STATE OF
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: TEACHER I
Class Code: 9288-18 Date Established: 11-17-93
Occupational Code: 7-3-1 Date of Last Revision: 02-21-12
BASIC PURPOSE: To teach and motivate educationally disabled
and/or educationally disadvantaged students or adjudicated residents according
to established or individualized curriculum.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
·
Plans and
outlines class work adapting the classroom activities, teaching methods and
academic materials presented to meet the special individualized needs of
educationally disabled students and/or educationally disadvantaged students.
·
Implements a
behavior management program for students, assisting students in learning and
demonstrating responsible behavior.
·
Teaches
academic and vocational subjects required for elementary, junior and senior
high school students.
·
Attends
regularly scheduled staffings and meetings with professionals for the purpose
of reviewing students' background, and establishing goals and objectives for
academic and behavioral growth.
·
Submits
progress reports on each student in the formal education program with
recommendations as to further development.
·
Reviews and
purchases appropriate instructional materials to meet individual needs to
support the curriculum.
·
Supervises or
assists in field trips, recreational and other extra curricular programs for
the benefit of the students; supervises teacher aides and teacher assistants as
required.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in developing formats and
procedures for special applications OR in investigating and reviewing the use
of equipment and data for a specialized function.
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 a range of choice in applying a
number of technical or administrative policies under general direction and in
making routine decisions or in recommending modifications in work procedures
for approval by supervisor.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Bachelor's degree from a recognized college
or university. Letter of eligibility for
NH Teacher Certification, issued by the state Department of Education's
Certification Office, may be substituted for the formal education required by
this class specification.
Experience: No experience required.
License/Certification: Must be appropriately certified, or eligible
for certification through a statement of eligibility, by the NH State
Department of Education's Certification Office in specific subject area(s) or
field of specialization are denoted as endorsement(s). Area(s) of endorsement must be specified on
an approved supplemental job description prior to recruitment at the agency
level.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of basic education techniques and
methods. Knowledge of the principles,
methods, techniques and equipment in subjects being taught. Ability to work with students possessing
educational disabilities. Ability to
adapt teaching methods to students' individual learning styles. 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
professionals and teachers in educational programs, as well as areas such as
recreation and other extra-curricular 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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