WAC 388-112-0395   What are the minimum qualifications for instructors for manager and caregiver developmental disabilities specialty?  (1) The minimum qualifications for instructors for manager developmental disabilities specialty, in addition to the general qualifications under WAC 388-112-0375, include:

     (a) Education and work experience:

     (i) Bachelor's degree with at least two years of full-time work experience in the field of disabilities; or

     (ii) High school diploma or equivalent, with four years full time work experience in the field of developmental disabilities, including two years full time direct work experience with people who have a developmental disability.

     (b) Successful completion of developmental disabilities specialty training under WAC 388-112-0120; and

     (c) Teaching experience:

     (i) Two hundred hours of teaching experience; and

     (ii) Successful completion of adult education or train the trainer as follows:

     (A) For instructors teaching alternative curricula, a class in adult education that meets the requirements of WAC 388-112-0400, or a train the trainer class for the curriculum they are teaching;

     (B) For instructors teaching DSHS-developed developmental disabilities specialty training, successful completion of the DSHS-developed train the trainer.

     (d) Instructors who will administer tests must have experience in assessment and competency testing.

     (2) Instructors for caregiver developmental disabilities specialty training:

     (a) Caregiver developmental disabilities specialty may be taught by a boarding home administrator (or designee), adult family home provider, or corporate trainer, who has successfully completed the manager developmental disabilities specialty training. A qualified instructor under this subsection may teach caregiver specialty to caregivers employed at other home(s) licensed by the same licensee.

     (b) Caregiver developmental disabilities specialty taught by a person who does not meet the requirements in subsection (2)(a) must meet the same requirements as the instructors for manager developmental disabilities specialty in subsection (1).



[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.090, 70.128.040, 74.39A.050, 34.05.020, 2000 c 121, and 2002 c 233. 02-15-066, § 388-112-0395, filed 7/11/02, effective 8/11/02.]