QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• Professional License/Certification
• Minimum of four (4) years successful teaching experience
• National Board Certified OR Master degree OR 30-semester credits post-baccalaureate
• Current letter of recommendation by principal/immediate supervisor dated within the last twelve months

Preferred:

• Master’s degree in curriculum and instruction or related content area; OR is a National Board-Certified Teacher

TERM OF EMPLOYMENT: Full-time ten-month position.
SALARY GRADE RANGE: The salary for this EXEMPT position will be based on EASMC Teacher Career Ladder for ten-month employees.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Ability to professionally relate to and collaborate with co-workers, students, and community members
• Ability to understand and maintain confidentiality
• Ability to use technology effectively to complete tasks
• Ability to report to work daily and on time
• Ability to organize, supervise, coordinate and establish priorities of tasks to be completed
• Ability to work independently in the absence of detailed instructions and to follow complex oral and/or written instructions
• Ability to communicate orally or in writing, courteously and tactfully, with staff, students, parents, and the community in a timely manner
• Ability to work under pressure
• Possess excellent time management skills and the ability to take initiative and make decisions within assigned responsibility in a challenging, fast-paced professional environment and be flexible in work responsibilities and hours
• Possess knowledge of the programs, policies, and procedures of the St. Mary’s County Public Schools
• Ability to direct and evaluate student learning experiences
• Ability to provide guidance to students to promote education development and welfare
• Ability to plan and coordinate the instructional program in accordance with the current curricula
• Ability to deliver focused instruction to individual students or small groups of students
• Ability to develop and implement school wide programs
• Ability to integrate technology in both virtual and in-person instruction

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assumes major responsibility for the instructional support of the school’s academic programs
• Supports the implementation of virtual instruction through modeling, coaching and professional development
• Facilitates collaborative team discussions and other data-based decision-making sessions
• Collaborates with all staff and support service providers within the assigned school
• Provides leadership in program implementation and prepares required reports in a timely way
• Models and provides coaching for other staff members, focusing on areas identified through the staff development needs assessment and on identified high level skills essential for student success
• Provides mentoring and support for new teachers
• Works in conjunction with other instructional staff to improve delivery of instruction
• Provides direct instruction to students for reading, writing, mathematics, and other content areas, through small group interventions or extension programs
• Assists classroom teachers with the administration and interpretation of formal and informal assessments
• Participates in system-wide professional development to share at the school-level
• Conducts professional development and formal presentations on literacy, mathematics, science and other content areas for parents, teachers, and other colleagues
• Serves on the School Improvement Team (SIT) or other school-based leadership teams
• Provides care and protection of school property
• Supervises student activity on school property
• Performs other school-based and system-level responsibilities as assigned