Parents as Teachers Educator

Job Title: Parent Educator Department: Early Childhood Reports to: Director of Early Childhood Education/PAT Director Classification: Non-Exempt

Summary

Parent Educators are responsible for providing parent education to families with children from birth to kindergarten entry.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Plan, provide and document home visits. Educators must have a flexible schedule to accommodate scheduling of visits. Evening visits one to two nights per week are required.
• Conduct yearly developmental screenings
• Participate in recruitment of families
• Plan and attend group connection activities
• Complete required number of annual professional development hours
• Be highly organized and accountable
• Be an independent and self-motivated worker

Qualifications

Education/Experience

Parent educators must meet one of the following criteria:

• Four year degree in either Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Special Education, Elementary Education, Vocational Home Economics, Family and Consumer Sciences or Child Development and demonstrated ability in working with young children and their parents; or
• A two-year associate degree or two-year certificate program in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, or Nursing and demonstrated ability in working with young children and their parents; or
• Sixty semester hours or more of credit from an academic degree granting institution which is contained within the United States Department of Education’s Directory of Post-Secondary Institutions and two years of successful experience in a program working with young children and their parents; or
• Five years of successful experience in a program working with young children and their parents and a high school diploma or equivalent.