Washington Administrative Code › Title 131 - Community and Technical Colleges, Board for › Chapter 131-16 - Faculty and staff personnel › Section 131-16-093 - Types of professional-technical education certificates

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
In issuing certificates for full-time and part-time
				professional-technical instructors, as identified in WAC
				131-16-092(3) and
				(4), the college district shall utilize the
				following nomenclature and shall meet the standards set forth below as a
				minimum:
(1) Teaching personnel.
Initial certification.
(a) Upon hire, teaching personnel will be
			 issued initial certification by the chief professional-technical administrator.
			 Initial certification lasts three years. The initial certification process
			 includes documentation of a professional development plan which identifies
			 priorities for professional growth as specified in WAC
			 131-16-094. An initial
			 certificate is not renewable for professional-technical instructors.
Standard certification.
(b) Standard certification will be issued by
			 the chief professional-technical administrator upon completion of the
			 requirements for initial certification. Standard certification must be renewed
			 on a five-year cycle. To maintain standard certification,
			 professional-technical instructors must develop and complete a professional
			 development plan as specified in WAC
			 131-16-094.
(c) The hiring institution shall hold an
			 orientation for all new full-time professional-technical instructors. The
			 orientation outline must be on file at each campus.
First aid and CPR.
(d) A current first-aid certificate,
			 including CPR and bloodborne pathogens, must be earned by
			 professional-technical instructors prior to the second quarter of employment in
			 professional-technical programs where the instructional environment brings
			 students into physical proximity with machinery, electrical circuits,
			 biologicals, radioactive substances, chemicals, flammables, intense heat, gases
			 under pressure, excavations, scaffolding, ladders, and/or other hazards.
			 Responsibility for ensuring that appropriate staff has first-aid training will
			 rest with the assigned chief professional-technical administrator. The specific
			 type of first-aid program, including CPR, required of professional-technical
			 instructors shall be achieved by passing a course of first-aid/CPR/bloodborne
			 pathogen instruction and participation in practical application of subject
			 matter determined and required by the department of labor and industries.
			 Specifically excluded from conformance to the first-aid requirement are:
(i) Those instructors who teach related
			 subjects to professional-technical students, i.e., mathematics, English, or
			 communications skills, etc., when such subjects are taught in classrooms rather
			 than shops or laboratories.
(ii)
			 Physicians, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and others when their
			 occupational competencies and training include first-aid knowledge and skills
			 equal to or superior to that represented by the first-aid certification being
			 required under these regulations.