Middle School Science Teacher

Job Description

Job Description

Middle School Science Teacher (Part-Time/ Optional Full Time): A Call for Curious Investigators

Location: Mi Escuela Montessori | Lakeland/Bartow, FL Projected Start: 2026–2027 School Year (Inaugural Year at our New Facility) Position Type: Part-time, or full-time when combined with our Social Studies position Courses: 7th and 8th Grade Science, standard and advanced sections Compensation: $48,500–60,000 (full-time); part-time prorated

This role is a great fit for a retired teacher who wants to stay in the classroom part-time, or for a full-time teacher who loves weaving science and social studies together into thematic units. Candidates certified, or willing to become certified, in both science and social studies may be considered for a combined full-time position.

In many traditional settings, science is a textbook chapter followed by a lab with a known answer. At Mi Escuela Montessori, we invite you to step off the stage and into the role of a collaborative teacher. Here, students don't just learn about science; they do it.

We believe that healthy kids are prepared to learn, and adolescents come alive when their work is real and hands-on. We are seeking a Science Teacher who sees the natural world as the classroom, and who wants to trade "cookbook" labs and rigid pacing guides for genuine questions and student-designed investigations.

You won't teach in a silo. You will collaborate with ELA, Math, Spanish and Social Studies teachers to build immersive units where science is how students make sense of their world.

• Place-Based Inquiry: Use Central Florida as a living lab: Polk County's lakes and watersheds, native ecosystems, agriculture and the geology of the Bone Valley.

• Advanced Pathways: Challenge advanced students with independent research, data analysis and accelerated content that prepares them for high school honors science.

• Land & Occupations: Guide students in caring for a school garden or outdoor classroom, connecting biology, earth science and the Montessori adolescent work of the land.

• Science Communication: Partner with ELA so students publish lab reports, build science podcasts and present at showcases or science fairs, writing for real audiences.

• Targeted Support: Provide intentional interventions and enrichment, grounded in the Florida science standards and the 8th grade Statewide Science Assessment, so every learner is appropriately challenged.

• Inclusive Advocacy: Work alongside ESE, Gifted and ESOL specialists to help our neurodiverse and multilingual learners thrive in a dual-language environment.

• Certification: Valid Florida Professional Teaching Certificate in Middle Grades General Science (Grades 5–9) or a secondary science subject (Grades 6–12), or ability to obtain.

• Bilingualism: While not required, bilingual (Spanish/English) candidates are highly prioritized in our immersion community.

• The Facility: In November 2026, we will move into a brand-new, state-of-the-art facility with dedicated collaborative planning blocks, a staff refuel station and a culture of "Grace and Courtesy."

• Schedule: Follows the 196-day school calendar (summers and holidays off).

If you believe that a 13-year-old with a good question is a scientist, we want to meet you.