Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A.
Commission approved course instructors. Instructors must be approved by the
commission before teaching courses. The following requirements apply to all
commission approved instructors.
(1) Be
honest, truthful, reputable, professional, and competent.
(2) Submit a commission-approved application
before presenting the course to the committee.
(3) Complete a commission approved instructor
training course within one year of being initially approved as an instructor
and every three years thereafter. Instructors who fail to submit documentation
of completion of the instructor-training course will not be
re-certified.
(4) Provide copies of
student handouts during their course presentation.
(5) Make a minimum 15 minute presentation to
the committee exhibiting their teaching skills and knowledge of the subject
matter, and be prepared to answer questions. Presentations must conform to the
generally accepted principles of education (GAPE) as established by the real
estate educators' association (REEA).
B. Pre-licensing instructors. Pre-licensing
courses include: real estate law, real estate principles and practices, broker
basics and brokerage office administration. In addition to Subsection A. above,
these instructor candidates must:
(1) pass
the New Mexico broker's examination with a minimum score of 84 within the
previous three years from the date of application;
(2) audit the course they wish to teach
before being approved as an instructor for that course; documentation of having
audited the course must be submitted with the candidate's
application;
(3) broker basics: be
approved to teach real estate law and real estate principles and
practice;
(4) brokerage office
administration: be approved to teach real estate law and real estate principles
and practice and broker basics; in addition, candidates must also have
two-year's experience as a qualifying broker in New Mexico or another licensing
jurisdiction.
C. Core
course instructors. In addition to Subsection A. above core course instructor
candidates must:
(1) Successfully complete a
core course training class recommended by the committee and approved by the
commission; and
(2) Teach the
current core course twice for no compensation; teamed with two different
approved core course instructors designated by the commission executive
secretary or commission education administrator; and receive "above average"
evaluations in both courses, and
(3) Appear before and be approved by the
committee, including presentation to the committee of a component of the
current year's core class; and
(4)
Appear before the commission, and be sworn in, and
(5) Ensure that the core course materials the
applicant presents includes the materials approved by the commission for the
current calendar year that is being taught.
D. Qualifying broker refresher course
instructors. In addition to Subsection A above, qualifying broker refresher
course instructor candidates must comply with one of the following:
(1) be a currently approved instructor for
real estate law and real estate principles and practice and broker basics and
be a qualifying broker or would qualify to be one; or
(2) be approved to teach the core course and
be a qualifying broker.
E. New broker business practices
post-licensing course instructors. In addition to Subsection A above, new
broker business practices course instructors must:
(1) have two years' experience as an active
qualifying broker with supervisory responsibilities or two years actively
licensed as an associate broker and served in the capacity as a trainer for the
brokerage, or two years actively licensed as an associate broker and be
approved as a continuing education instructor;
(2) attend, when offered, a commission
approved train-the-trainer on how to instruct the post-licensing course and
attend, when offered, a periodic update of the course offered by the commission
or the commission contractor; and
F. Committee approval process. The committee
will make its recommendation to the commission to grant or deny instructor
approval. If the application is denied, a written evaluation to the candidate
will provide specific reasons for denial and recommendations for improvement.
An instructor candidate not recommended for approval by the committee may ask
the commission to review the committee's unfavorable recommendation.
G. Post-approval requirements. After approval
all instructors must comply with the following:
(1) pay applicable fee(s);
(2) conduct all classes in accordance with
commission rules and educational policies;
(3) ensure all instruction is free from all
misrepresentation, solicitations of products and recruitment;
(4) conform to commission-approved course
content requirements; and
(5) allow
access to any class to any duly appointed representative of the
commission.
H. Instructor
approval expiration and re-certification.
(1)
Expiration. Instructor approvals expire on the same three-year cycle as the
instructor's broker's license. If an instructor is not a real estate broker,
then the expiration will be three years from the date of initial
approval.
(2) Re-certification.
Instructors seeking re-certification shall:
(a) submit the commission-approved
form;
(b) submit documentation of
having completed a commission-approved instructor training course;
(c) an instructor who has not taught a course
in the preceding three year instructor renewal cycle will not be recertified to
teach that course; an instructor may submit at the time of renewal, a written
request to the committee to be re-certified to teach that course; the written
request must specify how the instructor has remained current on the course
material, and must include the course outline and course
material.
I.
Failure to comply with this part may result in the loss of instructor
approval.
