The HIPPY Homebased Educator (HBE)

Job Description :

          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. A homebased educator meets with each parent in the home weekly, or as assigned by the coordinator. Once a month the HBE meets with all of the parents at a group meeting.

                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.

Requirements :

• 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:
• Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education or Pass the Parapro Assessment.
• CDA Certificate
• A higher degree with 12 college hours in Early Childhood.
• A staff member may be required to work under an approved Staff Qualifications Plan.
• Current professional development requirements are:
• Pre-K Ella
• ECH Frameworks; Index: Math and Science or EDELS;
• 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
• Background check
• Immunization records
• Registration with the Maltreatment Central Registry
• valid vehicle insurance
• valid driver’s license
• social security card
• registerwith the TAPP/PDR Registry.
•      Must attend any other trainings, workshops, or conferences required by the local district, WDMESC, Arkansas HIPPY,              Arkansas Better Chance, and HIPPY USA. 

Job Expectations:
 

The Homebased educator:

1. Obtains all student documentation or pending documentation;

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. With supervision from the Field Coordinator, the HBE will evaluate the children two times a year, and hold a parent/teacher      conference twice a year;

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

8. HIPPY, community and school public relations must be promoted through newspaper articles of the monthly

    parent group meetings, documentation of HIPPY events in the local parent activity scrapbook, and attendance

    at all required meetings and trainings established by the local district, the WDMESC HIPPY Program, AR HIPPY, 

    Arkansas Better Chance Program, and HIPPY USA;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

9. The HBE is a “paraprofessional” type position.  Each school district determines the salary schedule and any benefits                applicable to the position.   The HBE position is for 36 weeks per year.

The Beebe School District has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent a contract of employment, and the Beebe School District reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the Beebe School District may deem appropriate. It is the policy of the Beebe School District not to discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, or disability in its educational programs, activities, or employment practices.