"NTT Faculty - Prevention Initiative Family Educator"

Job Details

Description

Assume responsibility and leadership for implementing the Prevention Initiative Program. Responsibilities include coordinating and implementing a program that requires personal visits once a week and community-based programming. Assume responsibility for all record keeping and documentation in a timely manner.

This is a grant-funded position represented by SIU Carbondale Non-Tenure Track Faculty Association/IEA-NEA. For more information regarding salary and other details please visit: https://laborrelations.siu.edu/labor-contracts/

The target salary offer for this position is $33,750.00 - $35,100.00 annually at full time. Salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience, while also considering internal equity.

Examples of Duties

1. Participate in the recruitment and screening of participants.

• Work with school district staff to identify eligible families.
• Collaborate with local agencies and community programs to identify and recruit families.
• Participate in Child Find Screenings.
• Conduct screenings to determine program eligibility utilizing the Brigance Screens III or the Ages and Stages Questionnaires.
• Evaluate screening results and child find family questionnaires to determine the eligibility of the child for the program.
• Enroll the children who are most eligible, as determined by the eligibility point system for the Prevention Initiative Program.
• Follow through with contacting referred families and assist families in completing all enrollment requirements promptly before the start of enrollment.
• Provide all required ongoing screenings of children and document results.
• Submit Monthly Screening Eligibility Form to Program Coordinator.

1. Plan and implement the Prevention Initiative Program.

• Enroll 12 most at-risk children in full-time program.
• Provide weekly personal visits to enrolled families in their homes or community-based locations.
• Develop child and family goals, partnering with the caregivers based on information gathered, observed, and contained in the Individual Family Goal Plan.
• Make appropriate referrals as needed to Parental Training, Prekindergarten, Special Education, Early Intervention, and other community services.
• Involve parents in planning, programming, and their child’s overall development.
• Provide monthly group connections (i.e., field trips, parent workshops, etc.) for families based on their interests and needs.
• Document the completion of all family activities and personal visits for evaluation and research purposes. Such documentation will be provided on approved forms developed within the programs or documented online.
• Implement and conduct a transition plan with all children that will exit the program collaborating with appropriate agencies for children turning three, based on the family preferences and childcare options within the community.
• Maintain care, safety, and well-being of all children in programming.

1. Administrative responsibilities.

• Serve as a liaison between the school district and the central office.
• Assume an active role in coordinating team efforts to meet the needs of the families involved in the program.
• Support team members and participate in ongoing team development with Prekindergarten and Parental Training staff as needed.
• Maintain ongoing communication with Program Coordinator, Program Director, and central office.
• Enter personal visits into Visit-Tracker calendar at least one week prior to the visit taking place. Revise accordingly to reflect any changes in the work schedule.
• Complete and submit program paperwork such as absence requests, physical forms, inventory forms, etc., promptly. g. Conduct an annual inventory of family center materials.

1. Professional responsibilities.

• Serve as a model of professionalism through interactions and written and verbal communications with children, families, staff, and collaborative partners.
• Maintain ongoing communication with central office, program coordinator, program director, prekindergarten teachers, and family educators.
• Participate in annual performance evaluation, including professional development plans that should reflect professional goals and growth.
• Participate in appropriate professional development opportunities such as workshops, conferences, university classes.
• Participate in all staff meetings and appropriate school-based meetings.
• Demonstrate participation in professional organizations such as the Southern Illinois Association for the Education of Young Children.
• Attend and/or present at local, state, regional or national professional organization conferences, university classes and seminars, administrator meetings, and Illinois State Board of Education meetings and conferences.

1. Perform all duties as requested by the Program Coordinator and/or Program Director.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Child and Family Services, Elementary Education, Social Work, Psychology, or other related fields of study is required. A bachelor’s degree is required for the SIU non-tenure-track faculty rank of Assistant Instructor, and a master’s degree is required for the SIU non-tenure-track faculty rank of Assistant Lecturer.
• Experience working with the infant and toddler population. Knowledge of appropriate child development and milestones from the ages of birth-three.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in the home visiting field supporting families with a strengths-based curriculum.
• Spanish language proficiency to speak and write.
• Early Childhood data collection methods; membership, committee work, or presentations to professional educational organizations at the local, state, and national levels.
• NAEYC Developmentally Appropriate Practices knowledge.
• We are particularly interested in candidates with experience working with diverse populations of families with young children that are at-risk of academic failure.

Supplemental Information

Required Documents: Submit a letter of application, current CV, transcripts, and three references.

Contact: Micki Moon, micki.moon@siu.edu