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Teacher Associate (Sp Ed - Lv II)

Southeast Polk Community School District · Altoona, IA · 1 mo ago
EducationFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with headings

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, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. Must preserve all substantive info. We need to parse the job description. Title: Teacher Associate (Sp Ed - Lv II). Hours: 8:30-3:45 (8:30-1:45 Wednesdays). Location: Willowbrook. Qualifications Required: list bullet points. Desired: bullet points. Reports to: Building Principal and Director of Special Education. Job Goal: paragraph. Performance Responsibilities: long list. Physical Demands: list. Clothing: bullet. Evaluation: paragraph. Terms Of Employment: paragraph. Disclaimer: EEO etc - we must remove boilerplate (EEO, non-discrimination, grievance procedure). So we drop that. We need sections: About the role (maybe includes Job Goal?), Responsibilities (Performance Responsibilities), Requirements (Qualifications Required?), Qualifications (maybe Desired?), Skills (maybe abilities?), Benefits (none), Pay (none), Schedule (hours). Since we only include sections with real content. We have Hours info -> Schedule section. We have Location maybe in About the role. We have Reports to maybe in About the role. We have Job Goal maybe About the role. We have Qualifications Required (mandatory) and Desired (preferred). Could combine into Requirements and Qualifications? The instruction: use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to decide which sections to include. We have content for About the role (Job Goal, location, hours, reports to). Could also include a brief summary. Responsibilities: Performance Responsibilities list. Requirements: maybe Qualifications Required (mandatory). Could be Requirements. Qualifications: Desired (preferred) maybe. Skills: maybe abilities like ability to obtain training, etc. Could be part of Requirements. But we should not create thin sections. Prefer few substantive sections. We could have: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (including both mandatory and desired qualifications), Physical Demands (maybe as part of Requirements? but it's separate). Could also have Skills (like ability to work with diverse needs, communication, etc). However many of those are in responsibilities. We need to follow instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we should combine where possible. Let's think: About the role: include Job Goal, location, hours, reports to. Responsibilities: include Performance Responsibilities list. Requirements: include Qualifications Required (mandatory) and Desired (preferred) maybe combined. Physical Demands: could be part of Requirements? But it's a separate category; maybe we can include as a subsection under Requirements? But headings only allowed those specific headings. We could add a

Physical Demands

but not in the list? The list includes those examples but not exclusive? It says "use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." The e.g. suggests those are examples, not exhaustive. But safer to stick to those headings. However we have physical demands content; we could put under Requirements or Skills. But it's about physical ability, could be under Requirements. Clothing: maybe also under Requirements. Evaluation and Terms Of Employment: maybe not needed as separate sections; could be omitted? But we must preserve ALL substantive information. So we need to include evaluation and terms of employment somewhere. Could be under About the role? Or maybe a separate section like "Evaluation" not in list but we could still use

