Home Based Teacher

Description

Salary: $21.04-$24.71/hr. 35-hour work week

Position Summary:

Each Home-Based Educator will support children in reaching developmentally appropriate milestones through the implementation of evidence-based curricula, individualized support for families, and high-quality learning environments. Home-Based Educators will prepare children to be school-ready and increase caregiver knowledge of development and parenting skills, while ensuring that all Head Start Performance Standards and site-specific funding regulations are met or exceeded.

Essential Duties: Under the direct supervision of the site's Education Director, with support from the Home Base Education Coordinator, the Home-Based Educator's responsibilities include the following:

Strategic Oversight

• Understand and promote the organization's Mission, Vision, and Core Values to ensure alignment with organizational policies and procedures.
• Support the family in implementing strategies that align with educational goals and organizational standards.

Curriculum Implementation

• Promote high-quality teaching and learning in the home setting that leads to optimal development and children's school readiness
• Implement individualized learning experiences for children and families utilizing evidence-based curricula and the Early Learning Outcomes Framework.
• Design and arrange group socialization space, allowing for various learning opportunities and engagement, with assistance from the Education Director.
• Observe, collect data, assess, and provide strengths-based feedback on the caregiver's parental interactions and child's developmental skills to support positive parenting practices that support their child's learning and development.
• Educate caregivers on positive parenting interactions through curriculum implementation to fidelity and parent coaching tools during home visits and socialization groups.

Home Visiting

• Plan and establish a relationship with children and parents that fosters acceptance, trust, and a space that promotes interaction for growth and development.
• Conduct three or four home visits a month for the duration of an hour and a half for each family on the caseload.
• Collaborate with families to design a developmentally sound and individualized (tailored to the specific needs and interests of their child) plan to enhance the social-emotional, cognitive, mathematics, language/literacy, and physical development of their child.
• Conduct home visits with expectant parents, utilizing a maternal health curriculum to support prenatal and postpartum health, mental health, family engagement, newborn development, and caregiving practices.
• Write lesson plans for group socialization classes and conduct bi-weekly group socializations with parents and children.

Record Maintenance, Screening and Assessment

• Maintain accurate educational records and portfolios on each child by documenting home visits, child observations, screenings, and assessments.
• Ensure children receive a developmental and behavioral screen according to program timelines and assess child development at three different points over the course of the year (November, February, and May).
• Conduct internal referral process in collaboration with the Education Director by observing and documenting students' development for children who need additional support.

Family Engagement

• Facilitate parent involvement and communication through home visits, group socializations, program events, and an "open-door" policy.
• Facilitate meetings with families when there are outstanding developmental or behavioral issues with children.
• Prepare, coordinate, and implement additional home visits, parent/teacher conferences, open houses, and/or family events.
• Collaborate with parents to develop weekly home visit and educational activities based on each child's assessment and family needs.
• Connect with community partners from which families can benefit, looping in the Communication & Partnership Mgr. for documentation purposes.
• Share highlights of families, kids, staff, and community partners;
  Educate and engage our online social media community with the EC Instagram committee.
• Recruit new families for our program through tabling, advertising in the school community, and hosting recruitment events.

Data Analysis

• Collect, analyze, and report on data related to student progress and classroom activities to inform continuous improvement efforts.
• Utilize data to identify trends, gaps, and areas for improvement in instructional practices and student support.

Professional Development

• Participate and attend all agency offered trainings, workshops, in-service days, and/or all-staff conferences.
• Maintain certification requirements and proof of attendance for professional activities.
• Support the growth of the center including participating in program-wide goal setting and individual and program self-assessment.
• Complete all Early Childhood required trainings.
• Maintain active membership with Aspire and or "Registered" TEACH Account linked to CA (upon hire)
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