(a) A school director shall demonstrate a proficiency of the knowledge required to operate a school before final Agency approval may be granted.
(b) The school shall provide in-service training within the first three full calendar months of teaching to those instructors hired lacking teaching experience. In-service training includes planned professional development opportunities that enable inexperienced instructors to learn and develop effective teaching strategies and skills. Topics shall include competency-based training, instructional methods, adult learning styles, and student learning and skills assessment. Competency-based training specifies the skills and skill levels required to complete a training program, develops and organizes teaching and learning methods to enable students to achieve the identified skills and levels of proficiency, and uses criterion-referenced evaluation to measure achievement.

Source Note: The provisions of this §807.101 adopted to be effective August 28, 2006, 31 TexReg 6803; amended to be effective November 28, 2022, 47 TexReg 7914