Under the direct supervision of the Parents as Teacher Home Visiting Model Coordinator, the PAT Educator is responsible for the day-to-day implementation of the PAT Home Visiting Project curriculum.
Basic Responsibilities:
1. Become knowledgeable about the Parents as Teachers model including theEssential Requirements necessary for model fidelity.
2. Conduct personal visits (50-60 minutes) using the Parent as Teachers curriculum on a weekly or bi weekly basis with each family.
3. Plan the visit, gather materials, travel, conduct the visit, and clearly document the visit.
4. Provide parent group connections focusing on a minimum of one of the following areas of emphasis: parent –child interaction, development-centered parenting, or family will being.
5. Complete developmental, health, vision and hearing screenings on each child every year.
6. Develop and maintain a community resource network in order to be able to link families with services needed.
7. Maintain and submit in a timely way all required family and programdocumentation.
8. Organize and inventory supplies/materials, etc.
9. Meet a minimum of twice monthly with supervisor for reflective supervision sessions.
10. Help parents and children transition to other services as needed, to preschool, or kindergarten.
11. Complete annually required competency-based professional development hours in order to remain a certified parent as Teachers parent educator (see Parents as Teachers Core Competencies for more details)
Qualifications:
1. Education:
·Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood or a related field.
2. Experience:
·Supervised experience working with young children and/or parents.
·Be highly organized and accountable.
·Be an independent, self-motivated worker.
·Be able to learn and understand and incorporate the three roles of a parent educator: partnering, facilitating, and reflecting into daily practice with families.
·Be able to establish rapport with families and empower them by building on their strengths.
·Be competent with computer skills: including web browsing, e-mail, Internet, and word-processing.