Becoming a Staff-Development Leader in Colorado
Every skilled nursing facility needs a nurse to lead its orientation and in-service education, and the core skills are the same across the country. We help you build them — with professional, certificate-bearing online courses available to nurses and care staff in all 50 states. In California the role is called Director of Staff Development; elsewhere it’s a Staff Development Coordinator, In-Service Coordinator or Nurse Educator.
Looking for the in-service training requirements rather than the role? See our nursing-home in-service requirements by state.
Colorado
In Colorado, the nurse who leads staff education and training is commonly known as a Staff Development Coordinator / In-Service Coordinator. It’s a valued, higher-responsibility role — and we can help you prepare for it and grow your long-term-care career.
Colorado has no California-style DSD credential. A facility designates its staff-development/in-service coordinator, and CDPHE nursing-facility rules (6 CCR 1011-1 Ch. 5) require ongoing in-service, orientation, continuing education and CPR but no hours above the federal 12/year. The state-regulated piece is CNA training: the Colorado State Board of Nursing (3 CCR 716-1.11) requires the Primary Instructor to be an RN with an active, unencumbered Colorado license and at least 2 years of RN experience, and the Program Coordinator to be a qualified RN; in an LTC-based program the DON may be Coordinator but not Primary Instructor. So the nearest thing to a staff-development credential is Board approval as a nurse-aide program instructor, not a DSD license.
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Through our sister platform Draco Learning, you can build practical skills and earn a professional certificate of completion from Colorado — our online courses are open to nurses and care staff in all 50 states:
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The in-service topics a surveyor expects are set by federal law, so they are the same in Colorado as everywhere else. Our in-service library covers all of them — 186 ready-to-teach lessons, each with a lesson plan, handout, quiz, speaker notes and slides — for $99.
How the role works in Colorado — official details
General information to help you plan — not legal advice. Requirements can change, so
confirm the specifics with your state’s licensing agency.
Sources: 3 CCR 716-1.11 · 6 CCR 1011-1 Chapter 05 · 42 CFR 483.95.
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