2025-2026 Parent Educator

Job Title: Parent Educator
Department: Early Childhood
Pay Grade: E070
FLSA Status: Exempt
Reports to: Director IV - Early Childhood/Parents as Teachers

GENERAL PURPOSE
Responsible for providing support to the instructional program with specific responsibilities for
working with parents of young children, promoting their involvement and providing information
and/or direction; assisting parents in goal setting and educational development; developing and
refining program materials; and assisting in transitioning students to preschool and kindergarten.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Create and adapt lessons and instructional delivery for children and parents providing
• children and families with instruction that meets individual developmental levels using
• nationally approved, research-based home visitation curriculum, Parents as Teachers
• Foundational and Model Implementation along with Parents as Teachers Foundational 2
• (3-K).
• Prepare a variety of documents, reports, and written materials communicating information
• to parents, and receiving school and agencies; providing written support, developing
• recommendations and/or conveying information on child development.
• Prepare, track, and follow through with referrals to appropriate agencies, such as First
• Steps and Early Childhood Special Education.
• Administer annual formal and informal screenings and assessments on children and
• families.
• Interpret and utilize information from screenings and assessments to refer families and
• children to appropriate school and community resources.
• Communicate with parents and/or legal guardians regarding children’s developmental
• progress engaging stakeholders in the child’s education and development.
• Counsel parents, K-5 school staff, and community agencies evaluating situations, solving
• problems, resolving conflicts, referral to appropriate professionals and enhancing
• probability of child development.
• Maintain a variety of confidential and non-confidential manual and electronic lists and
• records documenting and/or providing reliable information.
• Organize parent workshops and meetings enhancing parents’ learning how to teach their
• children and developing involvement their child's preschool activities.
• Respond to inquiries from a variety of internal and external sources providing information
• and/or direction as may be required.
• Serve as liaison to parents and students transitioning through the first year of school
• removing barriers to student's success in school.
• Serve as a liaison to one or more elementary schools planning and delivering appropriate
• preschool activities to encourage proper child development and school readiness.
• Report incidents, such as suspected child abuse or neglect, maintaining safety and well-
• being of families, while providing a positive learning environment and adhering to
• applicable laws and/or regulations.
• Participate in a variety of meetings and on-going professional development conveying
• and/or gathering information required to perform the job’s function.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, district policy,
• Missouri state Early Childhood Development Act (ECDA) legislative guidelines, and National
• Center for Parents as Teachers requirements for Model Implementation meeting
• regulatory and other requirements.
• Respond to inquiries from a variety of sources resolving issues and/or providing direction.
• Manage a caseload of 30-100 families. Use information gathered from personal visits,
• screenings and assessments to determine the frequency and intensity of visits for each
• family.
• Perform other related duties as required/assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum of one (1) year of job related experience with increasing levels of
• responsibility is required.

Certificates, Licenses and Other Special Requirements

• Must be able to obtain and meet requirements for National Center for Parents as
• Teachers Foundational Model Certification and annual recertification, required.
• Must pass a Criminal Background Clearance, the results of which must be satisfactory to
• the District, required.
• Possession of a valid Driver’s License, with evidence of insurability.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of basic math, including calculations using fractions, percentages, and/or
• ratios; read a variety of manuals, write documents following prescribed formats and/or
• present information to others; and solve practical problems.
• Knowledge based competencies required to satisfactorily perform the functions of the
• job include appropriate codes, policies, regulations and/or laws; age appropriate
• activities; lesson plan requirements; stages of child development; and behavioral
• management strategies.
• Skill to perform multiple, technical tasks with a need to routinely upgrade skills in order
• to meet changing job conditions.
• Skill based competencies required to perform the functions of the job, including applying
• assessment instruments; and operating standard office equipment; and using technology
• effectively to implement instruction and to manage documentation requirements.
• Interpersonal skills are also essential; working well independently and as part of a team
• while being able to relate to and communicate well with parents and community
• members.
• Ability to read technical information and compose a variety of documents.
• Ability to analyze situations to define issues, draw conclusions and create action plans.
• Ability to work with a significant diversity of individuals and/or groups; work with data of
• widely varied types and/or purposes; and utilize job-related equipment.
• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with internal and external
• stakeholders to accomplish District objectives.
• Ability to apply critical thinking/problem solving to improve work processes.
• Ability to adhere to safety practices; meet deadlines and schedules; work under time
• constraints; and communicate with diverse groups.
• Working Conditions and Physical Requirements
• Work environment is primarily inside, where the noise and temperature levels are
• moderate.
• The work is light work that requires exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or
• up to 10 pounds of force to move objects.
• Must possess the physical ability to perceive the nature of sounds, make rational
• decisions through sound logic and deductive processes, express or exchange ideas by the
• spoken word, substantial movements (motions) with the hands, wrists, and/or fingers,
• and discern letters or numbers at a given distance.
• Additionally, the following physical abilities are required: balancing, climbing, crawling,
• crouching, feeling, grasping, handling, hearing, kneeling, manual dexterity, mental acuity,
• reaching, repetitive motion, speaking, standing, stooping, talking, visual acuity and walking.

Salary : $34,281 - $49,704