Parent as Teacher

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Early Education or related field required
• Successfully complete the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education approved Parents as Teachers Certificate training
• Parent Educator Certification must be kept current in accordance with Administrative Guidelines of SB658
• Have transportation for daily travel

Performance Responsibilities

• Plan and conduct personal visits with participating families as per programs requirements
• Maintain and monitor the service record for each family on their caseload
• Plan, organize, and facilitate group meetings for parents and/or children
• Participate in district and program screening
• Participate in the recruitment of new families
• Attend all required meeting functions and training
• Meet all required deadlines for all components of the programs
• Work flexible hours, including evenings and/or Saturdays
• Complete required professional development
• Accurately complete and maintain current information on caseloads
• Submit initial physical upon hire then every two (2) years
• Submit initial tuberculin screening upon hire
• Complete other duties as defined and assigned

Terms Of Employment

• The Parent Educator will be employed for a nine (9) month position
• The salary and the work year will be established annually by the Board of Education
• This position is based on continued program/grant funding

Required Testing

• Post offer employment medical physical exam and essential functions test (EFT) required

Work Environment/conditions

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works indoors with minimal temperature variations and under conditions with risk of injury and/or illness
• The employee may also occasionally work with cleaning chemicals
• The noise level of the work environment is usually moderate, but occasionally can be loud
• Generally the job requires 5 % sitting, 50% standing, and 45% walking

Physical Demands

• The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers, and talk and hear
• The employee is frequently required to bend at the neck
• The employee is frequently required to climb or balance, reach, bend, crouch or crawl, squat, stoop, and kneel
• The employee must frequently lift, carry and/or hold, push, or move up to 50 pounds

Evaluation

Performance of this job will be evaluated by the Deputy Superintendent or designee, using the Summative Evaluation for the Parent Educator.