Educator, Child Development​/Support

The Home Educator provides child development services, social services, health services and parent involvement services to families including home visits, socializations, advocacy and crisis intervention in accordance with federal, state and program guidelines. The Home Educator is also responsible for delivering education support and home-based services as defined by Head Start Performance Standards. Services include planning and developmentally appropriate experiences for infants and toddlers in home settings that are appropriate to the needs of each family.

The Home Educator develops and implements partnerships with Early Head Start families. Overall, the Early Head Start Home Educator must ensure a safe and healthy environment which supports each child’s development.

• Maintains a caseload of 12 EHS families and/ or expecting families
• Complete weekly 90-minute home visits with families and/or expecting families
• Establishes trusting, nurturing relationships with children, and their families
• Works jointly with parents to develop and implement weekly home visit plans based on each child’s assessment and identified family needs
• Maintains and preserves confidential client files
• Observes, assesses and documents each child’s health, skills, behavior, growth and development
• Provides children and parents with group socialization experiences
• Serves as an advocate for Head Start families and as a liaison between families, the program, and the large community
• Integrates other components, i.e. health, nutrition, mental health, parent involvement and special needs into home visit and services provided to pregnant women
• Assists in identifying children with special needs and makes the necessary referrals
• Encourages participation in the Head Start Parent Committee meetings as well as parent group and socialization meetings, and other events or trainings
• Provides transportation, as needed to families to support family participation
• Participate in regular reflective supervision and staff meetings as required by the program
• Maintain and document all services in the family files and ensures up to date program files for each child in the caseload
• Enter participant information and other required program information into the Child Plus system in a timely manner
• Assist families with children’s transition to Pre-K program or other childcare programs
• Provide a developmentally appropriate and nurturing environment for infants and toddlers and document child’s progress, attendance, and other requested information
• Plan and implement daily lessons using program required curriculum and other resources which maximize each child’s developmental ability
• Conduct screening and developmental assessments and maintain written records of each child’s development; maintain current and accurate records on each child

• Exchange information and serve as a member of a multi-disciplinary team (MDT)