Becoming a Staff-Development Leader in Vermont
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.
Vermont
In Vermont, the nurse who leads staff education and training is commonly known as a LNA. It’s a valued, higher-responsibility role — and we can help you prepare for it and grow your long-term-care career.
Vermont has no 'Director of Staff Development' credential, though it is unusual in that its aides are LICENSED (LNAs) rather than certified. For the basic nurse-aide (LNA) training program the instructor rule is the federal floor -- an RN with two years' experience, one in long-term care -- and the program itself is approved by the Dept. of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living (DAIL, Division of Licensing & Protection), while the Board of Nursing (Office of Professional Regulation) licenses the individual LNAs. Be careful not to confuse this with Vermont's Medication Nursing Assistant (MNA) program, whose stricter 60+40-hour curriculum and baccalaureate-degree instructor requirement (Board rule 10-13) apply only to that advanced medication-aide track, not to basic nurse-aide staff development. Facility in-service follows the federal 12 hours a year.
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Through our sister platform Draco Learning, you can build practical skills and earn a professional certificate of completion from Vermont — 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 Vermont 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 Vermont — 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: Code of Vt. Rules 04-030-170, Part 10 · 26 V.S.A. Sec. 1645 · Vermont DLP NATCEP program approval.
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