ESOL Teacher

Application dates: October 16, 2025 to October 15, 2026

St. Mary's County Public Schools has recently adopted a Teacher Candidate Assessment. Once you submit your application, you will receive an email to complete the Teacher Candidate Assessment as part of your application package.

POSITION: English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Teacher

NATURE OF WORK:

This is a professional position to meet the instructional goals of the school and school system by delivering instructional programs effectively to ensure student achievement.

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
• 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 communicate clearly with students whose first language is not English
• Demonstrate interest in and ability to work with culturally and linguistically diverse populations
• Ability to plan and coordinate the instructional program in accordance with the current curricula.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Prepares and instructs students in listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in English
• Provides and assists in the assessment of students, including state mandated testing
• Prepares progress reports for students on report cards and interim reports
• Assists in activities planned for and with parents, to include translation of home/school communication on an as-needed basis and at events such as open house, orientation, school meetings, and conferences
• Provides care and protection of school property
• Supervises student activity on school property
• Participates in collaborative planning with school-based staff
• Attends, as necessary, workshops and in-service training session
• Facilitates, and at times, presents, to school staff on discipline specific topics
• Participates in curriculum writing that aligns English language instruction with content standards
• In collaboration with content teachers, assesses and monitors students' English language development, analyzing the language demands of classroom tasks
• Assists content teachers with differentiating the language functions of unit plans and daily lessons to meet the needs of students with varying levels of English proficiency
• Performs other related and nonrelated job duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree

Preferred:

• Eligibility for professional certification/licensure of the appropriate grade and or content

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.

BARGAINING UNIT ELIGIBILITY: EASMC

Updated: 07.2024, 05.2025