Release Date:            May 9, 2025

Application Deadline:  May 23, 2025

Requisition:               11376

POSITION:        Supervisor of Instruction – Secondary English                    

REPORTS TO:    Chief Academic Officer

LOCATION:        Department of Curriculum and Instruction

SALARY:            The salary for this position will be based on SMASA salary schedule for eleven and twelve-month employees – Range D

EFFECTIVE:          July 30, 2025

APPLICATION PROCEDURES:

Qualified applicants, including current employees of St. Mary's County Public Schools, must complete a TalentEd online application.   In addition to the online application, any support documentation (copy of certification where applicable) must be scanned and uploaded to the TalentEd application.  The online application and any support documentation must clearly demonstrate that the applicant meets the minimum qualifications, including information about the applicant’s background, experience, and professional qualifications.  Failure to submit all required documentation will result in your application being considered incomplete.  Incomplete applications will not be forwarded to the selection committee for review.   All online applications must be completed no later than May 23, 2025. Following a screening of credentials, interviews will be scheduled. Please contact the Department of Human Resources with questions at 301-475-5511, ext. 1 or hrd@smcps.org.

NATURE OF WORK:

This position provides leadership in the development and implementation of curriculum and instruction related to specific subject, content, and grade levels.  The supervisor is responsible for assisting site administrators and teachers in articulating instructional practices at the school level, as well as providing instructional supports for staff and students to include instructional materials and methods.  The supervisor must demonstrate effective administrative, communication, organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.  This position requires the ability to travel to various sites, observe and provide evaluative feedback regarding instruction, make effective and efficient use of technology, and participate in ongoing professional development.  Must be willing and able to support and carry out all Board of Education policies and procedures.

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 courteously and tactfully with staff, students, parents, and the community in a timely manner
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to oversee and provide direction to the designed department (personnel support for certificated and non-certificated employees)
• Ability to plan and implement short and long-range objectives which relate to the departmental and system-wide objectives
• Ability to lead, support the staff, and communicate professionally and effectively with internal and external stockholders
• Ability to exhibit a personality that demonstrates enthusiasm and interpersonal skills to relate well with students, staff, administration, parents, colleagues, and the community
• Ability to demonstrate excellent leadership and organizational skills and the ability to motivate people and facilitate productive academic/organizational change
• Possess thorough knowledge of applicable Maryland laws, State Board of Education rules and regulations, Board of Education policies and regulations, regulations and procedures, and contractual obligations
• 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 St. Mary’s County Public Schools 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Program Planning and Development

• Participates in identifying and assessing the curricular and instructional needs of students, the community, and school system; reviews and develops local assessments
• Helps to develop system instructional goals, objectives, and both long and short-term plans
• Works with appropriate staff to plan strategies to achieve student success in identified outcomes
• Sets focus of curriculum by being knowledgeable about research-based resources, instructional best practices, and current trends in the area(s) of responsibility
• Assists in coordinating school programs with appropriate local, state, and federal programs and/or regulations 

Personnel Management and Services

• Assists in interviewing and assigning instructional personnel
• Plans and implements system-wide orientation for appropriate personnel
• Establishes effective working relationships with instructional personnel
• Participates in teacher observations and conferences with teachers to promote professional growth
• Serves as a resource to administrators and instructional staff to promote school improvement
• Develops and conducts professional development to strengthen present programs and/or to initiate new programs or pilot opportunities 

Administration

• Plans, conducts, and/or participates in professional development and meetings
• Schedules and coordinates the services of other system personnel and outside partners and consultants
• Represents the system at state and local meetings and conferences to give and receive instructional and curricular information
• Plans, develops, and coordinates the publication of curricular materials 

Procuring and Allocating Resources

• Assists in the identification and procurement of grant funding
• Reviews instructional budget requests from schools
• Assists in preparation of the instructional budget
• Coordinates evaluation and selection of instructional materials and equipment
• Assists in the preparation of bid lists for material and equipment
• Reviews and controls as appropriate the expenditures of allocated funds 

Community - Public Relations

• Assists in informing the public concerning assigned areas(s) of instruction
• Assists in establishing procedures as appropriate for soliciting, receiving, assessing, and acting upon community comments/suggestions
• Assists in the preparation of material for public information and awareness 

Interacting and Articulating within the School System

• Receives and transmits communications related to policies, procedures, programs, and operations within the school system
• Interacts in committees to help develop curricula; proposes and clarifies policies and procedures; establishes goals, objectives, and beliefs; receives information; and plans strategies
• Participates in committees, meetings, and other partnership activities as required 

Evaluating Programs and Personnel

• Performs a continuous evaluation of programs and participates in special evaluations
• Assists principals in the formal and informal observation and evaluation of instructional personnel 

Leadership in Interpersonal Relations

• Demonstrates strong public relations skills when dealing with students, parents, and the community
• Interacts with school personnel in a manner that fosters instructional improvement
• Serves as a mediator in resolving conflicts
• Demonstrates positive human relations skills 

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• Master's degree
• Advanced Professional Certificate/License
• Administrator I endorsement
• Five (5) years of successful teaching experience in English at the secondary level
• Must possess a valid driver’s license with no more than four (4) Maryland current points. The applicant must not be convicted, pleaded guilty or nolo contendere, or received a probation before judgment or stet docket entry for any alcohol or controlled substances offense under federal or state law for a minimum of five (5) years prior to the use of a Board-owned vehicle. (Board Policy EEBA) 

TERM OF EMPLOYMENT:

Full-time twelve-month position.

SALARY GRADE RANGE: The salary for this position will be based on SMASA salary schedule for eleven and twelve-month employees – Range D

BARGAINING UNIT ELIGIBILITY SMASA

Updated 05.2025