In addition to the previously mentioned requirements, instructors must also have a minimum of 20 hours of lecturing and hands-on teaching during the current two-year certification cycle, at least 10 of which must be earned teaching the Certification course. The additional hours may involve mentoring, teaching the Certification Renewal course or a combination of both.

NOTE: Teaching hours as an IC do not count toward recertification.

Teaching hours are automatically tracked by the system when the Lead Instructor enters the teaching hours during the course finalization process. Individual instructors are not responsible for inputting their own teaching hours. Hours are assigned to the first day of the course.

Only Certification or Certification Renewal Course hours can count towards your teaching hours for recertification.

Teaching hours are based on the number of hours of lecture and participation in hands-on skills exercises and testing. Just being in the classroom does not qualify for teaching hours.

• Example 1: You were an instructor with no lecture time, but participated in eight hours of hands-on work. You earned eight teaching hours.
• Example 2: You were an instructor with five hours of lecture and 10 hours of hands-on work (includes 3 hours working with students at the check up). You earned 15 teaching hours.

Mentors can get up to 8 hours for being a mentor. If the CPSTI teaches or does hands-on work (as above), please also add them as an instructor.

Lead Instructors can get up to 10 hours for being a LI for a Certification Course. If they also teach or do hands-on work (as above), please also add 10 to these teaching hours.


How to Calculate Teaching Hours webinar - August 7, 2012

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