Program Director & Instructor Qualifications

Program Director: an actively licensed RN who has a minimum of one year of licensed clinical RN experience. Director Duties
Primary Instructor(s): actively licensed RNs/LPNs with two years of licensed clinical nursing experience, with one year of licensed nursing experience in a nursing facility; must have experience teaching adult students or completed a training course on adult instruction. The director of nursing (DON) in the nursing facility is not eligible.
Skills Lab Instructors: qualified licensed RN/LPN responsible to teach the skills lab and complete the skills demonstration checklists. The DON in the nursing facility and CNAs are not eligible.
Supplemental Instructors: must have a minimum of one year of experience in their area of expertise to assist with instruction. The DON in the nursing facility and CNAs are not eligible.
RN Skills Evaluator: the CNA Skills Competency Evaluation must be performed by an actively licensed RN with a minimum of one year of licensed nursing experience caring for older adults or the chronically ill of any age. The DON in the nursing facility is not eligible.
Knowledge Exam Proctor: Individuals who are trained and approved by the board-approved Knowledge Exam testing agency.