complete the required autism paraprofessional training as outlined by the Virginia Department of Education and provide documentation to Human Resources to be eligible for employment. - Ability to communicate clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing. - Basic computing and spelling skills required. - Concern for general welfare of children, ability to accept and support all children, and maintain confidentiality. - Experience in nursing, childcare, or special education preferred. - Ability to maintain effective working relationships with teachers, parents, students, and administrators. - Patience, flexibility, dependability, interest, punctuality, and ability to follow directions. - Special Education Aide II: completion of a minimum of 48 hours of college credit. We could split into two sections: Requirements (abilities) and Qualifications (education/training). But we have only one Qualifications heading allowed; we could still use Requirements heading for abilities and Qualifications for education/training. That would be two sections, both substantive. That's okay. Thus:

Requirements

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Basic computing and spelling skills required.
• Concern for general welfare of children, ability to accept and support all children, and maintain confidentiality.
• Experience in nursing, childcare, or special education preferred.
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with teachers, parents, students, and administrators.
• Patience, flexibility, dependability, interest, punctuality, and ability to follow directions.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED certificate.
• As of September 1, 2014, all exceptional education instructional assistants must complete the required autism paraprofessional training as outlined by the Virginia Department of Education and provide documentation to Human Resources to be eligible for employment.
• Special Education Aide II: completion of a minimum of 48 hours of college credit.

We could also include "Ability to maintain effective working relationships" etc already in Requirements. Now About the role paragraph: include Job Summary, Working Conditions And Physical Requirements, Supervision Exercised/Received, maybe location. Let's craft:

Assists the teacher in implementing instructional procedures and objectives. Reinforces and implements instructional activities as prescribed by the teacher to provide additional time for instruction and guidance. Subject to a wide variety of behavioral situations associated with developmentally-delayed students. Duties are normally performed in a school/classroom environment. Duties may be occasionally performed on field trips away from school. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud. Duties may involve risk resulting from attending to students' physical or sanitation/hygiene needs. Significant standing; some walking, moving, climbing, carrying, bending, kneeling, crawling, reaching, handling, pushing and pulling. Must have the ability to lift or move 50 lbs. Monitors classroom activities in absence of the teacher. Performs duties under the supervision of principal. Reports directly to the teacher to whom assigned; receives annual performance evaluation from principal. Location: Elementary.

We need to ensure we didn't miss any substantive info: The job summary sentence also includes "Assists the teacher in implementing instructional procedures and objectives. Reinforces and implements instructional activities as prescribed by the teacher to provide additional time for instruction and guidance." That's covered. We also have "This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The incumbent will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned by the principal or appropriate administrator. WJCC Public Schools reserves the right to update, revise or change this job description and related duties at any time." That's boilerplate-ish but it's about duties flexibility; could be considered substantive? It's a standard disclaimer. Might be considered boilerplate;