Section 5-A175. OUT-OF-SCHOOL-TIME PROGRAM: ASSISTANT GROUP LEADER QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

 

175.1 In a Child Development Center that provides both out-of-school-time care and care for infants, toddlers, or preschoolers, a qualified Assistant Teacher shall be deemed to meet the qualification requirements for an Assistant Group Leader.

 

175.2 An Assistant Group Leader in a Child Development Center that provides out-of-school-time care only shall be at least eighteen (18) years of age and have earned at least a high school diploma or its equivalent, and have at least six (6) months of supervised occupational experience working with school-age children of under the age of fifteen (15) years at a duly authorized school or camp, licensed Child Development Center, or an equivalent entity.

 

175.3 For the purposes of this section, a period of supervised occupational experience shall include an average of no less than twenty (20) hours per week.  Six (6) months occupational experience is equal to five hundred (500) hours.  Multiple qualifying periods may be aggregated in order to achieve the required total.

 

175.4 Each Assistant Group Leader shall work under the direct supervision of a Group Leader.

 

175.5 The duties and responsibilities of an Assistant Group Leader shall be to aid the Group Leader in guiding the activities of the children.

 

 

authority

Sections 3(b)(6A), 3(b)(9), 3(b)(9A), 3(b)(11) of the State Education Office Establishment Act of 2000, effective October 21, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-176; D.C. Official Code §§ 38-2602(b)(6A), (b)(9), (b)(9A), and (b)(11)) (2012 Repl. & 2016 Supp.)); the Day Care Policy Act of 1979, effective September 19, 1979 (D.C. Law 3-16; D.C. Official Code §§ 4-401 et seq. (2012 Repl. & 2016 Supp.)) (“Day Care Act”); Mayor’s Order 2009-3, dated January 15, 2009; the Child Development Facilities Regulation Act of 1998, effective April 13, 1999 (D.C. Law 12-215; D.C. Official Code §§ 7-2031 et seq. (2012 Repl.)) (“Facilities Act”); Mayor’s Order 2009-130, dated July 16, 2009; Sections 503 and 504 of the Early Intervention Program Establishment Act of 2004, effective April 13, 2005 (D.C. Law 15-353; D.C. Official Code §§ 7-863.03 and 7-863.04 (2012 Repl.)); Mayor’s Order 2009-167, dated September 28, 2009; Titles I and II of the Child and Youth, Safety and Health Omnibus Amendment Act of 2004 (“CYSHA”), effective April 13, 2005 (D.C. Law 15-353; D.C. Official Code §§ 1-620.31 et seq. and §§ 4-1501.01 et seq. (2012 Repl. & 2016 Supp.)); and the Healthy Tots Act of 2014, effective February 26, 2015 (D.C. Law 20-155; D.C. Official Code §§ 38-281 et seq. (2016 Supp.)); and pursuant to the Social Security Act, approved February 22, 2012 (Pub.L. 112-96; 42 U.S.C. § 618(c)); the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 (“CCDBG Act”), approved November 19, 2014 (Pub.L. 113-186; 42 U.S.C. §§ 9858 et seq.), and regulations promulgated thereunder at 45 C.F.R. Parts 98 and 99.

source

Final Rulemaking at 63 DCR 14640 (December 2, 2016).