Chapter 539-5 STANDARDS FOR APPRAISER COURSE INSTRUCTORS
| (1) |
Only instructors approved, by name, by the
Board; guest instructors as provided for in paragraph (4) of this Rule; or
instructors identified on the application for a course that is approved by the
Board may teach courses approved by the Board to meet the educational requirement
for state registered real property appraiser, for state licensed real property
appraiser, for state certified residential real property appraiser, for state
certified general real property appraiser. Instructors approved, by name, by the
Board may teach any course approved by the Board. |
| (2) |
Applicants for instructor approval shall
file an application for approval with the Board. The application shall be signed
by the applicant. The application shall include a resume of the applicant's
background and include the following information:
| (a) |
appraiser classification status; |
| (b) |
teaching experience with recommendations
and evaluations from supervisors, colleagues, and students; |
| (c) |
real estate appraisal education as
evidenced by formal professional education; |
| (d) |
real estate appraisal experience as
evidenced by association with professional associations, experience with
auxiliary fields, continuing education and training, and specific numbers and
types of appraisal assignment in which the applicant has been involved; |
| (e) |
formal education experience; and |
| (f) |
evidence of the applicant's having
completed, within one year prior to making an application for instructor
approval, an instructor development workshop approved by the Board. |
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| (3) |
In approving the applicant, the
Board shall consider qualifications from the six areas above and student and
approved instructor evaluations of the applicant. However, in granting approval
the Board will give most weight to the applicant's teaching experience,
involvement in a wide variety of appraisal assignments, and satisfactory
evaluation of the applicant's performance in apprentice instruction in a Board
approved course of study. The Board shall be the final determinant of approval of
instructors. |
| (4) |
Schools may utilize
guest instructors with expertise in particular areas in any approved course
provided a properly approved instructor is present at the time of their
presentation. Schools may, however, utilize guest instructors without an approved
instructor's being present with the prior written approval of the
Board. |
| (1) |
The Board shall approve, disapprove, or request further information on all
applications for instructor approval within sixty (60) days of the receipt of a
completed application. |
| (2) |
If an
applicant for instructor or an instructor has an appraiser classification and
that classification is sanctioned by the Board, such sanction may be grounds for
Board withdrawal of approval or denial of approval as an instructor. |
All instructors must apply for renewal of approval by December
31st each year. Renewal applications must be on forms
supplied by the Board and accompanied by:
| (b) |
satisfactory evidence that the applicant
has engaged in at least 14 hours of instructional contact with students in any
Board approved course during the preceding year or has completed at least seven
hours of an instructor development workshop approved by the Board or by an
appraiser licensing agency in another state; or |
| (c) |
satisfactory proof that the instructor has
attended during the renewal period at least 14 hours of Board approved continuing
education courses for appraiser instructors; such courses can include school
meetings, instructor development workshops, and any other courses which the Board
approves for instructor continuing education prior to the instructor's taking the
course. |
| (1) |
The school coordinator/director shall be responsible for consistent and regular
evaluation of the school's instructors. The coordinator/director shall provide
students with an opportunity to make unsigned, written evaluations of
instructors. |
| (2) |
Each time any school
uses an instructor for the first time, the school coordinator/director shall
evaluate the instructor and maintain this evaluation in the school files along
with the original student evaluations of the instructor. |
| (3) |
Subsequent evaluations on instructors
previously evaluated and qualified and which a school uses in any calendar year
shall be completed at least annually, by the coordinator/director and should be
used to measure any change in the quality of the instruction. |
| (4) |
Upon receipt of a sworn written request for
an investigation or at its own discretion, the Real Estate Appraisers Board may
request, and the coordinator/director shall supply additional student and
coordinator/director evaluations on specific individual instructors in question.
These evaluations may be used by the Board to determine what action to take to
improve the quality of instruction. |
| (1) |
Any violation of
the provisions of this Chapter or any falsification or misrepresentation on the
application for approval or renewal may result in withdrawal of approval or any
sanction permitted by O.C.G.A. Section
43-39A-18
or any citation permitted in O.C.G.A.§ 43-39A-18.1. |
| (2) |
Before imposing any sanction for a
violation of this Chapter, the Board shall afford a hearing in accordance with
the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act" [O.C.G.A. Chapter 50-13] to the
instructor allegedly violating this Chapter. |
