26 TAC § 744.1021. What types of experience may count towards meeting director qualifications?, DIVISION 1. DIRECTOR

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Texas Administrative Code › Title 26 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Part 1 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION › Chapter 744 MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL-AGE AND BEFORE OR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS › 26 TAC § 744.1021

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(a) The following types of experience may be counted as experience:

(1) Experience as a director, assistant director, or caregiver working directly with children, obtained in any operation regulated by DFPS, whether paid or unpaid;

(2) Experience as a director, assistant director, or caregiver working directly with children in a licensed or certified operation in another state or country;

(3) One year experience providing skill-based instruction or as a caregiver in a recreational or youth development program, where children in pre-kindergarten through grade six are in care for at least two hours a day, three days a week;

(4) One year of full-time classroom teaching in a public or private accredited school in grades pre-kindergarten through grade six, during a customary school year;

(5) Substitute or part-time classroom teaching in a public or private accredited school in grades pre-kindergarten through grade six, if the total length of time adds up to one year of full-time teaching during a customary school year; or

(6) One year of post-graduate study in child development, early childhood education, or a closely related field.

(b) You must have obtained all work experience in a full-time capacity or its equivalent in a part-time capacity. Full-time is defined as 30 hours per week.

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