Early Childhood Parent Educator

Position Summary:
The Early Childhood Parent Educator delivers parent and family education learning experiences to parents of children ages 0-5.  This position support parents of toddlers and preschoolers. The primary learning environment is a faciliated, small group discussion. The Educator presents weekly lessons designed to address identified needs of program participants and developmentally appropriate best practices within the Parent Ed Core Curriculum Framework & Indicators. This position coordinates lessons with an Early Childhood Educator to meet Minnesota Early Childhood Indicators of Progress.

Position Summary:
Owatonna’s Early Childhood Family Education Program (ECFE) is seeking an early childhood educator to provide high quality early learning through delivery of evidence-based curriculum, instruction and assessment.  This position has responsibilities to present weekly lessons designed to address identified needs of children using developmentally appropriate best practices within the MN/Owatonna Early Childhood Indicators of Progress. This position supports families, colleagues, and community partners with experiences and information designed to promote healthy parent/child interaction and child and family development. This position delivers early childhood learning experiences to children ages 0-48 months and their families. The primary learning environment is small groups of age-specific children with their parents. This assignment also includes 3 sections of a three-year-old-preschool class. This assignment includes two evenings per week from 5:15PM-7:00PM, and one Saturday morning per month.  ECFE classes meet from September 9, 2019 through May 15, 2020 for a total of 30-weeks of programming. A copy of the program calendar and class schedule are available upon request.