The following requirements are intended to assure the Commission
that instructors in approved law enforcement training meet minimal
qualifications as to training and experience as authorized in Section
1016 of the Regulations. The
actual evaluation and selection of instructors will remain the responsibility
of the School Director (or Coordinator) that is ultimately responsible for the
quality of the instruction provided.
TYPES OF CERTIFICATION
For purposes of certification of instructors, all approved law
enforcement training will be designated as follows:
PROFESSIONAL - Professional subjects will be those
subjects which are clearly law enforcement in nature.
REQUIREMENTS
1.
LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE
(a) A minimum of three years of law
enforcement experience is required for personnel instructing law enforcement
subjects.
(b) The Commission may
grant an individual with specialized skills or knowledge the authority to teach
professional courses when the individual lacks law enforcement experience and
the Commission believes the best interests of law enforcement will be
served.
2.
EDUCATION
The minimum education background as recognized by the Commission
will be required for personnel instructing law enforcement subjects. (See
1002(3) (f) and Specification S-4)
3.
TRAINING
(a) New applicants for instructor
certification must have completed an Instructor Development Training Course
consisting of a minimum of 32 hours of Commission approved classroom
instruction or the equivalent including, but not limited to, the following
topics:
Communications
Psychology of Learning
Techniques of Instruction
Use of Instructional Aids
Preparing and Using Lesson Plans
Evaluation of Training
Preparing and Administering Tests
Teaching Resources
Planning for Instruction and Learning
Trainee Motivation and Counseling
Practical Exercises in the Application of Instructional
Principles Presented in the Course
(b) An Instructor's Certificate may be issued
without completion of the required Instructor Development Course if an
individual has documented expertise in the area of instruction. Documented
expertise may include the completion of specialized and advanced education or
training, acceptance as expert by court, association or society or other
recognizing body, and/or experience in the subject area. The Commission retains
the right to accept or reject submitted documentation as evidence of expertise.
Any certificate issued shall only entitle the individual to teach the
subject(s) specified in Commission approved courses.
(c)
FIREARMS - Firearms training
is a professional subject, therefore, a Firearm Instructor Certificate will be
issued only to those officers who have successfully met Requirements 1, 2,
& 3 of this specification and have successfully completed a Firearms
Instructor Course approved by the Commission.
(d)
GENERAL - General subjects
will be those subjects which are clearly NOT law enforcement in
nature, i.e., Criminal Law, Human Relations, Management subjects, etc.
REQUIREMENTS
1. At least three years of experience in the
subject area to be instructed.
2.
Recommendation of school director.
3. A Baccalaureate Degree with a major or
concentration of courses in the discipline or an area to be taught or as
required by the Commission; or
4.
An associate degree with course work in the discipline or area to be taught or
as required by the Commission and three (3) years' experience in a Criminal
Justice occupation or a related occupation; or
5. The equivalent of 3 and 4 above as
determined by the Commission.
6.
Usual formalities of certification may be waived by the Commission for those
teaching general subjects.
CERTIFICATION OF INSTRUCTORS
1. Applications for instructor certification,
both professional and general, will be made on Commission Form F-8, Application
for Instructor Certification. Once a person has been certified as an instructor
and has a Form F-8 on file with the Commission, Form F-8 need not to be
completed and filed a second time except to report changes or requests for
certification to instruct in additional subject areas.
