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POST staff seeks input on new instructor conduct rules after quality assessments find repeated gaps
Summary
POST staff proposed exploring regulations to address instructor conduct and the course‑complaint process. The discussion followed a presentation of the Quality Assessment Program (QAP), which found instructor performance problems in a small share of evaluations and has led to course suspensions and at least one decertification.
POST staff told the advisory committee they are considering regulatory changes to address instructor conduct and presenter responsibilities after an internal review identified gaps in how complaints and instructor performance are handled.
Training Program Services consultant Andrew Mendonca said current regulation 1057 addresses course decertification and suspension but does not specify a code of conduct or performance expectations for individual instructors. POST policy TDC‑4 governs the internal course‑complaint process but is a staff policy rather than a binding regulation for presenters or instructors. Mendonca and the bureau argued there is a gap when an instructor teaches for multiple presenters: a complaint about the instructor at one presenter may not be addressed in a way that prevents the same instructor delivering harmful instruction elsewhere.
Advisory members discussed the…
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