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. |
|
| (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:
| (a) |
the required renewal fee established in
Rule 539-1-.02
; |
| (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. |
