VENDOR CERTIFICATION OF INSTRUCTOR QUALIFICATIONS

FOR REAL ESTATE CONTINUING EDUCATION AND POST LICENSING

Application fee………. $35.00

Make fees payable to the Louisiana Real Estate Commission in the form of a personal or company check, cashier’s check, or

money order. Please do not send cash through the mail.

IMPORTANT: This approval is limited to the specific instructor and course title named herein. The instructor shall not be eligible to instruct a different course title until such time that a separate application and fee are submitted by the vendor.

Vendor Name___________________________________________________________________________ LCE No. __________________

Course Instructor _________________________________________________________________________________________________

Course Title __________________________________________________________________ Tracking No. (if assigned) ___________

INSTRUCTOR QUALIFICATIONS (must meet at least one of the qualifications in each category):

Knowledge

• A professionally recognized real estate designation in the applicable field of instruction

• Bachelor’s degree in the field of instruction plus at least three (3) years full-time experience in the field of instruction

• Six (6) years full-time experience in a profession, trade or occupation in the applicable field

Experience

• Teaching experience consisting of at least 25 hours

• A properly credentialed instructor of real estate courses who is or has been engaged in the practice of teaching; or as

evidenced by a professional designation such as, but not limited to, a designated real estate instructor; or approved by

a college’s or university’s governing body to teach

• Has completed a professionally recognized instructor development workshop of no less than four (4) hours within the

previous 12 months

SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTORS:

Vendors may choose a supplemental instructor to assist in instruction of the herein named course. In accordance with the Rules

and Regulations, supplemental instructors cannot teach more than 25% of the course.

Supplemental Instructor: _________________________________ Supplemental Instructor: _________________________________

VENDOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND ATTESTMENT: I acknowledge that the herein named vendor shall maintain

documentation that supports submission of this certification of instructor’s qualifications and that said documentation shall be submitted to the Louisiana Real Estate Commission upon request. Furthermore, I hereby attest that the course instructor for whom this application is submitted meets at least one of the instructor qualifications in each category, as set forth herein.

Vendor or Authorized Representative Signature: ______________________________________________________________________

Print Name: _________________________________________________________________________ Date:

_______________________

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Mandatory Course

• Instructors used in the presentation of the mandatory course shall have first completed the Train the Trainer instructorworkshop developed specifically for each mandatory course topic.

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EDUCATION DIVISION

UNDERSTANDING INSTRUCTOR QUALIFICATIONS AND THE APPROVAL PROCESS

FIRST THINGS FIRST: OVERVIEW OF THE INSTRUCTOR APPROVAL PROCESS

The instructor approval process is not a one-time requirement that will cover all instruction activities of an approved instructor applicant; rather, it is a recurring process that requires the submission of an instructor approval application and the application processing fee for each course that the applicant will instruct.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR INSTRUCTOR APPROVAL: TWO AREAS OF QUALIFICATION

To qualify as an approved instructor, applicants must meet at least one qualification in each of the following categories:

CATEGORY 1: KNOWLEDGE OF COURSE TOPIC

• A professionally recognized real estate designation• Bachelor’s degree plus as least three (3) years full time experience• Six (6) years full time experience in a profession, trade, or occupation

Example 1:

If the course title is Home Inspections, the applicant must meet at least one of the qualifications listed:

Knowledge:

• A professionally recognized real estate designation in Home Inspections• Bachelor degree plus as least three (3) years full time experience in Home Inspections• Six (6) year full time experience in a profession, trade or occupation in Home

Inspections

Example 2:

If the course title is Real Estate Finance, the applicant must meet at least one of the qualifications listed:

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Knowledge:

• A professionally recognized real estate designation in Real Estate Finance• Bachelor degree plus as least three (3) years full time experience in Real Estate Finance• Six (6) year full time experience in a profession, trade or occupation in Real Estate

Finance

Example 3:

If the course title is The Closing Process, the applicant must meet at least one of the qualifications listed:

Knowledge: • A professionally recognized real estate designation in The Closing Process• Bachelor degree plus as least three (3) years full time experience in The Closing Process• Six (6) year full time experience in a profession, trade or occupation in The Closing

Process

CATEGORY 2: EXPERIENCE

• At least 25 hours of teaching experience (Important - Only formal classroominstructional settings in real estate and related fields will apply. Programs that do notqualify as teaching experience include online courses, committee reports, paneldiscussions, forums, meetings, planning, training, or task group settings.)

• Credentialed instructor of real estate courses who is or has been engaged in the practiceof teaching

• Professional designation such as a designated real estate instructor• Approved to teach by the governing body of a college or university• Professionally recognized instructor development workshop of at least four (4) hours

within the previous 12 months

BE AWARE – It shall be the responsibility of the vendor to determine the qualifications of each applicant based on teaching experience and knowledge of subject matter per course topic.

Vendors are cautioned that they will be held accountable for verifying the qualifications of an instructor, who is later determined to be unqualified. Vendors shall maintain documentation that supports the submission of the Certification of Instructor Qualifications for each course topic and that said documentation shall be submitted to the Louisiana Real Estate Commission upon request.

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