The Parents as Teacher Educator is responsible for delivering all components of the Parents as Teachers (PAT) model program using the PAT Foundational Curriculum, implementing the Essential Requirements and Quality Assurance Guidelines with fidelity, and collecting data requested by PAT National Center and program funders.

Qualifications: 

• BA in Early Childhood Education, Human Services, or Social Sciences AA in Early Childhood Education or related field with a minimum of two- years’ experience considered.
• Experience as a parent educator preferred or experience working with children 0-5
• Demonstrated ability to work with adults and their young children in an educational setting, preferably in an agency or school setting or through participating in-home visits.
• Experience performing home visits with parents and children preferred.
• The candidate for this position will need to be bilingual and show high competency in both written and oral communications. This position reports to the Executive Director.
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Responsibilities:

• • Flexibility with respect to time and days able to work (should be able to work some weekends and evenings as needed). Regular work hours are from 8:00 to 4:30 M-TH and 8:00 to12:00 on Fridays.
  • Must use the PAT Foundational Curriculum and resources to plan and deliver home visiting services to qualifying families (including Foundational Plans, Planning Guide, and all required forms to document family information and data).
  • Maintain a caseload of families, conducting personal visits (50-60 minutes in length) with each enrolled family on a bi-weekly basis and complete a range of screenings for each enrolled family.
  • Adequately prepare for all personal visits, which include reading appropriate parent educator resources, printing relevant handouts and gathering materials for parent-child activities.
  • Clearly document details of each visit, assessments, screenings, referrals to resources, etc. and enter into data system.
  • Work with PAT team to plan and provide monthly parent group connections gatherings for PAT.
  • Assist in developing and maintaining a current community resource guide that includes all necessary information to link families to identified supports and services.
  • Maintain and submit in a timely manner all required child, family and program documentation.
  • Meet with supervisor a minimum of twice monthly for reflective supervision sessions.
  • Meet with supervisor as necessary to discuss procedures, protocol and other administrative processes to ensure quality record keeping, data entry and quality provision of services to families.
  • Help parents and children transition to other services as needed,  such as preschool or kindergarten. This includes the development of a transition plans to explain the transition process.
  • Complete annual required competency-based professional development hours to remain certified as a Parents as Teachers Educator.
  • This program will require the parent educator to attend trainings for understanding the program guidelines and requirements.  Trainings may be virtual or require travel.
  • Program requires may include prolonged standing and or sitting on the floor at client’s home.
  • Occasional stooping, bending, lifting, reaching and climbing of stairs if needed.
  • Employee must be able to lift and transport up to 25 pounds.
  • Employee must have reliable car, driver’s license and current insurance.
  • Employee must be able to work in noisy and crowded environments.
  • Knowledge of lesson planning and implementation of lessons
  • Employee must be comfortable visiting low-income families in their homes and must be comfortable with delivering educational services in a non-judgmental/strength-based manner.
  • Employee must be well organized and be able to keep up with complicated timelines for screenings and reporting
  • Must be able to make referrals for further screenings, assessments and evaluations.
  • Must participate in actively recruiting families for the PAT program.
  • Needs to have an understanding of current theory and practices of group child care and best practices for children.