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(a) The following types of experience may be counted as experience:(1) Experience as a director, assistant director, or caregiver working directly with children, obtained in any operation regulated by DFPS, whether paid or unpaid;(2) Experience as a director, assistant director, or caregiver working directly with children in a licensed or certified operation in another state or country;(3) One year experience providing skill-based instruction or as a caregiver in a recreational or youth development program, where children in pre-kindergarten through grade six are in care for at least two hours a day, three days a week;(4) One year of full-time classroom teaching in a public or private accredited school in grades pre-kindergarten through grade six, during a customary school year;(5) Substitute or part-time classroom teaching in a public or private accredited school in grades pre-kindergarten through grade six, if the total length of time adds up to one year of full-time teaching during a customary school year; or(6) One year of post-graduate study in child development, early childhood education, or a closely related field.(b) You must have obtained all work experience in a full-time capacity or its equivalent in a part-time capacity. Full-time is defined as 30 hours per week.