HIPPY Home-Based Educator

Position Title:          HIPPY Home-based Educator (HBE)

Contract:                  181 Days

Salary:                       Classified Salary Schedule – New Hire – Specialist

Primary Function:

The implementation of the HIPPY model is centered on the recruitment, training, and professional development of parents as home-based educators (HBEs) from the immediate community.  These HBEs provide the family home instruction and are the key to the success of HIPPY.

The local school districts, HIPPY Field Coordinator, and/or HIPPY Program Coordinator choose Homebased Educators, with past or current parents preferred.  Job requirements may vary within the co-op area.

Job Requirements:

• Be a parent in the program, if possible.
• Be a well-functioning parent, showing maturity and understanding of her/his community.
• Identify with the local population and be able to work comfortably with parents in their homes.
• Show potential leadership, with good oral expression, appropriate reading skills, and good writing ability.  
• Have an understanding of computer skills, be able to work online, and submit information at required timelines.
• Current credential requirements are:
•      CDA Certificate or Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education.
•      A higher degree with 12 college hours in Early Childhood.
•      A staff member not qualifying under parts a or b may work under an approved Staff Qualifications Plan
• Current professional development requirements are:
•      Pre-K Ella; CDELS; Pre-K Math and Science; Social Emotional Learning; COPA, and 30 hours of staff development in ECH each year.
• Must submit any/all documentation requested by ABC, WDMESC, and/or your local school district.  This includes but is not limited to:  transcript(s), diploma, Educator’s License, a background check, immunization records(if needed), register with the Maltreatment Central Registry, valid vehicle insurance, valid driver’s license, social security card, and register with the PDR registry.
• Must attend any other trainings, workshops, or conferences required by the local district, WDMESC, Arkansas HIPPY, Arkansas Better Chance, and HIPPY US.

 Job Description:

A home-based educator meets with each parent in the home weekly, or as assigned by the coordinator.   Once a month the home-based educator will plan and meet with all of the parents at the group meeting. The Homebased educator:

• Obtains all student documentation or pending documentation and compiles a student file;

• Reviews the activity packets from the previous week & discusses any problems that arose with the parent while working with the child; 

• Instructs the parent in the upcoming week’s material, provides the family with current program information, and provides the family with enrichment activities for the child.

• Meets weekly with the coordinator to report on each family’s progress, discuss and receive the next week’s materials, submit all required paperwork, and update all required computer data; 

• Keeps records of all home visits and group meetings and submits them to the coordinator, recruits and screens students, inputs computer information online (currently COPA), and submits all required information weekly to the field coordinator. 

• Evaluates each HIPPY child two times a year, helps parents with Ages and Stages evaluations twice a year, and holds a parent/teacher conference twice a year.

• Passes on any concerns to the coordinator for further discussion/action.

• Promotes HIPPY, community, and school public relations through newspaper articles or social media posts of the monthly parent group meetings and attendance of all required meetings and trainings established by the local district, the WDMESC HIPPY Program, AR HIPPY, Arkansas Better Chance Program, and HIPPY USA.   

• Follows all the rules, regulations and guidelines set forth by the local school district, WDMESC, HIPPY USA, HIPPY Arkansas, and Arkansas Better Chance.