21 NCAC 57B .0306. INSTRUCTOR REQUIREMENTS

(a)  Except as indicated in Paragraph (b) of this Rule, all qualifying courses or courses deemed equivalent by the Board shall be taught by instructors who possess the fitness for licensure required of applicants for trainee registration or real estate appraiser licensure or certification and either the minimum appraisal education and experience qualifications listed in this Rule or other qualifications that are found by the Board to be equivalent to those listed.  These qualification requirements shall be met on a continuing basis.  The minimum qualifications are as follows:

(1)           Residential appraiser courses: 200 classroom hours of real estate appraisal education equivalent to the residential appraiser education courses prescribed in Rules .0101 and .0102 of this Subchapter and two years' full-time experience as a certified residential or general real estate appraiser within the previous five years.  At least one-half of such experience must be in residential property appraising. Instructors must also be certified as a residential or general real estate appraiser.

(2)           General appraiser courses: 300 classroom hours of real estate appraisal education equivalent to the general appraiser education courses prescribed in Rules .0101, .0102 and .0103 of this Subchapter and three years' full-time experience as a general real estate appraiser within the previous five years. At least one-half of such experience must be in income property appraising. Instructors must also be a certified general real estate appraiser and have been so certified for at least five years.

(3)           USPAP: certification by the Appraiser Qualifications Board of the Appraisal Foundation as an instructor for the National USPAP Course. The instructor must be a certified residential or a certified general appraiser. If a USPAP instructor fails to renew or loses his or her certification by the Appraiser Qualifications Board, the instructor must immediately stop teaching and notify the Appraisal Board of the loss of certification.

(4)           Statistics, modeling and finance: must have previously completed this class, or must have completed 3 semester hours of statistics in an accredited college or university.

(b)  Guest lecturers who do not possess the qualifications stated in Paragraph (a) of this Rule may be utilized to teach collectively up to one-fourth of any course, provided that each guest lecturer possesses education and experience directly related to the particular subject area the lecturer is teaching.

(c)  Instructors shall conduct themselves in a professional manner when performing their instructional duties and shall conduct their classes in a manner that demonstrates knowledge of the subject matter being taught and mastery of the following basic teaching skills:

(1)           The ability to communicate effectively through speech, including the ability to speak clearly at an appropriate rate of speed and with appropriate grammar and vocabulary;

(2)           The ability to present instruction in an accurate, logical, orderly, and understandable manner, to utilize illustrative examples as appropriate, and to respond appropriately to questions from students;

(3)           The ability to effectively utilize varied instructive techniques other than straight lecture, such as class discussion or other techniques;

(4)           The ability to effectively utilize instructional aids to enhance learning;

(5)           The ability to maintain an effective learning environment and control of a class; and

(6)           The ability to interact with adult students in a manner that encourages students to learn, that demonstrates an understanding of students' backgrounds, that avoids offending the sensibilities of students, and that avoids personal criticism of any other person, agency or organization.

(d)  Upon request of the Board, an instructor or proposed instructor must submit to the Board a videotape or DVD in a manner and format which depicts the instructor teaching portions of a qualifying course specified by the Board and which demonstrates that the instructor possesses the basic teaching skills described in Paragraph (c) of this Rule.

(e)  The inquiry into fitness shall include consideration of whether the instructor has ever had any disciplinary action taken on his or her appraisal license or certificate or any other professional license or certificate in North Carolina or any other state, or whether the instructor has ever been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any criminal act.  This inquiry may include consideration of whether disciplinary action or criminal charges are pending.

(f)  Instructors shall not have received any disciplinary action regarding his or her appraisal license or certificate from the State of North Carolina or any other state within the previous two years.  For the purposes of this Section, disciplinary action means a reprimand, suspension (whether active or inactive), or a revocation.

(g)  Proposed qualifying course instructors who do not meet the minimum appraisal education and experience qualifications listed in Paragraph (a) of this Rule, and who seek to have their qualifications determined by the Board to be equivalent to the qualifications listed in Paragraph (a) of this Rule, must supply the Board with copies of sample appraisal reports or other evidence of experience.

(h)  Persons desiring to become instructors for qualifying courses must file an application for approval with the Board. The application may be accessed at the Board's website at www.ncappraisalboard.org .

There is no fee for application for instructor approval.  Once an instructor has been approved to teach a specific qualifying course, that person may teach the course at any school or for any course sponsor approved by the Appraisal Board to offer qualifying courses.

(i)  Current Appraisal Board members shall not be eligible to teach qualifying courses during their term of office on the Board.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 93E-1-8(a); 93E-1-10;

Eff. July 1, 1994;

Amended Eff. July 1, 2014; July 1, 2010; September 1, 2008; March 1, 2007; March 1, 2006; July 1, 2005; July 1, 2003; August 1, 2002.