FACE Family Enrichment Advocate

This position creates the highest, motivational, intellectual, and caring environment that promotes excellence in education.

• Participates fully in teamwork with the entire FACE Staff:
• Contributes to required weekly and monthly reports, end of year reports, and data collection.
• Meets weekly with the FACE team to plan and evaluate program services.
• Becomes knowledgeable in the PAT Foundational Curriculum and model components; and provide personal visits using the eight Foundational Plans in the online curriculum and using the Planning Guide to plan the content of personal visits with families.
• Schedules and completes at least 12 personal visits each week with 12 families (3-4 personal visits a day as a new parent educator; after first year increase caseload to 24 families and provide bi-weekly visits.
• Conducts personal visits (60 minutes) on a weekly or bi-weekly basis with each family.
• Assists in the work toward National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) accreditation for the program.
• Offers a monthly FACE Family Circle that focuses on child development, neuroscience, or a parenting topic (three areas of emphasis). Coordinates efforts with partner parent educator and the FACE team. Ensures that each family participates in at least 75% of the meetings.
• Completes required annual screenings for each home-based child on the caseload (within 90 days of enrollment).
• Completes required Family-Centered Assessment Synthesis Record in Penelope NEW SYSTEM (within 90 days of enrollment) and update as needed for each participating family.
• Works with the FACE team to transition parents and children to a preschool or to kindergarten.
• Develops, publicizes, and carries out a program of early childhood education for FACE program participants.
• Shares information about community resources and further academic opportunities.
• Reports to the FACE Coordinator on all matter of importance related to FACE.
• Recruits clients for the program based upon the priorities established in the FACE guidelines.
• Assumes responsibility for professional growth through on-going program trainings, professional developments days, conferences, webinars, and/or advanced coursework at institutions of higher learning.
• Participates in SASI sponsored in-service activities, some of which may be required of certain positions.
• Reports all suspected cases of child abuse and neglect in accordance with the BIE's Suspected Child Abuse/Neglect (SCAN) Reporting Protocols per Public Law 101‑630.
• Performs other duties as assigned, within your scope of practice.

• Must support and adhere to all Shiprock Associated Schools, Inc. policies, vision, mission, core values and ethical behavior standards of public education.
• Abide by all applicable Public Education standards and Navajo Nation Laws.
• Must pass extensive background check prior to employment and every 5th consecutive year of employment thereafter according to the following: §25 CFR 12 Part 32, §25 CFR 63 Part 17, and Public Law 101-647. Must not have any misdemeanor or felony offenses related to abuse, neglect, or endangerment of a child.
• Interact in an honest, trustworthy and dependable manner with students, teachers, administrators, parents and the community.
• Possess cultural awareness and sensitivity.
• Excellent customer service and interpersonal relationship skills.

• Ability to use technology to access the curriculum, plan personal home visits and content for Family Circles and document services received by families through data-based systems - NASIS
• Ability to work effectively with Native American students and parents.

• Knowledge of documentation necessary for Special Education requirements.
• Must be highly qualified in…