Parent Educator

Parkway Schools; Ballwin (MO); On-site; USD 39,000 - 47,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision

Pension plan with employer match

403(b) and 457 plans

Employer paid life insurance

Generous leave time

Great work environment

Promotional opportunities

Job summary

Parkway Schools is seeking a Parent Educator for a part-time, 10-month schedule in the Early Childhood location. Starting pay is $29.75/hour with full coverage health, dental, and vision benefits, along with a pension plan and other employee benefits.

The role emphasizes family support, community connections, confidentiality and professional development. Responsibilities include linking families to resources, maintaining family caseloads, ensuring visit requirements, and participating in

Qualifications

• Develops and maintains a community resource network to link families with community supports.
• Maintains and updates family caseload and visit-hour goals.
• Maintains confidentiality of families and services.

Responsibilities

• Plans and facilitates family and parent group connections to build relationships and support parent learning.
• Plans visits using Visit Tracker, conducts visits in home, center, or via virtual platform (e.g. Google Meet).
• Responds to inquiries about program requirements and procedures to ensure consistent implementation.
• Responds to emergencies encountered during home visits to ensure safety.

Job description

Parkway is committed to hiring, retaining and investing in an exceptional staff that represents the unique diversity within our schools. We are proud to live by an ethos that outlines what it means to be a Parkway employee and the high expectations that come with that responsibility.

We're looking for an amazing candidate to serve as our Parent Educator.

Benefits

• Full coverage health, dental, & vision benefits included, with a second plan available at a shared cost
• Pension plan with 6.86% employer match
• 403 (b) and 457 plans with immediate participation
• Employer PAID life insurance
• Generous vacation, holiday, sick and personal leave time
• GREAT work environment in a West County location
• Promotional opportunities

Location: Early Childhood

10-month schedule, hours vary (part-time, some night and weekend hours required)

Status: Non-Exempt

Starting Pay: $29.75/hour

Essential Functions

• Develops and maintains a community resource network for the purpose of linking families with needed community supports.
• Maintains and keeps the family caseload up to date, using the necessary documents for the purpose of ensuring visit requirements for each family are met and the number of visits and hour goals outlined in the contracted level are achieved.
• Maintains and keeps to date your family caseload, using the necessary documents for the purpose of ensuring you are meeting the visit requirements for each family and achieving the number of visits and hour goals outlined in your contracted level.
• Maintains the confidentiality of all families and the services they receive for the purpose of ensuring their privacy and trust.
• Participates in a variety of meetings, professional development, and committees (e.g. staff meetings, PLC meetings, individual reflective meetings and other required professional development, etc.) for the purpose of conveying and/or gathering information required to perform functions, and remaining knowledgeable about program guidelines.
• Participates in meetings, workshops and seminars (e.g. IEP's, etc.) for the purpose of conveying and/or gathering information required to perform functions, and remaining knowledgeable about program guidelines.

Information Required To Perform Functions.

• Plans and facilitates family and parent group connections for the purpose of build relationships, support parent learning, and create a community of families growing together.
• Plans each visit using the Visit Tracker planning guide, checking in with the family, gathering materials, and conducting the visit in their home, at the center, or through an approved virtual platform such as Google Meet for the purpose of for the purpose of conducting a personalized home visit for each assigned family.
• Responds to inquiries about the requirements and procedures of the program as outlined in the procedure manual and through addendum provided via emails, agendas, and the website (e.g. procedure manual, addenda, emails, agendas, and the website, etc.) for the purpose of ensuring consistent and accurate implementation of program expectations.
• Responds to potential emergencies encountered during home visits for the purpose of ensuring safety of students and/or personnel.
• Serves Parkway's mission, vision, and ethos by consistently demonstrating its values and goals for the purpose of fostering alignment and shared commitment across our district.
• Documents the visit in Visit Tracker as well as perform all follow-up tasks necessary within 48 hours for the purpose of ensuring accurate records and continuity of support for each family.