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NH Driving Instructor study plan

NH Driving Instructor · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

New Hampshire driver licensing and driver education requirements & Traffic laws, rules of the road, and safe driving practices

  • Map every step of the New Hampshire graduated driver licensing sequence, from learner permit to full license, and state the age, holding period, and supervised-driving hour requirements for each stage

  • List the eligibility and documentation requirements for a New Hampshire driver education program and for instructor certification, and explain how each is verified

  • Differentiate the classroom-hour, behind-the-wheel-hour, and observation-hour components of a state-approved driver education course and explain who may sign off on each

  • Build a one-page reference table of licensing-stage requirements that you can recite from memory by week's end

Your checkpoint

A one-page graduated licensing and instructor-certification reference sheet, written from memory and then corrected against your source notes, with every error flagged

Week 2

Traffic laws, rules of the road, and safe driving practices

  • Explain New Hampshire right-of-way rules at uncontrolled intersections, four-way stops, and turns across oncoming traffic

  • Describe speed-limit defaults for urban, rural, and school-zone settings and the conditions under which the basic speed law overrides a posted limit

  • Outline passing, no-passing, and lane-use rules, including when passing on the right is lawful

  • Summarize the state's safety-belt, child-restraint, and handheld-device rules as they apply to learners and to instructors riding with them

Your checkpoint

A 25-item self-quiz on rules of the road that you author and answer without notes, scoring at least 22 correct

Week 3

Traffic laws, rules of the road, and safe driving practices & Instructor responsibilities, behind-the-wheel teaching, and student supervision

  • Sequence a standard behind-the-wheel lesson, from pre-drive vehicle check through post-drive debrief, and justify the order of each step

  • Identify the coaching cues you would use to teach lane positioning, following distance, and mirror-scan patterns to a novice

  • Explain how to structure a first lesson in a parking lot versus a first lesson on a low-speed public road, and name the readiness signals that justify the transition

  • Describe how an instructor intervenes physically or verbally when a student is about to make a dangerous error, and when to use the dual brake

Your checkpoint

A written 45-minute behind-the-wheel lesson plan with timed segments, coaching cues, and a stated pass/fail readiness criterion for advancing to public roads

Week 4

Instructor responsibilities, behind-the-wheel teaching, and student supervision & Driver improvement, demerit points, suspensions, and impaired driving programs

  • List the behaviors that must be reported or documented after a behind-the-wheel session and explain why each record matters for program compliance

  • Define the demerit-point schedule and explain how points accumulate toward suspension and how they are reduced or removed

  • Explain the difference between administrative suspension and court-ordered revocation and identify which agency handles each

  • Draft the questions you would ask a parent or guardian at the start of a lesson to surface a student's anxiety, medication, or vision concerns

Your checkpoint

A mock student file containing a lesson log, a documented intervention, and a parent-communication note, each meeting the record-keeping standards you outlined

Week 5

Driver improvement, demerit points, suspensions, and impaired driving programs

  • Trace the full lifecycle of a DWI case in New Hampshire from stop through arrest, implied-consent testing, and administrative hearing, naming the deadlines that apply

  • Explain implied consent, the consequences of refusal, and how an administrative license suspension interacts with a criminal charge

  • Describe the purpose and typical structure of an impaired-driving education or intervention program and the assessment that precedes enrollment

  • Compare the penalties for a first offense with those for a repeat offense, including license, ignition-interlock, and program requirements

Your checkpoint

A one-page flowchart of the DWI process with every statutory deadline and agency decision point labeled

Week 6

New Hampshire driver licensing and driver education requirements & Driver improvement, demerit points, suspensions, and impaired driving programs

  • Explain how a driver improvement or point-based suspension affects a student's learner permit and what an instructor must disclose to the student and family

  • Summarize the reinstatement steps after a suspension, including fees, testing, and any required program completion

  • Describe the record-access rules that govern what an instructor may see about a student's driving history and what must stay confidential

  • Reconcile the licensing requirements from week one with the suspension and reinstatement rules so you can explain the full arc to a family

Your checkpoint

A two-page plain-language guide for families explaining how a learner's license can be suspended and exactly how to get it back

Week 7

Traffic laws, rules of the road, and safe driving practices & Instructor responsibilities, behind-the-wheel teaching, and student supervision & Driver improvement, demerit points, suspensions, and impaired driving programs

  • Integrate hazard-perception coaching into a lesson plan so that a student practices scanning, speed adjustment, and space management on real routes

  • Design a scenario in which a student must recognize an impaired or aggressive driver and choose a safe response, and write the debrief questions

  • Identify the ethical and legal limits on an instructor's authority during a lesson, including when to terminate a lesson early

  • Practice delivering corrective feedback in a way that preserves student confidence, and script three examples

Your checkpoint

Three scenario-based teaching scripts, each with a setup, a student decision point, and a structured debrief

Week 8

New Hampshire driver licensing and driver education requirements & Traffic laws, rules of the road, and safe driving practices & Instructor responsibilities, behind-the-wheel teaching, and student supervision & Driver improvement, demerit points, suspensions, and impaired driving programs

  • Complete a full-length timed practice exam under test conditions and analyze every missed item by domain

  • Re-teach your two weakest subtopics aloud as if instructing a new instructor, without notes

  • Review and update the reference sheets from weeks one, four, and six so they reflect everything learned since

  • Build a final one-page memory sheet of the highest-risk facts across all four domains

Your checkpoint

A scored full-length practice exam with a written error analysis, plus a final one-page memory sheet covering all four domains

Milestones

Week 2: Recite the graduated licensing sequence and the core right-of-way and speed rules from memory with at least 90 percent accuracy on a self-authored quiz

Week 4: Produce a compliant mock student file and correctly explain the demerit-point and suspension framework without notes

Week 6: Explain the DWI process end to end, including every deadline, and describe reinstatement steps accurately to a practice listener

Week 8: Score at least 85 percent on a full-length timed practice exam, with no single domain below 75 percent