Employment Opportunities

General Requirements

For all positions, prior experience working in the public school system, working children with disabilities, and/or Applied Behavior Analysis is preferred. Fluent English, written and spoken, is required; being bilingual is a plus.

Teaching Requirements

Effective July 1, 2009, a passing score on all 4 parts of the General Knowledge Test (GK) will be required in order to be eligible for instructional employment with M-DCPS. This includes applicants for full-time instructional, hourly instructional and temporary instructor (substitute teacher) positions. Registration and testing information may be found at www.fl.nesinc.com. Teachers of core academic subjects must be Highly Qualified as defined by No Child Left Behind (NCLB). The core academic subjects are elementary, English, ESOL, reading, language arts, mathematics, science, foreign languages (other than English), civics, government, economics, arts, history and geography. The Florida Department of Education has defined “arts” as music, art, and drama. All applicants for pre-kindergarten through sixth grade must show evidence of a passing Subject Area Exam in the core subject area to be eligible for hire. All applicants for middle and senior high school core academic subjects must have a degree major in the core subject area or passing Subject Area Exam in the Core subject area to be eligible for hire.

Positions Available

Certified Teacher

We are accepting applications for Teachers with Integrated Curriculum Grades 5 – 9 Certification and Teachers with Kindergarten – 6th Grade Certification.  All applicants must have:

• K – 12 ESE Certification
• ESOL Endorsement
• Autism Endorsement a plus
• Previous knowledge of Applied Behavioral Analysis preferred, but not required.

Teacher Assistant

We are accepting applications for Teacher Assistants. All applicants must have:

• Associate of Arts degree required.
• Previous knowledge of Applied Behavioral Analysis preferred, but not required.

After Care Staff

We are accepting applications for After Care Staff.  All applicants must have prior experience in after care program, day care program, or school program.  Prior experience with ABA is a plus.