11 Month Position - 11D Schedule 3.40
Parent as Teacher
Job Description
Purpose: The Parent as Teacher provides the pilot PAT program to District parents of children birth to 36 months of age.
Responsible to: Director of Special Services
Payment rate: Salary and benefits as established by the Board of Education.
Qualifications:
1. Bachelor’s Degree in early childhood, social work, pediatric nursing, early childhood special education, occupational therapy, speech pathology, vocational home economics, or physical therapy and two (2) years of successful experience in a program working with young children and their parents.
2. Experience working with parents and their young children.
3. Ability to communicate with parents, children, school personnel, community and civic organizations, and other professionals.
4. Successful completion of the PAT Institute (presented by Parents as Teachers National Center).
5. Health and Inoculation Certificate on file in the Central Office (after employment offer is made).
6. Desire to continue career improvement by enhancing skills and job performance.
Essential Functions:
1. Ability to ensure all activities conform to District guidelines.
2. Ability to communicate and work effectively and cooperatively with members of the school district and community.
3. Ability to coordinate services with other community programs with similar purposes.
4. Ability to work to implement the vision and mission of the District.
5. Ability to work with technology/computer systems.
6. Ability to model commitment and dedication to work.
7. Ability to work independently and without supervision, and complete work in an efficient manner.
Physical Requirements/Environmental Conditions:
1. Occasional stooping, lifting, bending, kneeling, turning, and reaching.
2. Requires some travel in personal vehicle or District vehicle.
3. Must occasionally work in noisy and crowded environments, with numerous interruptions.
General Responsibilities:
1. Ability to facilitate the Parents as Teachers program by being trained and certified through the National Parents as Teachers Center, and participating professional development as required by the Center (20 hours first year, 15 hours second year, 10 hours each year thereafter).
2. Ability to implement the curriculum provided by the National Parents as
Teachers Center.
3. Ability to serve at least 30 families.
4. Ability to meet at least twelve (12) face-to-face contacts per year with each parent/family group involved in the program, including:
a) a minimum of twelve home visits per year to each parent/family group involved in the program, and
b) a minimum of twelve parent group meetings per year.
5. Ability to provide an end-of-year report; a report indicating information about families and children served; respond to a parent satisfaction survey; and provide such other reports and program information as the State Board shall determine.
6. Ability to conduct child developmental screening including, but not limited to, vision, hearing, the understanding and use of language, motor development and hand-eye coordination, and health and physical development, using standardized instruments which are comprehensive, non-discriminatory, and age-appropriate.
7. Ability to serve parents of children ages birth to three years of age.
8. Ability to implement and follow all District health and safety policies, including all precautions of the Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control Plan.
9. Ability to perform other duties and assume other responsibilities as assigned by the Parents as Teachers Coordinator or Administrative Staff.
Term of Employment: Annually
Evaluation: Performance effectiveness evaluated in accordance with provisions of Kansas Statutes and Board of Education Policy.
Approved:
9/20/11
Revised:
2/7/12
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