Program Coordinator - Parent Education

Job Location: 205 Jefferson St., Jefferson City, MO 65101

About the Role

Missouri's Parent Education Program is a voluntary parent education program offered through local school districts, serving families who are expecting a child or have children under the age of kindergarten entry. The program helps establish positive partnerships between home, school, and the community and plays a vital role in supporting families and children from the very beginning toward school readiness.

Responsibilities

• Supervise parent education home visiting staff.
• Provide programmatic oversight of school districts implementing the parent education home visiting program.
• Conduct programmatic collection and interpretation of program data to support the performance of the parent education home visiting programs.
• Coordinate the process to receive, approve, and process Compliance Plans, Invoices, and Final Reporting from parent education home visiting programs and contractors.
• Maintain familiarity with Parents as Teachers® National Center trainings, resources, and national model programming.
• Collaborate with the Missouri Parent Education Program Support contractor and the Missouri Parents as Teachers Association (MOPATA) to support parent education home visiting.
• Coordinate professional development, training, and resources through contracted providers.
• Demonstrate regular, reliable, and engaged attendance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a major in education, early childhood, social/human services, or a closely related field with one or more years in a leadership or supervisory position.
• OR five or more years of professional or technical experience in administration, education, human services, or a related field, or other experience that contributes directly to the understanding of activities of this assignment; with one or more years in a leadership or supervisory position.
• Lack of post-secondary education will not be used as the sole basis for denying consideration to any applicant.

Benefits

The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package that includes:

• A defined pension plan.
• Generous amounts of leave and holiday time.
• Eligibility for health insurance coverage.

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