Home Educator

Council on Rural Services - CORS; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 23,047 - 32,056; Full time

Job summary

A community service organization in Dayton, Ohio is seeking a Home Visitor to partner with families, promoting positive interactions and child development. The role involves managing a caseload, conducting home visits, and planning learning experiences. Candidates should have a home-based CDA credential and preferably an associate's degree in early childhood education or a related field. Compensation ranges from $16.73 to $23.27 hourly, with various responsibilities centering on family support and development.

Qualifications

• Preferred home visiting experience with families.
• Required CDA credential or comparable degree/courses.
• Strong planning skills for home-based educational experiences.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of families, providing regular supportive visits.
• Plan and implement developmentally appropriate home-based learning experiences.
• Document children’s developmental progress using assessment tools.

Skills

Home visiting experience

Planning and implementing home-based learning experiences

Organizing and problem-solving

Education

Home-based CDA credential or equivalent coursework

Associate’s degree in early childhood education

Job description

Positions Available

Full-Year Full-Time

Locations

Fairborn, Ohio - Xenia, Ohio - Urbana, Ohio

Overview

Partner with families in their homes to promote positive parent–child interactions, development-centered parenting, and overall family well-being to support a thriving child. Collaborate with families to assess strengths, establish goals, and identify the resources needed to achieve them. Master curriculum, federal performance standards, state and federal learning frameworks, and agency policies and procedures. Advocate for families within the community to ensure access to needed services and supports.

Responsibilities

• Carry forth the Vision, Mission, and Core Values of the agency and adhere to all agency policies and procedures.
• Manage a caseload of assigned children and families.
• Recruit families and children for the program, including expectant families, establish contact, complete applications and enrollment, and provide regular, consistent services: 46 home visits, 22 socializations.
• Maintain up-to-date, complete files on each child/family, including weekly documentation of home visit activities in the data management program.
• Observe and document children’s developmental progress using agency-selected assessment tools.
• Work with the child and family on goals established on an IFSP, IEP, or other case plan when applicable.
• During the weekly home visits to the family’s home, the coach parent/guardian observes and documents techniques, and in planning and implementing developmentally appropriate practices with children, assists and encourages them in their role of primary educator for their child, using the established curriculum.
• Demonstrate competency to plan and implement home-based learning experiences that ensure effective implementation of the home visiting curriculum and promote children’s progress across the standards described in the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework: Ages birth to five, including for children with disabilities and dual language learners, as appropriate, and to build respectful, culturally responsive, and trusting relationships with families.
• Initiate a Family Partnership Agreement with each family within sixty (60) days of entry. Review and update the established goals monthly.
• Coordinate and support families completing CACFP enrollment and ethnicity forms.
• Support parents and community volunteers in recording donated hours through agency-selected digital in-kind system.

Qualifications

• Home visiting experience preferred.
• Minimum of a home-based CDA credential, comparable credential, or equivalent coursework as part of an associate or bachelor’s degree (college credit accepted in lieu of a completed degree).
• Associate’s degree in early childhood education, Human Services, or a related field preferred.
• Competent in planning and implementing home-based learning experiences.
• Willing to complete any additional required training for effective family support within 18 months.

Special Conditions

• Ability to lift 40 pounds; stoop, bend, reach, move easily, and work on the floor with families and small children.
• Possess a valid driver’s license and maintain a driving record acceptable to the agency’s insurer.
• Able to manage extensive organizing, problem-solving, record-keeping, and time management responsibilities.
• Must be able to travel extensively within the assigned service area.
• Occasional overnight travel may be required for training.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule.

Compensation

$16.73 - $23.27 hourly.