Career Opportunities

Join our cutting edge team! We are the first Montessori Accredited public school in the nation for children ages 3-15 and the only Montessori Accredited school in Polk County.

All of our classrooms, age 3-15, are included in our Accredited School status through the American Montessori Society (AMS) and through Cognia.  We are committed to serving as a model public Montessori school to help fully implemented public Montessori education become a reality for more children across the nation.

Lakeland Montessori Public Schools continuously accepts applications for all positions here and is actively hiring for the positions below. All full-time positions at our school include free employee health insurance, access to a family benefits package, paid leave, and an annual employer contribution to retirement benefits after vesting. Our retirement contribution for last year was 12% of employee pay and requires not employee contributions, no matching, and no deductions from your pay. We currently have thousands of students on our waiting list from age 3 through grade 8, however, our employees’ children receive preference for enrollment.  

For consideration for all positions, please submit your application here.

Actively hiring for:

  • Part-time substitutes. $17/hr. We text you when we need a substitute for the day and you decide if that day works for you

Salaries and benefits are highly competitive with Polk County Public Schools (PCPS) – we adopt the PCPS salary schedules. Current Polk County employees are not required to resign from the school district’s employment. To apply, click here to submit your application.

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