Parent Educator; PAT
Job in
Webb City, Jasper County, Missouri, 64870, USA
Listed on 2026-03-04
Listing for:
Webb City R-7 School District
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-03-04
Job specializations:
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Education / Teaching
Early Childhood Education, Child Development/Support -
Child Care/Nanny
Child Development/Support
Job Description & How to Apply Below
REPORTS TO: Director of Pre-School and PAT
FAIR LABOR STANDARD ACT: Non-Exempt
POSITION CLASSIFICATION: Support Staff
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: 9 months;
School year and for future terms
Pay Schedule: Parent Educator (PAT)
QUALIFICATIONS
The Parents As Teacher Educator is to assist parents in becoming their child's first teacher and ensure parents and children are ready for Kindergarten entry.
REQUIRED EXPECTATIONS
- Be punctual and have consistent and regular attendance.
- Ensure the safety and well-being of each child by responding to their emotional, social and physical needs, as well as their education needs.
- Supports the mission of the Webb City R-7 School District.
- Supports the value of education.
- Complies with the privacy rights of students; safeguards confidential and/or sensitive information.
- Utilize developmentally appropriate practice and best practice methods at all times.
- Be warm and nurturing with students.
- Be customer service oriented and professional.
- Provide excellent customer service according to the standard of the District.
- Works to meet goals of the department and District with a spirit of cooperation.
The duties of the Parents As Teacher Educator will include, but are not limited to the following:
- Schedule, prepare and complete personal visits with parents on assigned caseload.
- Assist with preparation and attend parent group meetings as assigned.
- Participate in recruiting new families to the program.
- Administer developmental screening to children on own caseload, other students ages 3, 4, and 5 and assigned in the spring new Kindergarten students.
- Maintain records of service to families on caseload.
- Attend regularly scheduled staff meetings.
- Seek guidance on situations which seem to warrant referral or specialized service.
- Perform extra assignments (i.e. visit new families at the hospitals, facilitate teen parent meetings, etc.).
- Use personal visits, developmental screenings, group meetings and referrals to other agencies/services to help prepare children for success in Kindergarten.
- Demonstrates and imparts knowledge of child development, child rearing practices and age appropriate activities.
- Instructs parents on relevant information regarding child development, language, motor and social skills and age appropriate milestones.
- Models and teaches appropriate verbal interactions, communication techniques and behavior management techniques between parent and child.
- Addresses parent concerns, research information and connect parents to community resources as needed.
- Implements the approved Parents as Teacher curriculum.
- Monitors progress of child's development.
- Conducts health and developmental screenings for children on an annual basis.
- Provides verbal and written summaries of screening results to parents.
- Recognize and inform on behavior and/or development of child that deviates from expected norms.
- Develops intervention strategies for areas of concern and provide appropriate in-service for parents to implement these strategies.
- Makes appropriate referrals for additional evaluations or screenings as needed.
- Maintains files to include records of all screenings and transfer to appropriate elementary school.
- Maintains accurate mileage and student contact records for reporting.
- Models positive behavior for students (i.e. inter-personal communication, processes, social interactions, etc.) for the purpose of providing educational and life skills training.
- Demonstrate professionalism and appropriate judgment in behavior, speech, dress and appropriate professional manner for the work setting.
- Demonstrates effective human relations and communication skills.
- Adheres to good safety practices.
- Ability to understand and adhere to all District rules, regulations and policies.
- All other duties as required or assigned.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:
- stand, walk, sit and talk/hear;
- occasionally required to reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl;
- occasionally push, pull or lift up to 50 lbs; and
- be able to see, including close, distance and depth perception.
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