Home/Hospital Teacher for Homebound Students

Job title: Home/Hospital Teacher for Homebound Students in Leonardtown, MD at St. Mary's County Public Schools

Company: St. Mary's County Public Schools

Job description: Job Description:Release Date: May 23, 2025Application Deadline: June 6, 2025Requisition: 11374POSITION: Home/Hospital Teacher for Homebound StudentsREPORTS TO: Director of Special EducationLOCATION: Various LocationsSALARY: The salary for this EXEMPT position will be based on the EASMC Teacher Career Ladder for ten-month employees.EFFECTIVE: August 13, 2025APPLICATION 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 June 6, 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 [email protected].NATURE OF WORK:The Home/Hospital Teaching Program for homebound students is for special education students who are unable to attend regular classes due to properly diagnosed physical or emotional health conditions or a determination of their least restrictive environment. Instruction occurs in the home with an adult present.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

• Ability to direct and evaluate student learning experiences

• Ability to provide specially designed instruction to students to promote educational development and welfare as written in the child’s Individualized Educational Programs (IEP)

• 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

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides specially designed instruction to students to promote educational development and welfare as written in the child’s Individualized Educational Programs (IEP)

• Develops an academic plan for the student and serves as the case manager

• Develops a teaching schedule with the student and parent

• Prepares lessons for each student meeting

• Plans according to the instructional needs and abilities of the student; must implement IEP

• Relates plans to the county curriculum and to the classroom teachers’ plans

• Develops effective strategies to deal with physical/emotional disabilities

• Assists students with learning activities

• Collects data on student goals and objectives

• Provides updated present levels of performance throughout the school year

• Completes quarterly progress reports

• Cooperates with students and staff

• Maintains open lines of communication with students, staff, and parents

• Incorporates technology into lessons

QUALIFICATIONS:Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Preferred:

• Eligible for certification/licensure in content area

TERM OF EMPLOYMENT:Full-time ten-month positionSALARY GRADE RANGE: The salary for this EXEMPT position will be based on the EASMC Teacher Career Ladder for ten-month employeesBARGAINING UNIT ELIGIBILITY: EASMCRevised: 07.2024, 04.2025

Expected salary:

Location: Leonardtown, MD

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