Evaluation

as it's substantive. The instruction didn't forbid other headings, just gave examples. It says "use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we can use other headings as needed, but we should follow the pattern. Probably okay to include Evaluation and Terms Of Employment as headings. But we must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have real content. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Evaluation, Terms Of Employment. We could also include Skills if we want to separate abilities like ability to obtain training, etc. But we can incorporate into Requirements. Let's extract substantive content. About the role: - Job Goal: "To work under the supervision of teacher(s) or other licensed personnel who have the ultimate responsibility for the design and implementation of education and related service programs; to contribute to the social, emotional, and intellectual growth of children and youth." - Location: Willowbrook - Hours: 8:30-3:45 (8:30-1:45 Wednesdays) - Reports to: Building Principal and Director of Special Education We could also include Title? Not as heading. Responsibilities: list all performance responsibilities. Let's copy them as bullet list. Responsibilities bullet points: - Assists with small groups and/or individual student instruction and supervision. - Assists in maintaining a safe and orderly learning environment in a variety of school settings; i.e., classroom, lunchroom, playground, field trips. - Assists with classroom set up and material preparation. - Assists with physical or behavioral needs of individual students. - Operates standard school equipment; i.e., computer, copier, audio-visual equipment. - Completes clerical tasks as assigned. - Uses standard universal health precautions. - Reads and comprehends at the student's grade level or above. - Practices being a positive motivator and able to develop working rapport with the student. - Relates to and interacts with students using positive reinforcement and effective communication. - Communicates effectively with all staff. - Follows Kronos rules for clocking in and out. - Follows IEP and teacher's directives. - Does not get visibility upset by occasional bad language, threat of physical violence or personal habits of students. - Practices patience and does not become easily discouraged. - Helps student(s) to become one of the class. - Maintains confidentiality and student privacy by only discussing student needs with staff that have an educational need to know the information. - Reports to assigned center as scheduled. - Implements daily activities (crafts, board games, activities, large group games or activities). - Maintains a clean, sanitary, orderly and safe environment. - Ensures the health and safety of the student at the building, on the outdoor play areas and on field trips. - Is knowledgeable about program policies and procedures. - Records behavioral incidents (time out, problem reports, accident reports, etc). - Keeps all assigned paperwork up-to-date and submits in a timely manner (such as Medicaid, student academic or behavioral data) - Serves as a positive role model for the students. - Participates in home visits accompanied by the teacher when asked. - Assists in the preparation, serving, and clean up of breakfast, lunch and snacks as needed. - Attends required staff meetings. - Maintains professional growth, current Mandatory Reporting Training, First Aid, CPR certification as required by state and federal regulations. - Assumes duties and responsibilities as may be assigned by the Teacher or Principal. - Completes annual Bloodborne Pathogens training. We should keep as is. Requirements: Qualifications Required (mandatory) and Desired (preferred). Also Physical Demands and Clothing maybe. Let's list Qualifications Required: - High School Diploma or GED - Demonstrated ability to successfully work with the needs of all Pre-K thru 12th Grade students. - Successful completion of physical, criminal background and child abuse registry check, and pre-work screening at time of hire. - Experience working in an educational setting. - Ability to obtain required training, including but not limited to the following: certification to administer medication to students, American Heart or Red Cross First Aid/CPR certification, Crisis Prevention Institute Training (CPI) - Ability to work with all students with diverse needs. Desired: - Successful work or volunteer experience with disabled population - Supervisory experience with school age children - 48 credit hours post-secondary education or Para educator certification from the Iowa Department of Education Physical Demands: - Must be capable of standing throughout the work day. - Must present appropriate appearance and personal cleanliness suited to working in close proximity to school age children and adults. - Must be able to work with interruptions during a work shift. - Must be capable of working with students with different personalities, capabilities, and physical and mental limitations. - Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds to waist level. - Must be capable of carrying equipment or supplies weighing up to 25 pounds for a distance of 50 feet. - Must be capable of standing, walking (at variable speeds and duration to include running) and changing positions quickly throughout the workday (to include sitting on and getting up from the floor, sitting at different levels when using adult or various child height chairs (ranging from 12" seat height and above and getting up from these chairs); maintaining sustained kneeling, crouching, bending, leaning down and leaning over postures up to 40 minutes at a time. - Must be willing to come into contact with body fluids such as urine and feces, blood and nasal secretions and contagious diseases such as flu and the common cold. - Must be capable of using cleaning and sanitizing chemicals with appropriate PPE. - Must be capable of working in broad range of temperatures, humidity and other winter and summer environments. - Must be capable of working in a noisy environment. - Must have physical dexterity in limbs and digits necessary to physically interact with children in a playground and classroom environment. Clothing: - Outdoor clothing including coats, boots, gloves, and hat dependent on environmental conditions. - Appropriate footwear for an environment where sharps, chemicals or body fluids may fall onto exposed skin. Evaluation: - Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of Southeast Polk Board Policy. Terms Of Employment: - Employment based on need. - Hours and number of days assigned as need requires. We should not include EEO boilerplate. Now produce HTML. We'll wrap each section in

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    for location/hours/reports. But we can combine. Let's do:

    About the role

    Job Goal: To work under the supervision of teacher(s) or other licensed personnel who have the ultimate responsibility for the design and implementation of education and related service programs; to contribute to the social, emotional, and intellectual growth of children and youth.

    Location: Willowbrook

    Hours: 8:30‑3:45 (8:30‑1:45 on Wednesdays)

    Reports to: Building Principal and Director of Special Education

    Responsibilities:

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        Requirements

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