North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 12 - JUSTICE › Chapter 10 - SHERIFFS' EDUCATION AND TRAINING STANDARDS COMMISSION › Subchapter B - N.C. SHERIFFS' EDUCATION AND TRAINING STANDARDS COMMISSION › Section .0700 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR JUSTICE OFFICER SCHOOLS AND TRAINING PROGRAMS OR COURSES OF INSTRUCTION › Section 10B .0709 - RESPONSIBILITIES: SCHOOL DIRECTORS, TELECOMMUNICATOR CERTIFICATION COURSE

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) In planning, developing, coordinating,
				  and delivering each commission-certified Telecommunicator Certification Course,
				  the school director shall:
(1) Formalize and
				  schedule the course curriculum in accordance with the curriculum standards
				  established by the rules in this Chapter;
(2) Select and schedule instructors who are
				  properly certified by the Commission;
(3) Provide each instructor with a
				  commission-approved course outline and all necessary additional information
				  concerning the instructor's duties and responsibilities;
(4) Review each instructor's lesson plans and
				  other instructional materials for conformance to the rules in this Chapter and
				  to minimize repetition and duplication of subject matter;
(5) Arrange for the timely availability of
				  appropriate audiovisual aids and materials, publications, facilities and
				  equipment for training in all topic areas as required in the "Telecommunicator
				  Certification Course Management Guide";
(6) Develop, adopt, reproduce, and distribute
				  any supplemental rules, regulations, and requirements determined by the school
				  to be necessary or appropriate for:
(A)
				  Effective course delivery;
(B)
				  Instruction on the responsibilities and obligations of agencies or departments
				  employing course trainees; and
(C)
				  Regulating trainee participation and demeanor and ensuring trainee attendance
				  and maintaining performance records.
A copy of such rules, regulations and requirements shall be
					 submitted to the Director as an attachment to the Pre-Delivery Report of
					 Training Course Presentation, Form F-7A-T. A copy of such rules shall also be
					 given to each trainee and to the sheriff or agency head of each trainee's
					 employing agency at the time the trainee enrolls in the course;
(7) If appropriate,
				  recommend housing and dining facilities for trainees;
(8) Not less than 30 days before commencing
				  delivery of the course, submit to the Commission a Pre-Delivery Report of
				  Training Course Presentation (Form F-7A-T) along with the following
				  attachments:
(A) A comprehensive course
				  schedule showing arrangement of topical presentations and proposed
				  instructional assignments;
(B) A
				  copy of any rules, regulations, and requirements for the school and, when
				  appropriate, completed applications for certification of instructors. The
				  Director shall review the submitted Pre-Delivery Report together with all
				  attachments to ensure that the school is in compliance with all commission
				  rules; if school's rules are found to be in violation, the Director shall
				  notify the school director of deficiency, and approval shall be withheld until
				  all matters are in compliance with the Commissions' rules;
(9) Administer the course delivery in
				  accordance with the rules in this Chapter and ensure that the training offered
				  is as effective as possible;
(10)
				  Monitor or designate a certified instructor to monitor the presentations of all
				  probationary instructors during course delivery and prepare written evaluations
				  on their performance and suitability for subsequent instructional assignments.
				  A person holding General Instructor Certification under the Criminal Justice
				  Education and Training Standards Commission may evaluate instructors teaching
				  any lecture portion of the course. These evaluations shall be prepared on
				  commission forms and forwarded to the Division at the conclusion of each
				  delivery. Based on this evaluation the school director shall recommend approval
				  or denial of requests for Telecommunicator Instructor Certification or
				  Professional Lecturer Certification. The observations shall be of sufficient
				  duration to ensure the instructor is using the Instructional System Development
				  model as taught in Criminal Justice Instructor Training set out in
				  12 NCAC
				  09B .0209, and that the delivery is objective
				  based, documented by and consistent with a Commission-approved lesson plan. For
				  each topic area, the school director's or designee's evaluation shall be based
				  on the course delivery observations, the instructor's use of the approved
				  lesson plan, and the results of the students evaluations of the
				  instructor;
(11) Monitor or
				  designate a certified instructor to monitor the presentations of all other
				  instructors during course delivery and prepare written evaluations on their
				  performance and suitability for subsequent instructional assignments. A person
				  holding General Instructor Certification under the Criminal Justice Education
				  and Training Standards Commission may evaluate instructors teaching any lecture
				  portion of the course. Instructor evaluations shall be prepared on
				  commission-approved forms in accordance with the rules in this Chapter. The
				  observations shall be of sufficient duration to ensure the instructor is using
				  the Instructional System Development model as taught in Criminal Justice
				  Instructor Training set out in
				  12 NCAC
				  09B .0209, and that the delivery is objective
				  based, documented by and consistent with a Commission-approved lesson plan. For
				  each topic area, the school director's or designee's evaluation shall be based
				  on the course delivery observations, the instructor's use of the approved
				  lesson plan, and the results of the students evaluations of the instructor.
				  These evaluations shall be kept on file by the school for a period of three
				  years and shall be made available for inspection by a representative of the
				  Commission upon request;
(12)
				  Ensure that any designated certified instructor who is evaluating the
				  instructional presentation of another holds certification in the same
				  instructional topic area as that being taught;
(13) Administer or designate a person to
				  administer appropriate tests as determined necessary at various intervals
				  during course delivery;
(14)
				  Maintain direct supervision, direction, and control over the performance of all
				  persons to whom any portion of the planning, development, presentation, or
				  administration of a course has been delegated;
(15) During a delivery of the
				  Telecommunicator Certification Course, make available to authorized
				  representatives of the Commission two hours of scheduled class time and
				  classroom facilities for the administration of a written examination to those
				  trainees who have satisfactorily completed all course work; and
(16) Not more than 10 days after receiving
				  from the Commission's representative the Report of Examination Scores, submit
				  to the Commission a Post-Delivery Report of Training Course Presentation (Form
				  7-B-T).