The Lead Instructor (LI) is responsible for making sure the roster accurately reflects all students and instructor team, including Instructor Candidates, by the end of the first day of the course

It also their responsibility to monitor the course to be sure all Policies and Procedures are followed. Therefore, they must be present and attentive for the entire course. Should an LI not be able to so, they should log in and update the course profile to reflect a different LI.

As it is a national standardized curriculum, you must only use the slides provided by NHTSA and cannot make your own slides or edit the ones provided.

The Lead Instructor is responsible for submitting hands-on pass/fail scores for each student at the end of the course, also known as Course Finalization.

To become a CPST, students must pass all skills assessments, including vehicle occupant protection system identification, selecting and securing child restraints, and identifying misuse in order to pass the overall hands-on section of the course.

For Certification Course skills assessments, an instructor candidate may sign off/grade students under the supervision of their mentor using their T#. Their mentor will sign behind the IC. ICs may not teach the Renewal course.

For Certification Courses, each student has three opportunities to pass each skill assessment.

For Certification Renewal Courses, each student has two opportunities to pass each skill assessment. Should a student fail any section of any assessment, they are not eligible for certification and must retake and pass a certification course (Renewal if they were previously certified) to become certified.

The Lead Instructor is responsible for submitting checkup pass/fail scores for each technician candidate at the end of the course. Each technician candidate must actively participate, demonstrating correct technical skill and appropriate communication at a safety seat checkup event to pass this section of the course.

The Lead Instructor is responsible for overseeing all quiz grading and entering a final grade online. The instructor team is equally responsible for ensuring that under no circumstances is a student exam answer sheet modified by any student, member of the instructor team or other person, except in the case of a grading discrepancy as described in the exam administration guidelines.

The Lead Instructor must be extremely careful when entering grades online to be sure they are accurate and correct.

Once student scores are entered online, the Lead Instructor should keep the Course Grade Sheet for one-year as a record of the student grades and may destroy any used tests.

Students with special needs should send a written request to the Lead Instructor before the start date of the course, documenting the need and specifying the accommodation requested. Most accommodations may be made on-site at the discretion of the instructor team.

Should any student require assistance with the physical requirements of the course, the instructor team will accommodate the student by assigning an instructor to install seats following the student's specific instruction in each step of the selection, direction, and location process.

For any accommodations given, please note the student's name and a description of the accommodation and keep on file for at least 2 years (one certification cycle).