Boards shall ensure that Texas Rising Star staff members comply with their assigned responsibilities, as applicable.

1. (1) A mentor is defined as a designated staff member who helps providers obtain, maintain, or achieve higher star levels of certification.
2. (2) An assessor is defined as a designated staff member who assesses and monitors providers that obtain, maintain, and achieve higher levels of quality.
3. (3) Dual-role staff is defined as designated staff members who assume the role of the assessor and mentor.
4. (4) If an individual performs the duties of both an assessor and a mentor, the individual providing Texas Rising Star mentoring services to a provider does not act as the assessor of that same provider when determining Texas Rising Star certification.
5. (5) Texas Rising Star staff members are required to complete annual professional development and continuing education consistent with the Texas Rising Star annual minimum training hours requirement for a Texas Rising Star--certified child care center director.
6. (6) Per the Texas Family Code, §261.101, Texas Rising Star staff members are mandated reporters when observing serious incidents as described in the Texas Rising Star guidelines.

Source Note:The provisions of this §809.136 adopted to be effective January 25, 2021, 46 TexReg 593.