What are the responsibilities and job description for the HIPPY Home Based Educator - Rose Bud position at WDMESC - Annex?
The implementation of the HIPPY model is centered on the recruitment, training, and professional
development of parents as homebased 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 Description
A homebased educator meets with each parent in the home weekly, or as assigned by the
coordinator. Once a month the homebased educator will plan and meet with all of the parents at the
group meeting. The Homebased educator:
1. Obtains all student documentation or pending documentation and compile a student file;
2. Reviews the activity packets from the previous week & discusses any problems that arose with the
parent while working with the child;
3. Instructs the parent in the up-coming week’s material, provides the family with current program
information and provides the family with enrichment activities for the child.
4. 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;
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Passes on any concerns to the coordinator for further discussion/action.
8. 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.
9. Follows all the rules, regulations and guidelines set forth by the local school district, WDMESC,
HIPPY USA, HIPPY Arkansas, and Arkansas Better Chance.
The HBE is a “paraprofessional” type position. Each school district determines the salary schedule
and any benefits applicable to the position. .
Contact Stephanie Heidelberg to apply. 501-882-6745 or sheidelberg@wdmesc.org