Family Engagement Specialist
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To support and develop their role as their child's first and ongoing teacher; inclusive of referring to and accessing resources from community partners. Schedule events, promote resources, provide information to support key transitions (i.e. to ECE, to UPK, to Kindergarten) to include visiting UPK classrooms, orienting parents to lottery procedures and supporting parents through registration with respective school districts. Required data collection & record-keeping, primarily electronic data.
Assist with, support, and promote parent events in and out of the classroom (i.e.
Committees, Policy Council, classroom volunteerism, multi-site events, and parent/child literacy programs). Promote regular and routine program attendance; stressing the correlation between attendance and positive educational outcomes. Develop attendance plans with families for children with low attendance. Community education regarding rational for and role of parent as child's first and ongoing teacher.
Family Engagement Specialist - Albany Community Action Partnership - Albany, NY
(2016-01 - 2019-06)
To support and develop their role as their child's first and ongoing teacher; inclusive of referring to and accessing resources from community partners. Schedule events, promote resources, provide information to support key transitions (i.e. to ECE, to UPK, to Kindergarten) to include visiting UPK classrooms, orienting parents to lottery procedures and supporting parents through registration with respective school districts. Required data collection & record-keeping, primarily electronic data. Assist with, support, and promote parent events in and out of the classroom (i.e.
Committees, Policy Council, classroom volunteerism, multi-site events, and parent/child literacy programs). Promote regular and routine program attendance; stressing the correlation between attendance and positive educational outcomes. Develop attendance plans with families for children with low attendance. Community education regarding rational for and role of parent as child's first and ongoing teacher.
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Master's - Child, Youth, and Family Studies - Bellevue University (2020-05 - 2022-06)
Bachelor's - Education (Early childhood education) - College of st.rose (2012 - 2015)
Associate - Early childhood Education (Associate in Early Childhood Education) - Schenectady County Community College (2010-09 - 2012-05)
High school or equivalent - Schenectady High School (2004 - 2008)