Section Ed 306.15 - Provision of Staff and Staff Qualifications(a) To carry out the educational program established by these rules and local school board policy, the local school board shall require that each school provides: (1) The services of a certified principal, a certified library media specialist, and a certified guidance counselor(s);(2) For the hiring and training of educators certified under Ed 500 to teach classes and or courses in their certified content area;(3) In each elementary school, the services of a reading specialist and library media specialist to facilitate the delivery of the language arts and reading program established in Ed 306.37(a);(4) In each middle and high school, a library media specialist to support the instructional resources program and facility requirements of Ed 306.08; and(5) Educators, including art, music, health, and physical education teachers, in accordance with class size requirements in Ed 306.17.(b) The local school board shall require that in carrying out the school counseling program established by Ed 306.39: (1) The counseling load in each elementary school shall not exceed the equivalent of one full-time certified school counselor per 500 students enrolled;(2) The counseling load in each middle school and each high school shall not exceed the equivalent of one full-time certified school counselor per 300 students enrolled;(3) High schools with more than 4 school counselors shall provide a high school level certified director of school counseling to coordinate the implementation of the school counseling program plan and policy, unless (4) below applies; and(4) District level certified directors of school counseling to coordinate K-12 implementation of the school counseling program plan and policy shall be provided in districts where the number of school counselors across all schools exceeds 10.(c) The local school board shall require that each school with an enrollment of 500 or more students provides the services of an associate principal or 2 or more persons with administrative certification under Ed 506 who together act as a full-time equivalent to carry out administrative duties assigned by the superintendent in accordance with local school board policy.(d) The local school board may provide for each school the services of additional staff to facilitate the use of the instructional resources described in Ed 306.08 and the technological resources needed to facilitate the digital literacy program described in Ed 306.42.(e) Pursuant to RSA 189:24, and in accordance with Ed 500 and Ed 600, the local school board shall require that each professional staff member is certified for assignment by the department.(f) In accordance with Ed 509, the local school board shall require that each professional staff member shall improve the content knowledge and teaching skills through participation in a local professional development plan.(g) An educator with sufficient content knowledge as determined by the school principal may be given a minor assignment to teach in a program area in which he or she is not certified. A minor assignment shall be less than fifty percent of the individual's weekly work time and be reviewed on an annual basis to insure that the individual has the appropriate level of content knowledge.N.H. Admin. Code § Ed 306.15
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