North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 12 - JUSTICE › Chapter 09 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION AND TRAINING STANDARDS › Subchapter G - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SCHOOL DIRECTORS › Section .0300 - CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS, PROBATION/PAROLE OFFICERS, AND INSTRUCTORS › Section 09G .0311 - TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATION (EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020)

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) An applicant
				  meeting the requirements for Specialized Instructor Certification shall be
				  issued a certification to expire three years from the date of issuance. The
				  applicant shall apply for certification as a specialized instructor within 60
				  days from the date of completion of a specialized instructor course.
(b) Where certifications for both General
				  Probationary Instructor and Specialized Instructor are issued on the same date,
				  the instructor shall be required to instruct within three years after
				  certification, a minimum of 12 hours in each of the topics for which
				  Specialized Instructor Certification was granted in a Commission-accredited
				  basic training, Specialized Instructor Training, Commission-recognized
				  in-service training course, or training course delivered pursuant to
				  12 NCAC
				  10B .0601,
				  10B .1302, or .2005. The
				  instructor may satisfy the teaching requirement for the General Probationary
				  Instructor certification by teaching any specialized topic for which
				  certification has been issued.
(c)
				  When Specialized Instructor Certification is issued during an existing period
				  of General Probationary Instructor Certification the specialized instructor may
				  satisfy the teaching requirement for the General Probationary Certification by
				  teaching the specialized subject for which certification has been
				  issued.
(d) The term of
				  certification as a specialized instructor shall not exceed three years. An
				  application for renewal shall contain, in addition to the requirements listed
				  in Rule .0310 of this Section, documentary evidence that the applicant has
				  remained active in the instructional process during the previous three-year
				  period. Such documentary evidence shall include the following:
(1) proof that the applicant has, within the
				  three-year period preceding application for renewal, instructed at least 12
				  hours in each of the topics for which Specialized Instructor Certification was
				  granted, and that instruction was provided in a Commission-accredited basic
				  training, Specialized Instructor Training, or Commission-recognized in-service
				  training course. Acceptable documentary evidence shall include official
				  Commission records submitted by School Directors or In-Service Training
				  Coordinators, and written certification from a School Director or In-Service
				  Training Coordinator;
(2) proof
				  that the applicant has, within the three-year period preceding application for
				  renewal, attended and completed all instructor updates that have been issued by
				  the Commission. Acceptable documentary evidence shall include official
				  Commission records submitted by School Directors or In-Service Training
				  Coordinators, or copies of certificates of completion issued by the institution
				  which provided the instructor updates; and
(A) a favorable written recommendation from a
				  School Director or In-Service Training Coordinator completed on a Commission
				  Renewal of Instructor and Professional Lecturer Certification Form stating the
				  instructor taught at least 12 hours in each of the topics for which Specialized
				  Instructor Certification was granted. The teaching shall have been provided in
				  a Commission-accredited basic training, Specialized Instructor Training course,
				  pursuant to Rule .0310 of this Section, or Commission-recognized in-service
				  training course;
(B) a favorable
				  written evaluation by a School Director, Qualified Assistant, In-Service
				  Training Coordinator, or another instructor certified in the same specialized
				  subject, based on an on-site classroom evaluation of a presentation by the
				  instructor in a Commission-accredited basic training, Specialized Instructor
				  Training, or Commission-recognized in-service training course, during the
				  three-year period of Specialized Instructor Certification. Such evaluation
				  shall be certified on a Criminal Justice Instructor Evaluation Form F-16,
				  located on the agency's website:
				  http://www.ncdoj.gov/getdoc/c2eba6aa-12bc-4303-bf4b-5fa0431ef5a1/F-16-6-11.aspx.
(C) has met the requirement set forth in Rule
				  .0309(c) of this Section.