STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: REMEDIAL TEACHER
Class Code: 7620-16
Date Established: 09-01-61
Occupational Code: 7-3-1
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To teach and motivate special needs
students or residents according to an established curriculum.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
·
Plans and outlines
class work adapting the classroom activities, teaching methods and academic
materials presented to meet the special needs of students.
·
Counsels special
needs students.
·
Teaches regularly
organized classes in elementary, secondary, and vocational school subjects.
·
Attends meetings with
teaching staff or parents for the purpose of establishing obtainable goals for
special needs students.
·
Submits progress
reports on each student in the formal education program with recommendations as
to further development.
·
Prepares classroom
materials, maintaining current lesson plans and student review materials.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires minimal skill in performing a
series of routine procedures OR in operating equipment according to
standardized instructions.
Knowledge: Requires logical or scientific
understanding to analyze problems of a specialized or professional nature in a
particular field.
Impact: Requires responsibility for
contributing to immediate, ongoing agency objectives by facilitating the direct
provision of services to the public or other state agencies. Errors at this level result in
inaccurate reports or invalid test results and require significant investment
of time and resources to detect.
Supervision: Requires partial supervision of other
employees doing work which is related or similar to the supervisor, including
assigning job duties, providing training, giving instructions and checking
work.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in an environment which includes exposure to continuous physical
elements or a number of disagreeable working conditions with frequent exposure
to minor injuries or health hazards.
Physical Demands: Requires light work, including
continuous walking or operating simple equipment for extended periods of time
as well as occasional strenuous activities such as reaching or bending.
Communication: Requires summarizing data, preparing
reports and making recommendations based on findings which contribute to
solving problems and achieving work objectives. This level also requires presenting information for use by
administrative-level managers in making decisions.
Complexity: Requires a combination of job functions
to establish facts, to draw daily operational conclusions, or to solve
practical problems. This level
also requires providing a variety of alternative solutions where only limited
standardization exists.
Independent Action: Requires objective assessment in
analyzing and developing new work methods and procedures subject to periodic
review and in making decisions according to established technical, professional
or administrative standards.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Bachelor's degree from a recognized
college or university with a major study in education.
Experience: No experience required. Alternative plans as approved by the
Bureau of Teacher Education and Professional Standards, State Department of
Education, may be substituted for the formal education required by the class
specification.
License/Certification: Must meet certification standards as
set by the New Hampshire State Board of Education Certification Standards for
Educational Personnel in New Hampshire.
Area(s) of endorsement must be specified on an approved supplemental job
description prior to recruitment at the agency level.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Considerable background and
understanding of basic education techniques and methods. Ability to work with students assigned
to programs such as migrant education, developmentally disabled or emotional
disorders. Ability to adapt
teaching methods for a variety of settings. Must be cooperative and emotionally mature and have the
ability to work for the overall good of the program to which assigned. Ability to work with other professional
teachers in educational programs, as well as areas such as recreation and other
extracurricular programs associated with the students to which assigned. Must be willing to maintain appearance
appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as determined by the agency
appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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