School Success Program Assistant (2025-2026) - Early Childhood Family Education

School Success Program Assistant )

Function:
The Early Childhood Family Education School Success Program Assistant (ECFE-SSPA) will collaborate with parents and community partners to provide parent education in infant and child development, temperament, emotional learning, and behavior, and getting prepared for kindergarten. The ECFE-SSPA will work with families and partners with children ages prenatal-eight across multiple environments including but not limited to homes, hospitals, clinics, childcare centers and schools.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Complete home visits, hospital visits, clinic visits, and school visits to coordinate and provide comprehensive parent education opportunities and materials to support school readiness and parent development.
• Recruit families and children to enroll in MPS Early Childhood Education programming including Family Education, Screening, Preschool and Teen Parenting Services.
• Create and maintain collaborative relationships with Early Childhood partners within the greater community.

Qualifications:

• Minimum bachelor's degree in family studies, child development, social work, or early childhood education or related field
• Knowledge and demonstrated skill in cultural sensitivity and working in culturally diverse urban settings
• Ability to forge and maintain effective relationships with families, agencies, other employees and the general public
• Demonstrated skill in working in cross-disciplinary and multicultural team and systems
• Demonstrated organizational skills
• Knowledge of early childhood and family resources in the Minneapolis area
• Knowledge of early childhood and elementary public education systems
• Excellent written and oral presentation skills
• High level of technical computer skills with knowledge of Excel, and word processing programs
• Experience working with parents and children
• Availability to work evenings and weekends

Commitment to Diversity:
Diversity is one of Minneapolis Public Schools core values and is essential to our goal of putting children first and making them college-ready. Diversity of our workforce provides us with a competitive advantage and allows us to better understand, communicate with and educate our diverse student body. Minneapolis Public Schools will not deny anyone the opportunity for training or employment because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender or gender identity, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, disability, sexual orientation, age, family care leave status, or veteran status.

Minneapolis Public Schools strongly encourages diverse candidates to apply.