Minimum qualifications of a school-age child care program director

A director shall: 1. Be an adult of good physical, cognitive, social, and emotional health, and shall use mature judgment when making decisions impacting the quality of child care; 2. Possess knowledge and experience in management and interpersonal relationships; 3. Hold at least one of the following qualifications, in addition to those set out in subsection 1: a. A bachelor's degree in the field of early childhood education, child development, or elementary education; b. A bachelor's degree with at least six months of experience in a school-age child care program or similar setting and one of the following: (1) Eight semester hours or twelve quarter hours of department-approved early childhood education, child development, or elementary education; (2) One hundred twenty hours of department-approved early childhood training; or (3) A director's credential approved by the department; c. An associate degree in the field of early childhood education or child development with at least six months of experience in a school-age child care program or similar setting; d. An associate's degree with at least one year of experience in a school-age child care program and one of the following: (1) Eight semester hours or twelve quarter hours of department-approved early childhood education, child development, or elementary education; (2) One hundred twenty hours of department-approved early childhood training; or (3) A director's credential approved by the department; e. A current certification as a child development associate or similar status with at least one year of experience in a school-age child care program or similar setting; f. Certification from a Montessori teacher training program with one year of experience in a Montessori school, school-age child care program, or similar setting, and at least one of the following: (1) Eight semester hours or twelve quarter hours of department-approved child development, early childhood education, or elementary education; (2) One hundred twenty hours of department-approved early childhood training; or (3) A director's credential approved by the department; and 4. Certify annual completion of a minimum of thirteen hours of department-approved training related to child care, including one hour on mandated reporter of suspected child abuse or neglect. The same training courses may be counted toward licensing annual requirements only if three years has passed since the last completion date of that training course, with the exception of mandated reporter annual training.