Community Instructors

Community instructors are individuals and businesses, including home care agencies, that contract with DSHS to provide long-term care worker training throughout the community.

You may be required to become a licensed private vocational school if you provide core basic training. Learn more.

Training and Instructor Requirements

Applying for the First Time or Updating a Training Program

New Applicants Only

All courses, curriculum (training materials), and instructors must be approved by DSHS.

To be approved as a Community Instructor you are required to contract with the department.

Complete and submit the forms and documentation linked below.

  • Core Basic*
  • Population Specific
  • Nurse Delegation Core
  • Nurse Delegation Diabetes

 
  • Dementia Specialty Training**
  • Mental Health Specialty Training**
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Specialty Training**
  • Diabetes Specialty Training**

 

*Instructors applying to teach Core Basic are required to submit a copy of the 4-hour DSHS Adult Education class.

**Instructors applying to teach Specialty Trainings are required to submit a copy of their certificates from those 8-hour classes and the 4-hour DSHS Adult Education class.

Visit our Find a Training Class page to locate DSHS Adult Education and Specialty Training in your area.

Updating an Approved Training Program

All courses, curriculum (training materials), and instructors must be approved by DSHS.

Complete and submit the forms and documentation linked below.

  • Core Basic*
  • Population Specific
  • Nurse Delegation Core
  • Nurse Delegation Diabetes

 
  • Dementia Specialty Training**
  • Mental Health Specialty Training**
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Specialty Training**
  • Diabetes Specialty Training**

 

*Instructors applying to teach Core Basic are required to submit a copy of the 4-hour DSHS Adult Education class.

**Instructors applying to teach Specialty Trainings are required to submit a copy of their certificates from those 8-hour classes and the 4-hour DSHS Adult Education class.

 

Visit our Find a Training Class page to locate DSHS Adult Education and Specialty Training in your area.

Identify or Develop Curriculum (Training Materials) to Use

All curriculum and training materials must be approved by DSHS before use. For all requests, a Community Instructor Training Program Application and Updates form must be submitted.

DSHS approved curriculum

Approval for curriculum you developed