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. |
