1. (a) The State Board for Educator Certification hereby adopts the appraiser qualifications, required appraiser training, and criteria for acceptable appraiser performance under the recommended Professional Development and Appraisal System (PDAS), as established by the commissioner of education in §150.1006 of this title (relating to Appraiser Qualifications).
2. (b) Training of PDAS appraisers shall be provided in accordance with the rules established by the commissioner of education in Chapter 150, Subchapter AA, of this title (relating to Teacher Appraisal). The providers of such training are responsible for verifying completion of the training, and the regional education service center designated by the commissioner to serve as the PDAS certification provider for the state is responsible for maintaining documentation and issuing certification to individuals who have completed PDAS training to appraise teachers.
3. (c) A school district using the commissioner-recommended administrator appraisal process shall comply with §150.1022(c) of this title (relating to Commissioner-Recommended Administrator Appraisal Process: Procedures) and §244.3 of this title (relating to Training for Appraisers of Educators in School Districts Using Locally-Developed Educator Appraisal Systems).

Source Note:The provisions of this §244.2 adopted to be effective March 1, 1998, 23 TexReg 1022; amended to be effective October 28, 2010, 35 TexReg 9507.