(a) The instructor shall be of good reputation and
shall not be a current student in the same or similar course of instruction,
as determined by the Agency, in which the instructor teaches.
(b) Instructors shall possess and affirm on forms provided
by the Agency that the instructor has one of the following qualifications
that applies to the subject area to be taught. In such cases where
the practical experience is gained on a seasonal basis as an industry
standard, the season of at least three full calendar months of experience
shall be considered as one year of experience.
(1) The instructor has a master's degree or higher
that:
(A) includes satisfactory completion of six semester
credit hours or eight quarter credit hours in the subject to be taught;
(B) includes satisfactory completion of three semester
credit hours or four quarter credit hours in the subject area and
one year of related practical experience within the ten years immediately
preceding employment by the school, if the subject to be taught is
in a technical field;
(C) includes satisfactory completion of three semester
credit hours, or four quarter credit hours in the subject area to
be taught, if the subject to be taught is in a nontechnical field;
or
(D) is supplemented by one year of related practical
experience in the subject to be taught within the ten years immediately
preceding employment by the school, if the subject to be taught is
in a nontechnical field.
(2) The instructor has a bachelor's degree that:
(A) includes satisfactory completion of nine semester
hours or 12 quarter hours related to the subject area to be taught;
(B) includes satisfactory completion of six semester
credit hours or eight quarter credit hours in the subject area to
be taught and one year of related practical experience within the
ten years immediately preceding employment by the school, if the subject
to be taught is in a technical field;
(C) includes satisfactory completion of three semester
credit hours or four quarter credit hours in the subject area and
one year of related practical experience within the ten years immediately
preceding employment by the school, if the subject to be taught is
in a nontechnical field; or
(D) is supplemented by two years of related practical
experience within the ten years immediately preceding employment by
the school.
(3) The instructor has an associate degree that:
(A) includes satisfactory completion of nine semester
credit hours or 12 quarter hours in the subject area to be taught
and two years of related practical experience within the ten years
immediately preceding employment by the school; or
(B) is supplemented by three years of related practical
experience within the ten years immediately preceding employment by
the school.
(4) The instructor has a secondary education that includes
a certificate of completion from a recognized postsecondary school
for a program with course time of at least 900 hours in a relevant
course area and four years of related practical experience within
the ten years immediately preceding employment by the school; or
(5) The instructor has proof of satisfactory completion
of secondary education and five years of related practical experience
within the ten years immediately preceding employment by the school.
(c) In addition to the other applicable requirements
for instructors, including the good reputation requirement, the following
qualifications apply to the specific instructors listed in this subsection.
(1) The Agency requires that a court reporting instructor
of only machine shorthand theory and speedbuilding shall have:
(A) an associate degree or higher and certificate of
completion of machine shorthand theory requirements in an accredited
court reporting program;
(B) an associate degree in court reporting from any
state-recognized school;
(C) a Registered Professional Reporter or Certified
Shorthand Reporter certification from any state; or
(D) a certificate of completion of a court reporting
program from a state-certified school.
(2) The Agency requires that a court procedures and
technology instructor shall have:
(A) a Registered Professional Reporter or Certified
Shorthand Reporter certification; and
(B) one year of court reporting experience.
(3) The Agency requires that a modeling instructor
shall have, at a minimum:
(A) a secondary education and certificate of completion
from a modeling program of at least 45 hours of course time from a
state recognized school and at least five verifiable paid modeling
jobs completed within the past five years; or
(B) a secondary education and at least ten verifiable
paid modeling jobs completed within the past five years.
(4) The Agency requires that a truck driving instructor
shall have, at a minimum:
(A) a secondary education;
(B) certified proof of successful completion of course
time of 40 hours in safety education and driver training as required
by this chapter; and
(C) three years of full-time tractor trailer driving
experience within the ten years immediately preceding employment by
the school.
(5) The Agency requires that a bartending instructor
shall be certified by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission as having
completed the required seller training program.
(d) The director shall ensure that an instructor applicant
demonstrates sufficient language proficiency to teach the class for
which the instructor is applying to teach.
(e) For those instructors who return to the school
prior to one full year of absence, and who will be teaching the same
subjects as previously approved, the school shall document the leave
and reinstatement dates in the instructor's personnel file. When an
instructor begins teaching new subjects or the absence was more than
one year, the school shall submit a new application to the Agency.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §807.81 adopted to be effective August 16, 1998, 23 TexReg 8479; amended to be effective February 24, 2003, 28 TexReg 1651; amended to be effective August 28, 2006, 31 TexReg 6803; amended to be effective December 20, 2010, 35 TexReg 11392; amended to be effective November 28, 2022, 47 TexReg 7914 |