Utah Admin. Code R277-301-4 - Associate Educator License Requirements
(1) The Superintendent shall issue an
associate educator license to an individual that applies for the license and
that meets all requirements in this Section
R277-301-4.
(2) An associate educator license, license
area, or endorsement is valid until June 30 of the third school year after the
Superintendent issues or renews the license.
(3)
(a)
Except as provided in Subsection (4), the Superintendent may extend an
associate educator license for up to two school years if an LEA or Utah-based
accredited private school requests the extension for an employee.
(b) The Superintendent may extend an
associate educator license for up to one school year for an educator with a
license area in special education or related services, if the educator has up
to two years of experience in special education or related
services.
(4) The
Superintendent may not extend an associate license with a license area in
special education or related services, if the educator has three years of
experience in special education or related services.
(5) The general requirements for an associate
educator license shall include:
(a)
completion of a criminal background check, including:
(i) review of any criminal offenses and
clearance in accordance with Rule R277-214; and
(ii) continued monitoring in accordance with
Subsection
53G-11-403(1);
(b) completion of the educator ethics review
within one calendar year before the application;
(c) one of the following:
(i) a bachelor's degree or higher from an
accredited institution;
(ii)
current enrollment in a university-based Board-approved educator preparation
program that will result in a bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited
institution; or
(iii) skill
certification in a specific CTE area as established by the Superintendent;
and
(d) minimum
competencies, as defined by the Superintendent.
(6) The content knowledge requirements for an
associate educator license shall include:
(a)
for an elementary license area, demonstration of the content competency
criteria established by the Superintendent;
(b) for a secondary or CTE license area with
a content endorsement, or for an endorsement being added to a professional
license area, one of the following:
(i)
(A) passage of a content knowledge test
approved by the Superintendent, where required; or
(B) demonstration of the competency criteria
established by the Superintendent if no content knowledge test is
required;
(ii) a
bachelor's degree or higher with a major in the content area from an accredited
university; or
(iii) enrollment in a
program that will result in a bachelor's degree and complete all requirements
except completion of capstone school-based clinical experience and any
co-requisite coursework;
(c) for an early childhood license area,
demonstration of the content competency criteria established by the
Superintendent; and
(d) for a
school leadership license area, enrollment in:
(i) a university-based Board-approved
educator preparation program; or
(ii) an educator preparation program
administered by the Superintendent.
(7) Notwithstanding, Subsection (5)(c)(ii);
(a) an applicant for an associate educator
license with the following license areas:
(i)
special education (K-12);
(ii)
pre-school special education;
(iii)
deaf education;
(iv)
audiologist;
(v) speech-language
technician; or
(vi) speech-language
pathologist;
(b) shall
meet the following requirements for an associate educator license:
(i) demonstrate content knowledge
competencies approved by the Superintendent;
(ii) complete a special education law and
instruction training approved by the Superintendent;
(iii) earn a bachelor's degree in a field
approved by the Superintendent; and
(iv) enroll in a preparation program as
provided in Subsection (9).
(8)
(a) For
a special education or pre-school special education license area, an applicant
for an associate educator license shall enroll in a:
(i) Board-approved non-university-based
special education preparation program; or
(ii) a special education program at an
accredited institution that will yield a NASDTEC Stage 2 educator
license.
(b) For a deaf
education license area, an applicant shall enroll in a deaf education program
at an accredited institution that will yield a NASDTEC Stage 2 educator
license.
(c) For a speech-language
pathologist license area, an applicant shall enroll in a speech-language
pathologist program at an accredited institution of higher education that:
(i) results in a master's degree or higher in
speech-language pathology; and
(ii)
will yield a NASDTEC Stage 2 educator license.
(d) For a school counselor license area, an
applicant shall:
(i) enroll in a school
counselor program at an accredited institution of higher education that:
(A) results in a masters degree or higher in
school counseling; and
(B) will
yield a NASDTEC Stage 2 educator license; or
(ii) demonstrate minimum school counselor
competencies as defined by the Superintendent.
(e) For a speech-language technician license
area, an applicant shall:
(i) enroll in a
speech-language technician program that is:
(A) approved by the Board; or
(B) administered by the Superintendent;
or
(ii) complete the
requirements of certified speech-language pathology assistant through the
American Speech-Language Hearing Association.
(f) For an audiologist license area, an
applicant shall enroll in an audiology program at an accredited institution of
higher education that will yield a NASDTEC Stage 2 educator
license.
(9)
Notwithstanding Subsection (5)(c)(ii), an applicant for an associate educator
license with a license area in school psychologist or school social worker
shall meet the following requirements:
(a)
demonstrate content knowledge competencies approved by the
Superintendent;
(b) earn a
bachelor's degree; and
(c) complete
all requirements for an accredited master's level preparation program, except
completion of capstone school-based clinical experience and any co-requisite
coursework.
(10)
Additional requirements for an associate educator license shall include:
(a) successful completion of professional
learning modules created or approved by the Superintendent in:
(i) educator ethics;
(ii) classroom management and
instruction;
(iii) basic special
education law and instruction;
(iv)
the Utah Effective Educator Standards described in Rule R277-330;
or
(b) enrollment in a
university-based Board-approved educator preparation program.
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (10)(a), the
Superintendent may waive an individual module, if the module is not necessary
given the preparation of an applicant.
(11) An educator that holds a professional
license area of concentration and has met the competency criteria established
by the Superintendent need not complete the requirements detailed in Subsection
(10).
(12) A license applicant who
has received or completed license preparation activities inconsistent with this
rule may present compelling information and documentation for review and
approval by the Superintendent to satisfy the associate educator license
requirements.
(13) The
Superintendent shall designate a panel of at least three Board staff members to
review an appeal made under Subsection (12).
(14) An LEA that employs an individual that
holds an associate educator license shall develop a personalized professional
learning plan designed to support the educator in meeting the requirements for
a professional educator license no later than 60 days after beginning work in
the classroom, which shall:
(a) be provided to
the Superintendent upon request;
(b) include a formal discussion and
observation process no later than 30 days after beginning work in the
classroom; and
(c) consider:
(i) previous education related experience;
and
(ii) previous educational
preparation activities.
(15) An educator with an associate educator
license may upgrade to a professional educator license at any time before
expiration of the associate educator license if the educator meets all
requirements of Section
R277-301-5.
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