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Friday, October 16, 2026 · Updated as listings and source records change
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Drama/Theater Teacher

District Wide

Leonardtown, MD, USA · Full Time · Music Education

Apply through the verified listing

POSITION:               Drama/Theater Teacher

REPORTS TO:            Site Administrator

LOCATION:               Various Locations

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

• Possess knowledge of the programs, policies, and procedures of the St. Mary’s County Public School System

• 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 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

• Demonstrate knowledge of curriculum, instruction, staff development, and assessment process.

• Possess the ability to relate well with students, colleagues, parents, and staff.

• 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

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Participates in co-curricular activities

• Maintains accurate student attendance

• Assists students with learning activities

• Takes part in professional development activities

• Cooperates with students and staff

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

• Maintains current lesson plans

• Provides care and protection of school property

• Supervises student activity on school property

• Performs other related and non-related job duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• BA 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

Revised: 07.2024, 05.2025

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Leonardtown, MD, USA Location Report

By SBO+ Staff · Effective 2026-10-16

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Opportunity and Market

Leonardtown, MD, USA is evaluated with current MD labor-market evidence because a validated city profile was unavailable. The Census API city profile could not be acquired in this run; the report uses current state labor-market observations and labels their scope explicitly. [2] [3]

Career Outlook

The statewide unemployment rate supplies current labor-market context, but it does not prove demand for this occupation or employer. Occupation-specific scores are omitted. [1]

Compensation

No salary-equivalency or take-home-pay figure is asserted without listing pay and defensible local cost inputs. Federal tax brackets must be applied to the candidate’s actual filing circumstances. [4]

Housing and Cost of Living

HUD Fair Market Rent resources are provided for a housing comparison using the verified worksite or its county. No city rent is asserted when it was not acquired. [5]

Commute

A validated city commute value was unavailable. Confirm the exact worksite, schedule, transit coverage, parking and fuel costs before accepting relocation expenses.

Community Snapshot

State labor-force scale is not evidence of neighborhood safety, culture or community fit; no such inference is made. [3]

Local Economy

Current statewide employment, labor-force and unemployment observations describe the broader labor environment, not a guaranteed city or occupation outcome. [2] [3] [1]

Relocation Considerations

Verify worksite-level housing, commute, taxes, utilities, benefits, contract length and any remote-work restrictions before relocating. [5] [4]

What I Wish I'd Known Before Taking the Job

A healthy statewide labor market does not guarantee that a specialized music education role is easy to replace. Confirm contract stability, nearby housing and the real commute before paying relocation costs. [2] [1]

Methodology

This report uses the latest retrievable BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics for the listing’s state. It explicitly withholds city, occupation and affordability scores when those inputs were not acquired.

Sources and freshness

  1. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective August 2026; retrieved 2026-10-16.
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective August 2026; retrieved 2026-10-16.
  3. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective August 2026; retrieved 2026-10-16.
  4. Internal Revenue Service — effective 2026-10-16; retrieved 2026-10-16.
  5. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development — effective 2026-10-16; retrieved 2026-10-16.
  6. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective 2026-10-16; retrieved 2026-10-16.