Hippy Home-Based Educator

Hippy Home-Based Educator

Lonoke School District Lonoke Elementary School - Lonoke, Arkansas

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Job : 5596688

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Mar 19, 2026 5:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Aug 10, 2026

A homebased educator meets with each parent in the home weekly, or as assigned by the coordinator. Once a month the homebased educator will plan and meet with all of the parents at the group meeting. The Homebased educator:

• Obtains all student documentation or pending documentation and compiles a student file.
• Reviews the activity packets from the previous week & discusses any problems that arose with the parent while working with the child.
• Instructs the parent in the up‑coming week’s material, provides the family with current program information and provides the family with enrichment activities for the child.
• Meets weekly with the coordinator to report on each family’s progress, discuss and receive the next week’s materials, submit all required paperwork, and update all required computer data.
• Keeps records of all home visits and group meetings and submits them to the coordinator, recruits and screens students, inputs computer information online (currently COPA), and submits all required information weekly to the field coordinator.
• Evaluates each HIPPY child two times a year, helps parents with Ages and Stages evaluations twice a year, and holds a parent/teacher conference twice a year.
• Passes on any concerns to the coordinator for further discussion/action.
• Promotes HIPPY, community, and school public relations through newspaper articles or social media posts of the monthly parent group meetings and attendance of all required meetings and trainings established by the local district, the WDMESC HIPPY Program, AR HIPPY, Arkansas Better Chance Program, and HIPPY USA.
• Follows all the rules, regulations and guidelines set forth by the local school district, WDMESC, HIPPY USA, HIPPY Arkansas, and Arkansas Better Chance.

The HBE is a “paraprofessional” type position. Each school district determines the salary schedule and any benefits applicable to the position. The HBE position is for 36 weeks per year.

Position Type: Full‑Time

Job Categories: Instructional Support >
Paraprofessional / IA

• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

• Deneen Knowlton
• 401 W Holly St
• Lonoke, Arkansas 72086
• Phone:
• Email: deneen.knowlton