Academic Skills Teacher/Specialist, Western NH Region: JR748

UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

Recruit, select, and provide services to a caseload of 265 middle school and high school students at Fall Mountain Regional, Mascoma, Newport, and Stevens High Schools and Indian River, Newport and Claremont Middle Schools. Provide participants with educational, career, financial literacy and financial aid information to promote persistence, graduation from high school and enrollment and graduation from college. Submit supporting data and reports. Interact with school and community professionals.

Job Duties

• Provide services to a caseload of 200 middle school and high school students at Fall Mountain Regional, Mascoma, Newport, and Stevens High Schools and Indian River, Newport and Claremont Middle Schools.
• Provide participants with educational, career, financial literacy and financial aid information to promote persistence, graduation from high school and enrollment and graduation from college.
• Submit supporting data and reports.
• Interact with school and community professionals.
• Provide educational, career, college, financial literacy and financial aid information.
• Provide academic support and advising, individually and in groups.
• Resolve problems of program participants using appropriate advocacy and assistance.
• Collect data for program and USDE reports.
• Maintain necessary records and files on program participants.
• Work with school personnel and other professional organizations to increase knowledge and continually update and improve the quality of services to participants.
• Attend seminars, staff meetings and workshops.
• Plan, organize and implement college visits, job site tours and other experiences for program participants.
• Establish contact with parents via workshops, meetings, email and telephone as needed.
• Complete additional administrative tasks as needed
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Masters degree, preferably in Education, Counseling or Human Services and two years experience working with middle school and high school students or Bachelors degree and four years of related experience
• Experience in using a variety of computer applications
• Attention to detail
• Preference for candidates who live in the western region of the state near the school districts that will be served.
  
  

Required Applicant Materials

• Resume/CV
• Cover letter
• Contact information for 3 professional references
  
  

To apply; https://jobs.usnh.edu/

Location: Not on UNH Campus, Field Work in Western NH at Target Area Schools

Full-time or part-time option

$48K-$51K annually

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire’s lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

EEO Statement

The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access/Affirmative Action employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission. The University System prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or marital status.

Location:

Durham