Description

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Inform parents individually or in small groups to reinforce and follow-up on learning activities.
• Conduct scheduled home visits to improve communications with parents.
• Complete home visit forms and maintain records of home visits conducted.
• Coordinate the home visit program implemented by teachers (in participating schools).
• Help with workshops and prepare accompanying handouts, audiovisual materials, evaluation forms, and informative letters for parenting sessions to improve child development.
• Make referrals, access community resources, and serve as an advocate for parents.
• Assist with the planning and management of PACT sessions.
• Assist with special events and field trips for children and parents.
• Keep parents informed of program opportunities and services available at the school or within the community to support student progress with class activities, homework, projects, test-preparation, and social behavior.
• Conduct parent education sessions.
• Attend professional development sessions conducted by the Family & Community Engagement Office.
• Keep teachers abreast of special needs or problems of individual students.
• Performs all other tasks and duties as assigned.
• All federally funded incumbents of this position must comply with time and effort reporting requirements through personnel activity reports or periodic certification, as appropriate.
• Regular and punctual attendance at the worksite is required for this position

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Travel throughout the district is integral to this job. A remote working environment /alternate work arrangement is not an option for campus-based employees/campus-based positions because regular and punctual attendance at the worksite and performing all duties at the worksite are essential job duties for all campus-based personnel.

Qualifications

• Accredited Senior High School Diploma or equivalent (U.S.A. equivalency), plus one of the following: Associate degree, 48 college credit hours, or pass an district administered assessment test.
• Six months experience working with children and parents
• Demonstrated effective oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated general knowledge of child growth/development and behavior characteristics
• Demonstrated ability to work with people from diverse ethnic groups
• Demonstrated flexibility to cope with the challenges of a rapidly changing world
• Demonstrated willingness to remain current with the latest developments in the profession

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must routinely lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and color vision.