N.M. Admin. Code § 10.29.4.11

Current through Register Vol. 36, No. 1, January 14, 2025

Section 10.29.4.11 - MASTER INSTRUCTOR

To qualify for a master instructor certification, an applicant shall be required to demonstrate to the director proof of skills, successful experience, and training in the related field for which they will be training new instructors, and must meet the following requirements:

A. must be sponsored by a law enforcement agency in the state of New Mexico; this requirement may be waived by the director upon written request based on a showing of previous training/experience in the subject area for which certification is requested;

B. must have completed a minimum of two years certification as a general, specialized, or professional lecturer instructor in the same subject area as the request for master instructor certification;

C. must produce documentation of successful completion of an instructor-trainer course, train-the-trainer course or master instructor course (or what other term is used to describe a course that qualifies a person to train instructors) in the same subject area for which certification is requested or:

(1) must have completed at least one four-year certification as a general, specialized, or professional lecturer instructor in the same subject area; and

(2) must show documentation of additional training hours of expertise of at least the same amount of hours as the original instructor-level certification; and

(3) must show rosters and student evaluations from at least 10 training classes as the lead instructor in the same subject area;

D. qualified applicants for a master instructor designation will be issued a certification for a period of two or more years; an evaluation will be completed by the students subsequent to the completion of each class taught by the master instructor; the agency administrator responsible for conducting the class shall review the evaluations and maintain the course rosters to ensure the quality of the instruction.

N.M. Admin. Code § 10.29.4.11

10.29.4.11 NMAC - N, 6/14/02; A, 4/30/08, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXVIII, Issue 12, June 27, 2017, eff. 6/27/2017