Minimum qualifications of a preschool director

1. A preschool director shall 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. The director shall 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 with eight or more weeks of supervised student teaching experience in a preschool or similar setting; b. A bachelor's degree with at least six months of experience in a preschool or similar setting and one of the following: (1) Eight semester hours or twelve quarter hours of department-approved early childhood education or child development; (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 preschool or similar setting; d. An associate's degree with at least one year of experience in a preschool or similar setting and one of the following: (1) Eight semester hours or twelve quarter hours of department-approved early childhood education or child development; (2) One hundred twenty hours of department-approved early childhood training; or (3) A director's credential approved by the department; e. Current certification as a child development associate or similar status, with at least one year of experience in a preschool or similar setting; or f. Certification from a Montessori teacher training program with at least one year of experience in a Montessori school, preschool, or similar setting.