Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) "Content
specialist" means a licensed educator who provides instruction or specialized
support for students and teachers in a school setting.
(2) "Core academic subjects or areas" under
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), Title IX, Part A,
20
U.S.C. 7801, Section
9101(11)
means:
(a) English;
(b) reading or language arts;
(c) mathematics;
(d) science;
(e) foreign languages;
(f) civics and government;
(g) economics;
(h) arts;
(i) history; and
(j) geography.
(3) "Demonstrated competency" means that a
teacher shall demonstrate current expertise to teach a specific class or course
through the use of lines of evidence which may include:
(a) completed Board approved course
work;
(b) content tests;
or
(c) years of successful
experience including evidence of student performance.
(4) "Eminence" means distinguished ability in
rank, in attainment of superior knowledge and skill in comparison with the
generally accepted standards and achievements in the area in which the
authorization is sought as provided in
R277-520-5.
(5) "Letter of authorization" means a
designation given to an individual for one year, such as an out-of-state
candidate or individual pursuing an alternative license, who has not completed
the requirements for a Level 1, 2, or 3 license or who has not completed
necessary endorsement requirements and who is employed by an LEA.
(6) "Level 1 license" means:
(a) a Utah professional educator license
issued upon completion of an approved preparation program or an alternative
preparation program; or
(b)
pursuant to an agreement under the NASDTEC Interstate Agreement, to candidates
who have also met all ancillary requirements established by law or
rule.
(7) "Level 2
license" means a Utah professional educator license issued to an applicant
after the Level 2 applicant:
(a) completes
all requirements for a Level 1 license;
(b) completes the requirements under R277-522
for a teacher whose employment as a Level 1 licensed educator began after
January 1, 2003 in a Utah public or accredited private school;
(c) completes:
(i) at least three years of successful
education experience in a Utah public LEA or accredited private school;
or
(ii)
(A) one year of successful education
experience in a Utah public LEA or accredited private school; and
(B) at least three years of successful
education experience in a public LEA or accredited private school outside of
Utah; and
(d)
completes additional requirements established by law or rule.
(8) "Level 3 license" means a Utah
professional educator license issued to an educator who:
(a) holds a current Utah Level 2 license;
and
(b) receives:
(i) National Board Certification;
(ii) a doctorate in:
(A) education; or
(B) a field related to a content area in a
unit of the public education system or an accredited private school;
or
(iii)
(A) a Speech-Language Pathology area of
concentration; and
(B) currently
holds American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA)
certification.
(9)
(a)
"License areas of concentration" means a designation to a license obtained by
completing an approved preparation program or an alternative preparation
program in a specific area of educational studies that may include:
(i) Early Childhood (k-3);
(ii) Elementary (k-6);
(iii) Elementary 1-8;
(iv) Middle (still valid, but not issued
after 1988, 5-9);
(v) Secondary
(6-12):
(vi)
Administrative/Supervisory (k-12);
(vii) Career and Technical
Education;
(viii) School
Counselor;
(ix) School
Psychologist;
(x) School Social
Worker;
(xi) Special Education
(k-12);
(xii) Preschool Special
Education (birth-age 5);
(xiii)
Communication Disorders;
(xiv)
Speech-Language Pathologist; and
(xv) Speech-Language Technician.
(b) License areas of concentration
may also bear endorsements relating to subjects or specific
assignments.
(10)
(a) "License endorsement" or "endorsement"
means a specialty field or area earned through completing required course work
established by the Board or through demonstrated competency approved by the
Board;
(b) The endorsement shall be
listed on the Professional Educator License indicating the specific
qualification of the holder.
(11) "Professional staff cost program funds"
means funding provided to school districts based on the percentage of a
district's professional staff that is appropriately licensed in the areas in
which staff members teach.
(12)
"SAEP" means State Approved Endorsement Program. This identifies an educator
working on a professional development plan to obtain an endorsement.
