FACE Family Enrichment Advocate

Position Purpose:

This position creates the highest, motivational, intellectual, and caring environment that promotes excellence in education.

Summary of Duties and Responsibilities

• Participates fully in teamwork with the entire FACE Staff:
• Contributes to required weekly and monthly reports, end of year reports, and data collection.
• Meets weekly with the FACE team to plan and evaluate program services.
• Becomes knowledgeable in the PAT Foundational Curriculum and model components; and provide personal visits using the eight Foundational Plans in the online curriculum and using the Planning Guide to plan the content of personal visits with families.
• Schedules and completes at least 12 personal visits each week with 12 families (3-4 personal visits a day as a new parent educator; after first year increase caseload to 24 families and provide bi-weekly visits.
• Conducts personal visits (60 minutes) on a weekly or bi-weekly basis with each family.
• Assists in the work toward National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) accreditation for the program.
• Offers a monthly FACE Family Circle that focuses on child development, neuroscience, or a parenting topic (three areas of emphasis). Coordinates efforts with partner parent educator and the FACE team. Ensures that each family participates in at least 75% of the meetings.
• Completes required annual screenings for each home-based child on the caseload (within 90 days of enrollment).
• Completes required Family-Centered Assessment Synthesis Record in Penelope NEW SYSTEM (within 90 days of enrollment) and update as needed for each participating family.
• Works with the FACE team to transition parents and children to a preschool or to kindergarten.
• Develops, publicizes, and carries out a program of early childhood education for FACE program participants.
• Shares information about community resources and further academic opportunities.
• Reports to the FACE Coordinator on all matter of importance related to FACE.
• Recruits clients for the program based upon the priorities established in the FACE guidelines.
• Assumes responsibility for professional growth through on-going program trainings, professional developments days, conferences, webinars, and/or advanced coursework at institutions of higher learning.
• Participates in SASI sponsored in-service activities, some of which may be required of certain positions.
• Reports all suspected cases of child abuse and neglect in accordance with the BIE's Suspected Child Abuse/Neglect (SCAN) Reporting Protocols per Public Law 101‐630.
• Performs other duties as assigned, within your scope of practice.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must support and adhere to all Shiprock Associated Schools, Inc. policies, vision, mission, core values and ethical behavior standards of public education.
• Abide by all applicable Public Education standards and Navajo Nation Laws.
• Must pass extensive background check prior to employment and every 5th consecutive year of employment thereafter according to the following: §25 CFR 12 Part 32, §25 CFR 63 Part 17, and Public Law 101-647. Must not have any misdemeanor or felony offenses related to abuse, neglect, or endangerment of a child.
• Interact in an honest, trustworthy and dependable manner with students, teachers, administrators, parents and the community.
• Possess cultural awareness and sensitivity.
• Excellent customer service and interpersonal relationship skills.

• Ability to use technology to access the curriculum, plan personal home visits and content for Family Circles and document services received by families through data-based systems - NASIS
• Ability to work effectively with Native American students and parents.

• Knowledge of documentation necessary for Special Education requirements.
• Must be highly qualified in accordance New Mexico State Standards and regulations.
• Comprehensive knowledge of State Academic Standards required.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work and to meet deadlines.
• Must have or able to obtain a Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) certificate
• Must have or able to obtain First Aid/CPR certification and a Navajo Nation food handler's permit.
• Maintain a valid insurable driver's license.
• Ability to meet minimum physical requirements.

Experience:

Two (2) years of direct work experience

Educational Requirements:

Associate Degree in early childhood education, social work, health, psychology, or a related field.

Level 1: Complete at least 30 semester hours of study at an institution of higher education

Level 2: Obtained an Associate's Degree from an institution of higher education

Level 3: Obtained an Bachelor's Degree from an institution of higher education

Current New Mexico PED Educational Assistant Licensure

Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, lift, carry, move about, hear, and speak. Employee may require performing extensive work at a computer display terminal. While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to: walk, sit, use hands and fingers, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. May be required to stand for long periods. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus. The position requires normal physical activity with the work, field travel, and to attendance at meetings and conferences from the duty station.

Ethical Standards & Conduct:

All employees are expected to uphold the highest standards of confidentiality, ethical conduct, and professional responsibility. This position involves access to sensitive and confidential information; therefore, strict adherence to student privacy, organizational policies, and ethical standards is required. Any violation of these standards may result in disciplinary actions, up to and including termination.

Evaluation:

Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions in the Governing School Board approved SASI policies and procedures.