In-service training.
(1) Program directors, site directors, lead teachers, and assistant teachers must complete ten hours of annual in-service training after twelve months of cumulative employment.
(a) Every thirty-six months, program directors and site directors must complete a minimum of ten hours of in-service training on "leadership practices."
(b) Leadership practices training includes the following Washington state core competencies: Program planning and development, and professional development and leadership.
(2) In-service training requirements of this chapter may be met by completing college courses that align with the Washington state core competencies. These courses must be delivered by a postsecondary institution and approved by the department.
(3) Only five in-service training hours that exceed the requirements of subsection (1) of this section may be carried over from one calendar year to the next calendar year.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
43.216.055 and
43.216.065. WSR 21-10-035, ยง 110-301-0107, filed 4/27/21, effective 6/1/21.]