New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 1B - INSPECTOR LICENSING › Section 5:10-1B.3 - Standards for educational programs

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) To carry out their
				responsibilities, housing inspectors must be fully knowledgeable about code
				standards and adequately prepared to administer and enforce them properly. Housing
				inspection education programs must meet certain standards to ensure housing
				inspectors have the necessary technical and administrative training to effectively
				enforce the Act at the local level. This section sets forth explicit guidelines and
				standards for official education programs. Procedures governing the approval of such
				educational programs are set forth in
				5:10-1B.4
(b) This section covers the organizational,
				administrative, and operational functions that support the education programs.
1. Purposes and objectives: Programs for the
				effective education are expected to operate with appropriate purposes and
				objectives. An institution seeking initial and continuing approval of education
				programs shall include in its catalog clearly defined statements of such purposes
				and objectives.
2. Organization: Sound
				educational programs can be operated effectively only when supported by adequate
				institutional arrangements. Accordingly, only programs offered by or under the
				auspices of institutions of secondary or higher education, licensed by the New
				Jersey Department of Education or the Commission on Higher Education, can be
				considered for approval.
3. Admission,
				retention and evaluation policies and practices:
i.
				Admission to education programs: Provision shall be made within the institution for
				orderly methods of obtaining and filing information relative to candidates applying
				for admission to education programs.
ii.
				Grading: An institution shall have evaluation procedures to assess the quality of
				its students when they complete programs and at the very least establish and apply
				pass/fail criteria.
iii. Retention: The
				nature of housing inspection calls for achievement and growth in technical
				competence. An institution shall determine as objectively and systematically as
				possible specific strengths and weaknesses of the student as these affect the
				continuation of the student in education programs.
iv. Evaluation: The institution shall design and
				implement a well-defined plan for continuing evaluation of students enrolled in the
				programs and measures of academic ability.
v. Observation by faculty (in courses,
				laboratories and field experiences) and other modes of appraisal shall be utilized
				to assess specific strengths and weaknesses as they affect the student's retention
				within the education programs and readiness to assume a professional role in housing
				inspection.
4. Student
				personnel:
i. Supporting student services: Each
				student shall know where to secure guidance and who is officially responsible for
				his or her program. Attention must be given to a plan for maintaining desirable
				student-faculty relationships.
ii.
				Student records: It is the responsibility of the institution to maintain an adequate
				system of student personnel accounting, including a permanent cumulative record of
				each student enrolled. To facilitate ready interpretation by licensing authorities,
				the graduate is entitled to an intelligible and adequate transcript of record,
				including a statement of course titles.
5. Faculty: Faculty members shall be competent in
				their fields and have contacts with code enforcement environments and other sources
				so that their teaching and research may be current and relevant.
i. Faculty competence: The quality of the faculty
				is one of the more important factors in judging the effectiveness of an institution.
				Appraisal of the faculty shall be made in terms of its competence to provide the
				program for which approval is being sought. Each faculty member, in subject matter
				and in professional fields, shall have a high degree of competency in his or her
				area. The faculty consists of those instructors who teach in the curriculums and all
				personnel who direct students in all types of activities included as part of the
				curriculum. Those who teach courses shall be familiar with practices in the housing
				inspection and/or building construction technology generally.
ii. Part-time faculty: The institution,
				recognizing that an appropriate faculty is one of the major determinants of the
				quality of its education programs, shall make provision for the use of part-time or
				adjunct faculty.
iii. No individual who
				has ever had a license relating to building or inspection suspended for a period of
				six months or more or has ever had a license revoked for any reason set forth in
				5:10-1B.7(a)  shall be
				eligible to instruct housing inspection programs.
iv. Instruction: The institution shall evaluate
				instruction systematically based on the performance of its students within the
				institution. Consideration shall be given to such items as the performance of the
				students in class tests, the quality of their subsequent work, and the degree to
				which the institution as a whole attains its goals in the preparation of housing
				inspection personnel. The institution shall show that it utilizes a variety of
				appropriate instructional procedures which contribute to the effectiveness of the
				student's preparation, such as class discussions, lectures, laboratory work, and
				newer media.
6. Facilities
				and instructional materials: The institution shall provide physical facilities,
				instructional materials and other resources essential for conducting education
				programs.
i. Building and grounds: An institution
				shall have a physical plant designed to serve effectually its defined purposes for
				education.
ii. Library: The library, as
				the principal materials resource center of the institution, shall be adequate for
				the instructional research and other services pertinent to the housing inspection
				education programs.
iii. Laboratories:
				Each institution shall be provided with laboratory equipment sufficient for
				instructional purposes for each program offered.