ECFE Teacher & Parent Educator: Nurturing Families & Growth

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.

• 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