Primary Responsibilities:
- Under the direction of the Early Childhood Programs Coordinator, the parent educator ECFE teacher is responsible for the development, planning, and implementation of ECFE classes.
- The parent educator teacher will provide Early Childhood and Family Education programs and services for children birth to pre-kindergarten.
- The Early Childhood parent educator teacher will support a continuum of programs to support the healthy growth and development of students and families through successful collaboration within the district and the community as a whole, including the planning and implementation of parent/child interaction programming.
ECFE parent educator teacher essential duties and responsibilities include:
- Understanding of ECFE goals, objectives and philosophy
- Knowledge of trends, curriculum models, resources and methods in the field
- Work cooperatively with program and administrative staff, program coordinator, and peers in the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of the program
- Prepare and implement developmentally appropriate instruction for all classes
- Attend all scheduled staff meetings, professional development, planning sessions, courses, conferences, etc.
- Develop knowledge about community agencies and services and assist families in finding appropriate resources
- Assist and support ECFE public relation events, including the planning and implementation of special event activities
- Support colleagues in all phases of the program by conferring on a regular basis
- Actively encourage and embrace each member of the school community
- Continually work to understand your own assumptions and biases and how they impact the learning environment
- Work cooperatively with program and administrative staff, program coordinator, and peers in the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of the program
- Assist and support home visits