Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) If
the training complies with the other rules in this division (relating to Annual
Training), annual training may include hours or Continuing Education Units
earned through:
(1) Workshops or courses
offered by local school districts, colleges or universities, or
Licensing;
(2) Conferences or
seminars;
(3) Instructor-led
training, as defined at §
748.801(3)
of this subchapter (relating to What do certain words and terms mean in this
subchapter?);
(4)
Self-instructional training, as defined at §
748.801(4)
of this subchapter;
(5) Planned
learning opportunities provided by child-care associations or
Licensing;
(6) Planned learning
opportunities provided by a professional contract service provider, child-care
administrator, professional level service provider, treatment director, or
caregiver who meets minimum qualifications in the rules of this chapter;
or
(7) Completed college courses
for which a passing grade is earned, with three college credit hours being
equivalent to 50 clock hours of required training. College courses do not
substitute for required CPR or first-aid certification or required annual
training on emergency behavior intervention or psychotropic
medication.
(b) For
annual training hours, you may count:
(1) The
hours of annual training that a person received at another residential
child-care operation, if the person:
(A)
Received the training within the time period you are using to calculate the
person's annual training; and
(B)
Provides documentation of the training;
(2) First aid and CPR;
(3) Any hours of pre-service training that
the person earned in addition to the required pre-service hours, although you
may not carry over more than 15 hours of a person's pre-service training hours
for use as annual training hours during the upcoming year;
(4) Half of the hours spent developing
initial training curriculum that is relevant to the population of children
served. No additional credit hours for training curriculum development are
permitted for repeated training sessions; and
(5) One-fourth of the hours spent updating
and making revisions to training curriculum that is relevant to the population
of children served.
(c)
For annual training hours, you may not count:
(1) Orientation training;
(2) Required pre-service training;
(3) The hours involved in case staffings and
conferences with the supervisor; or
(4) The hours presenting training to
others.
(d) No more than
80 percent of the required annual training hours may come from
self-instructional training, as defined at §
748.801(4)
of this subchapter. No more than three of those self-instructional hours may
come from self-study training, as defined at §
748.801(5)
of this subchapter.
(e) If a person
earns more than the minimum number of annual training hours required during a
particular year, the person can carry over to the next year a maximum of 15
annual training hours.
