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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.

176 OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME PROGRAM: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR STAFF

176.1 Each paid employee at a Child Development Facility serving infants, toddlers, or preschoolers whose duties or responsibilities include the care of enrolled children shall receive pre-service training in the health and safety standards of licensed Child Development Facilities in the District of Columbia that, at a minimum, shall include