Job Description Department: Reports To: FLSA Status: Non Exempt – Full Time Pay Rate: 40 hours per week; $18.06-$20.86 p/h – DOE Denise Louie Education Center Background Providing high quality early learning services and family support is critical to the success of our community. Children who do not have access to high quality early learning experiences are 25% more likely to drop out of school, 40% more likely to become a teen parent, 50% more likely to be placed in special education, and 70% more likely to be arrested for a violent crime. Our children deserve better — and we cannot afford not to solve this problem. Investing in early learning “safety now means we won’t be paying nearly so much down the road for net” and correctional services. Beyond budgets, Denise Louie kids deserve a chance at a quality education and opportunity to be successful. Children from low-income families deserve to grow up in the same high-quality learning environments you would choose for your own children. A Rice University study found that a child from a high-income family will experience 30 million more words within the first four years of life than a child from a low-income family. Denise Louie helps close the “opportunity gap” so that kids can enter kindergarten ready to be successful and their families have the tools to support them. Essential Attributes Skills, Competencies, and Experience A.A. or B.A. in Social Work, Sociology or related field; or, at a minimum, a credential or certification in social work, human services, family services, counseling or a related field within 18 months of hire. Bilingual in a language spoken by DLEC parents; Chinese, Vietnamese or African language preferred.
Job Description Department: Reports To: FLSA Status: Non Exempt – Full Time Pay Rate: 40 hours per week; $18.06-$20.86 p/h – DOE Denise Louie Education Center Background Providing high quality early learning services and family support is critical to the success of our community. Children who do not have access to high quality early learning experiences are 25% more likely to drop out of school, 40% more likely to become a teen parent, 50% more likely to be placed in special education, and 70% more likely to be arrested for a violent crime. Our children deserve better — and we cannot afford not to solve this problem. Investing in early learning now means we won’t be paying nearly so much down the road for “safety net” and correctional services. Beyond budgets, Denise Louie kids deserve a chance at a quality education and opportunity to be successful. Children from low-income families deserve to grow up in the same high-quality learning environments you would choose for your own children. A Rice University study found that a child from a high-income family will experience 30 million more words within the first four years of life than a child from a low-income family. Denise Louie helps close the “opportunity gap” so that kids can enter kindergarten ready to be successful and their families have the tools to support them. Essential Attributes Skills, Competencies, and Experience A.A. or B.A. in Social Work, Sociology or related field; or, at a minimum, a credential or certification in social work, human services, family services, counseling or a related field within 18 months of hire. Bilingual in a language spoken by DLEC parents; Chinese, Vietnamese or African language preferred.
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