Educator for Early Intervention

Looking for a rewarding career that makes a difference in children’s lives? Look no further and join the team at Meeting Street! Meeting Street is a special place of learning, where children of all abilities have the opportunities to reach their fullest potential.

Full-time employees receive:

• Competitive Pay
• Generous PTO
• 13 paid holidays
• Medical, dental, vision and MORE

Meeting Street is currently looking for an Educator for Early Intervention working 40 hours weekly. 

Duties:

• Uses approved instrument to provide developmental screening within their native language, assessment and evaluation for children birth to three as part of a multidisciplinary team to determine eligibility.
• Demonstrates competence in interpreting results of screening and evaluation in terms of the child’s functional capabilities with an emphasis on self-help skills, fine and gross motor development, mobility, sensory integration, behavior, play and oral-motor functioning and explains results to families in a mindful manner incorporating health literacy.
• Creates adaptation of the environment for infant or toddler and selects, designs and fabricates assistive devices to facilitate development and promote the acquisition of functional skills with respect to the family's culture and traditions.
• Develops and implements appropriate treatment plan (IFSP) with the family and EI team.
• Develops therapeutic activities and programs to prevent or minimize the impact of initial or future impairment, delay in development or loss of functional ability.
• Actively includes family throughout the entire evaluation/assessment and IFSP process.
• Works as member of a team to gather and organize information from multiple sources to plan an individualized evaluation/assessment and IFSP.
• Administers a variety of discipline specific related evaluation/assessment procedures using specific protocols and best practices to gather further information to assist in determining eligibility and IFSP development.
• Coordinates and maintains in partnership with the family consistent communication with EI team, medical and community contacts in a professional, inclusive, compliant, and timely manner.
• Incorporates information and strategies from multiple disciplines to implement intervention strategies within the family’s routines, activities, and natural environments with respect to the family's culture and traditions.
• Provides accurate, legible and timely reporting of billing.
• Organizes daily schedule to meet caseload requirements and uses indirect time appropriately.
• Arranges adequate coverage for clients missed due to absence and/or assures proper notice/cancellation to the family.

Requirements:

• Master's in early childhood education; Early Childhood Special Education or Certified by the Rhode Island Department of Education as an Early Childhood Education teacher, Early Childhood Special Education teacher, All Grades Special Education–Visually Impaired teacher, All Grades Special Education–Deaf and Hard of Hearing teacher or All Grades Special Education–Severe Intellectual Disability teacher.
• Valid pediatric CPR and First Aid certification.

Meeting Street believes the dignity of each person is paramount. We recognize that our community’s future strength rests firmly on our commitment to our values of respect, compassion, integrity, inclusivity, and excellence. To uphold these commitments, we expect all employees to recognize and properly respond to racism and other forms of injustice.

It is our policy to recruit, hire, train, transfer and promote employees, and to ensure that all other  employment practices (i.e. salary and benefits administration, education and training programs,  and social and recreational programs) are administered without regard to race, color, religion,  marital status, gender, sexual preference or orientation, gender expression or identity, age,  national origin or ancestry, legally recognized disability, citizenship status, genetic information,  veteran status, military status, socioeconomic background, homelessness or any other  characteristic or category protected by law. It is also our policy to protect employees and  applicants from any coercion, retaliation or discrimination for filing a complaint or assisting in  any investigation pursuant to the equal opportunity laws.