$500 Signing Bonus for already certified Montessori Teacher...if you already have a Montessori certification and are hired, once you successfully complete a 90-day probationary period, $500 will be added to payroll check.

These are full-time, hourly positions working Monday through Friday. These positions are located in Enterprise, FL.

Do you believe that every child deserves a healthy, happy, nurturing environment in which to grow? Are you an individual who desires to dedicate your career to enriching the lives of children and families? If so, we look forward to you joining the Florida United Methodist Children’s Home where you can make a positive difference to children and families in need.

How We Help Children in Need

At Florida United Methodist Children’s Home, we believe that children and families should be empowered to experience the transforming love of Christ through evidence-based care and holistic services. This is reflected in our work as we care for children in crisis, including those abused, abandoned or neglected.

We give love, hope, and a place to live to more than 500 children through group homes, foster care, an independent living program, and specialized therapy.

Why the Children’s Home?

• Competitive insurance plans, including health, dental, vision, life insurances, and more
• Work life balance, including flexible scheduling, generous paid time off plans and ten paid holidays per year
• Retirement benefits with up to a 5% contribution match
• Educational tuition reimbursement and certification incentives
• Incredible training opportunities
• Discounted tuition rates to our onsite Montessori school

What You Need

• High School or GED Certificate
• CDA Certification from an accredited educational facility preferred, but not Mandatory.
• Montessori Certified Primary and Elementary, preferred but not Mandatory

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Establishes a warm and friendly, yet objective relationship with the children.
• Helps children to eat, dress, and do other activities, which foster appropriate habits.
• Provides care and protection of children and meets their individual needs.
• Participates in staff meetings and helps to plan goals.
• Participates in State and CCRN required training.
• Ensures that equipment and materials are accessible and in good condition.
• Attends and participates in meetings and workshops related to group child care.
• Distributes, arranges, and maintains teaching materials and equipment.
• Reports any significant problems of progress or any unusual behavior of children to the Director.
• Keeps an incident log to observe and record significant individual and group behavior. Also records any incident, injury or area of concern and to documents significant parent interactions.
• Records developmental milestones and observations. .
• Communicates with parents through daily progress reports, conversations, conferences, notes and PAC meetings.
• Keeps daily attendance and meal counts. Documents reasons for absences.
• Performs general housekeeping duties in the center; maintaining the room in a neat, clean, aesthetically pleasing manner, conducive to constructive play appropriate for the age group served.
• Is always friendly and helpful to children, staff and parents.
• Maintains responsibility and direct supervision of all children in the group during on-duty hours.
• Plans a flexible weekly program for the children on appropriate lesson plan sheets basing the content on curriculum outline and the developmental stages of the children.
• Changes diapers according to written procedures, cleans up messes such as vomit, diarrhea, or toilet floods as needed.
• Maintains a positive attitude and supports the efforts of the whole team.
• Decorates the room, door and bulletin boards according to daily, weekly and monthly schedule.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.