(1) The minimum qualifications for community instructors of adult education training using DSHS curriculum, in addition to the general qualifications in WAC 388-71-1055 (1) and (2), include:

(a) The instructor must be experienced in adult education practices and capable of demonstrating competency in the entire course content;

(b) Education:

(i) Has a bachelor's degree or is a registered nurse with at least one year of education in seminars, conferences, continuing education, or in college classes in subjects directly related to adult education, such as, but not limited to English as a second language (ESL), adult basic education, and adult secondary education (one year of education equals twenty-four semester credits in a semester system, thirty-six quarter credits in a quarter system, or at least eighty hours of seminars, conferences, and continuing education); and

(ii) Successful completion of the DSHS adult education training curriculum prior to beginning to train others;

(c) Meets one or more of the following teaching experience requirements:

(i) Two years of experience teaching long-term care workers; or

(ii) Two hundred hours of experience teaching adult education or closely related subjects;

(d) Successful completion of the DSHS instructor qualification/demonstration process; and

(e) Instructor approved and contracted by the department as a community instructor.

(2) Instructors that administer tests must have experience or training in assessment and competency testing.