McMillen Health – Full Time Health Educator (Teacher)
McMillen Health provides engaging, interactive, fact-based health education around the world serving as many as 90,000 individuals in a year. Educational topics include general health; nutrition and fitness; drug, alcohol, and tobacco prevention; oral health; teen pregnancy and drug prevention; social and emotional health; disease prevention and early detection; and human growth and development. With a staff of 22, McMillen Health offers the benefits of a small team culture along with the satisfaction of having a positive impact on those we serve.
McMillen Health is seeking a professional, creative, and energetic health educator to teach health education programs in-person and utilizing distance learning via Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex, and Google Meets. The successful applicant will hold a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in education, community health, health science or other health-related field and will have 2 years of teaching experience.
This position will involve some day travel throughout Northeast Indiana with McMillen vehicles or mileage reimbursement.
Responsibilities Include:
- Learn and present multiple health education programs to various groups aged PreK thru Senior Adults
- Design curriculum under the guidance of the Director of Educational Services and in conjunction with team members
- Adapt commercially available curriculum to ensure they are age and culturally appropriate
- Identify opportunities for development of new programs
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements:
- Two years of successful teaching experience preferred
- Excellent organizational, verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Working knowledge and experience in the following: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex, and Google Meets.
- Driver’s license required
Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in education, health, nursing, or related field
- Teaching License or Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) preferred
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Physical Demands:
Physical demands include walking, standing, bending, stooping, reaching, and moderate lifting. Must be able to sit at a computer workstation for extended periods of time. Must be able to stand while actively presenting up to 7, 45-minute presentations per day. Ability to perform repetitive motion of the fingers, hands, and wrists. Specific vision abilities include the capability of viewing computer monitor for long periods of time. Lift and move heavy items, such as boxes containing books and other materials (up to 30 lbs.). Must have a valid driver’s license and willing to travel regularly for programming provided throughout Northeast Indiana.
*Please note, this is a salaried, 9-month, position that does not include medical benefits.
Work Remotely
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $20.00 - $23.00 per hour
Education:
License/Certification:
Work Location: In person
Our Misson
McMillen Health is a non-profit organization and is one of less than four independently operated health education centers remaining nationwide. Our organization is recognized as the number one resource for health education in the Northern Indiana region—reaching more than 90,000 students annually.
McMillen Health’s Mission is to provide vital, effective preventive health education that promotes physical, emotional, and social well-being to students of any age, ability, and background. Since we opened our doors in 1981, we have grown immensely in size and capability. We provide over 250 education programs on various topics offered either here at our facility, on-site at a school or organization within 150 miles, via distance learning, and e-learning. Our programs include general health; safety; HIV/STDs; drugs, alcohol, and tobacco use prevention; nutrition; fitness; and more!
McMillen Health develops custom curricula, media, videos, and resources for other organizations. Projects have included developing a secondhand tobacco smoking curriculum for the Indiana Department of Health; a wellness program for Healthier Moms and Babies involving videos, text messages, and consumer journals to use along with the program; and a COVID-19 campaign including videos, text messages, flyers, rack cards, and social media posts for Neighborhood Health in Fort Wayne; and more.
Our Values
We are committed to excellence in teaching preventive health education through
interactive learning. As such, McMillen Health values
- the pursuit of good health as a right of all individuals;
- the continued growth and survival of our community through a healthy population;
- partnerships with the community and collaborations with institutions of higher education,
health systems, and non-profit agencies to enhance the health of the citizens in the region; - fact-based health education beginning at an early age and continuing through the senior years;
- preventive health education as the best method to assure a healthy population;
- skilled, professional, experienced health educators who practice the strength-based approach to teaching;
- effective assessment to enhance the quality of our programs; and
- fiscal responsibility and board-involved fundraising as essential to the integrity and accountability of our organization.
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