Positions available in McAllen and Rio Grande City. 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.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Become knowledgeable about the Parents as Teachers model including the
- Essential Requirements necessary for model fidelity.
- Conduct personal visits (50-60 minutes) using the Parent as Teachers curriculum on a weekly or bi weekly basis with each family.
- Plan the visit, gather materials, travel, conduct the visit, and clearly document the visit.
- 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.
- Complete developmental, health, vision and hearing screenings on each child every year.
- Develop and maintain a community resource network in order to be able to link families with services needed.
- Maintain and submit in a timely way all required family and program documentation.
- Organize and inventory supplies/materials, etc.
- Meet a minimum of twice monthly with supervisor for reflective supervision sessions.
- Help parents and children transition to other services as needed, to preschool, or kindergarten.
- 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)
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood or a related field.
Skills/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.
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Dec 8 2017
Active Until:
Jan 7 2018
Hiring Organization:
Easterseals
industry:
Nonprofit