Instructor Requirements

IAHCSMM Instructor Requirements have been revised. The new requirements are listed below:

The following requirements must be met (and maintained) to become designated as an Approved-Instructor for the IAHCSMM Central Service Technician Course:

Instructor and Program Information

Instructor’s Application Packet completed and approved by the IAHCSMM PDRC

Instructor Application

Instructor Curriculum Vitae

Program Overview

Instructor Responsibilities Acknowledgement Form

Teaching Materials

Purchase of the most current edition of the Instructor’s Guide (once approved)

Academic Background (CS Specific)

Option 1 - Current CRCST status with IAHCSMM

Option 2 - Proof of current academic appointment (Technical School, College, University, etc.), current IAHCSMM membership, and successful completion of the current CRCST exam.* (Note: Instructor applicants taking this exam will not be granted CRCST status. It is only an academic measurement.)

To apply for the CRCST exam as an Academic Appointment, please download and complete the application here: http://iahcsmm.org/pdf/crcst_AcademicAppointment.pdf

*Academic Appointment Instructors who have already been approved, do not need to take the CRCST exam.

Instructor Responsibilities:

Review, update, and resubmit Curriculum Vitae, Program Overview, and Instructor Responsibilities Acknowledgement Form once every two years.

Attend One Instructors’ Update and One entire IAHCSMM Annual Meeting every two years.

Agree to require that their students purchase the current copy of the IAHCSMM Text and Workbook.

Agree to exclusively teach the IAHCSMM CS curriculum, not a hybrid of the two major CS curriculums or the competing CS curriculum.

Instructors Application

Purchase of the Instructor's Guide requires prior approval as an Approved Instructor (click on link below to complete the application online). Once this application has been properly completed, select the EMAIL button, and it will automatically be emailed to IAHCSMM Headquarters for review. You will be notified of the status of your application within 4 weeks. All previous instructors and those wishing to become instructors must have this version of the application approved and on file with IAHCSMM prior to the purchase and release of the Instructor's Guide 7th Edition and to become an Approved Instructor.

An application form to become an IAHCSMM Approved Instructor can be accessed below:

Instructor Application