JOB TITLE: Family Life Educator
JOB TYPE: Full-time
JOB LEVEL/STATUS: Hourly Non-Exempt
STARTING PAY: $23/hr
REPORTS TO: Education Manager
Requirements:
Education: Bachelor’s Degree or enrollment in a 4-year BA or BS Degree Program or a minimum of 3+ years of relevant teaching experience
Summary of Position Description: Provide instruction to middle school students within Kern County utilizing Positive Prevention Plus evidence-based curriculum, or another approved curriculum, in full compliance with the California Healthy Youth Act.
Family Life Educators are required to travel to contracted school sites in the morning to provide instruction and then return to the office after teaching to complete the remainder of their scheduled work hours. Instruction typically consists of teaching approximately six (6) class periods or fewer per day, depending on the school’s schedule and program needs.
The following are curriculum topics: Life Planning, Exploring Friendships and Other Relationships, Bullying and Relationship Violence, Preventing Unplanned Pregnancies, Making Informed Decisions: Understanding the California Safe Surrender Law, Myths and Stereotypes Regarding Persons with HIV, HIV Disease and AIDS, Preventing Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Risk Recognition and Risk Reduction, Media and Peer Pressure, Accessing Community Services, and Setting Goals.
Duties and Responsibilities During Regular School Year:
- Attend training on District-approved curriculum and meet the requirements of the California Healthy Youth Act prior to delivery of service.
- Attend Parent Meetings to introduce the program and answer questions.
- Provide instruction to 7th and 8th graders during the regular school day at assigned school sites. Virtual instruction may be utilized depending on school needs.
- Travel between multiple school sites and the office as required.
- Work with principals and school staff to coordinate program schedules.
- Maintain open communication with UWCEC Education Manager and District Program Coordinators to ensure program effectiveness and address issues.
- Conduct pre- and post-testing through the curriculum and report data to UWCEC and the district.
Duties and Responsibilities During Days/Weeks/Months When School Is Out of Session:
- Prepare for upcoming school year programs and strengthen relationships with school districts.
- Assist the Education Manager with all education-related programs, including Raising a Reader, Born Learning Trails, Home Libraries, Book of the Month Club, and special events.
- Provide training and presentations to staff and parents.
- Coordinate special events to promote early childhood literacy, development, and parent engagement.
- Build relationships with education partners and key stakeholders.
- Support fundraising and sponsorship activities
- Perform other duties as assigned
Important Information:
- Must have the ability to present information effectively in written, electronic, and oral forms to diverse audiences.
- Must have reliable transportation, a valid driver’s license, and current auto insurance to travel between school sites and the office.
- Must be able to adapt to changing schedules, class assignments, and locations as required.
- Expected to maintain a high level of professionalism and commitment to UWCEC’s mission.
- This position is a contracted role through May 31, 2026.
Core Competencies:
Build Relationships– Initiates, builds and continuously strengthens relationships with all customers, internal and external, by constantly seeking, understanding, and responding to customer needs and wants.
Act and Thinks Strategically– Is guided in all work by UWCEC’s mission, vision, and strategic goals. Ensures that UWCEC’s plan of work and allocation of resources are aligned and deployed with UWCEC’s strategic direction.
Achieve Results– Takes initiative, maintains a persistently focused effort, remains goal and results oriented, and continues to improve. Sets daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual project goals, creating specific plans to meet them.
Communicate Effectively– Communicates in an open, candid and consistent manner; delivers information effectively in a variety of settings including one-on-one, team settings, and diverse group presentations or meetings. Delivers information effectively in a variety of formats including letters, memos, analytical reports, grant proposals, and presentations.
Exhibit Decisiveness– The ability to take the initiative or risk required to identify problems, generate and evaluate alternatives to overcome them, and reach a decision on the most effective strategy for a given solution. Able to make quick decisions and take risks to achieve results
Demonstrate Leadership– Provides leadership to achieve high quality, sustained results that create consistently high performing organization.
Skills:
- Technical and analytical skills
- Strong communication skills
- Advanced computer abilities
- Management/supervisory skills
- Knowledge of solicitation and revenue generation techniques
Experience:
- Teaching experience with an emphasis in a health area is desired.
- 3-5 years’ experience in positions with progressively increasing responsibilities related to project management and/or community building
- Strong leadership skills with staff and volunteers
- Experience working with and supporting volunteers
- Public speaking and meeting facilitation
- Knowledge of Microsoft products: Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:
- Stand and teach for multiple class periods.
- Walk between classrooms and school facilities.
- Travel between multiple school sites in a single day.
- Occasionally lift and carry program materials (up to 25 lbs.)
- Sit, use hands to handle materials, and communicate effectively in person and electronically.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.