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TITLE 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 744 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL-AGE AND BEFORE OR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS
SUBCHAPTER D - PERSONNEL
SECTION/RULE §744.1021 - What types of experience may count towards meeting director qualifications?
Chapter Review Date 03/27/2024

(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.

Source Note: The provisions of this §744.1021 adopted to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7469; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909.

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