Becoming a Staff-Development Leader in Kansas
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.
Kansas
In Kansas, the nurse who leads staff education and training is commonly known as a Staff Development Coordinator. It’s a valued, higher-responsibility role — and we can help you prepare for it and grow your long-term-care career.
Kansas has NO distinct DSD-style credential. KDADS Health Occupations Credentialing approves nurse-aide 'course sponsors' and 'course instructors' for the 90-hour training course (K.A.R. 28-39-165/-166; see also K.A.R. 26-50-20). The instructor overlay is notable: an RN with a current Kansas license and 2 years of licensed nursing experience including at least 1,750 hours in an adult care home or hospital LTC unit, plus a course/CE in teaching adults or supervising aides and 7 hours of person-centered-care CE the year before and each year of instructing. Kansas sets no separate annual CE for CNAs, so facility in-service follows the federal 12 hrs/yr (42 CFR 483.95). A nurse takes on the role by facility designation, plus KDADS instructor/sponsor approval to teach — there is no separate 'staff development director' certificate.
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Through our sister platform Draco Learning, you can build practical skills and earn a professional certificate of completion from Kansas — 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 Kansas 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 Kansas — 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: K.A.R. 28-39-166 · K.A.R. 28-39-165 · K.A.R. 26-50-20.
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