Utah Admin. Code R277-304-5 - Early Childhood and Elementary Preparation Programs
(1)
Before approval by the Board, a preparation program for early childhood
education or elementary education shall demonstrate how the program requires
candidate competency in:
(a) the areas
outlined in Section R277-304-3;
(b)
early childhood development and learning;
(c) the Educator Preparation Program
Competencies for Elementary Literacy;
(d) for candidates who enroll in a
preparation program before September 1, 2026, the appropriate content knowledge
needed to teach:
(i) the science of literacy
instruction including:
(A) phonemic
awareness;
(B) phonics;
(C) fluency;
(D) vocabulary;
(E) comprehension; and
(ii) the science of mathematics instruction,
including:
(A) quantitative
reasoning;
(B) problem
solving;
(C)
representation;
(D) numeracy;
and
(E) a balance of procedural and
conceptual understanding;
(iii) physical and life science;
(iv) health and physical education;
(v) social studies; and
(vi) fine arts; or
(2) for candidates who enroll in a
preparation program on or after September 1, 2026, the Elementary Content
Competencies and the Educator Preparation Program Competencies for Early
Literacy.
(3) For a program
candidate accepted after January 1, 2020, a preparation program for early
childhood or elementary education shall provide multiple opportunities for a
program candidate to successfully demonstrate application of knowledge and
skills gained through the program in a school-based setting in each of the
following:
(a) all requirements outlined in
Subsections R277-304-4(4) through (7);
(b) demonstrating content-specific pedagogy
in each of the areas outlined in Subsection R277-304-5(1);
(c) diagnosing students struggling with
reading and planning and implementing remediation for those students;
and
(d) diagnosing students
struggling with mathematics and planning and implementing remediation for those
students.
(4) An
educator preparation program shall apply the standards in this Section
R277-304-4 to the specific age group or grade level for which the preparation
program is designed.
(a) An early childhood
education program shall focus primarily on early childhood development and
learning in preschool through grade 3.
(b) An elementary program shall include both
early childhood development and learning and elementary content and pedagogy in
kindergarten through grade 6.
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(1) Before approval by the Board, a preparation program for early childhood education or elementary education shall demonstrate how the program requires candidate competency in:
(a) the areas outlined in Section R277-304-3;
(b) early childhood development and learning;
(c) for candidates who enroll in a preparation program before September 1, 2025, the appropriate content knowledge needed to teach:
(i) the science of literacy instruction including:
(A) phonemic awareness;
(B) phonics;
(C) fluency;
(D) vocabulary;
(E) comprehension; and
(ii) the Educator Preparation Program Competencies for Elementary Literacy;
(iii) the science of mathematics instruction, including:
(A) quantitative reasoning;
(B) problem solving;
(C) representation;
(D) numeracy; and
(E) a balance of procedural and conceptual understanding;
(iv) physical and life science;
(v) health and physical education;
(vi) social studies; and
(vii) fine arts; or
(2) for candidates who enroll in a preparation program on or after September 1, 2025, the Elementary Content Competencies and the Educator Preparation Program Competencies for Early Literacy.
(3) For a program candidate accepted after January 1, 2020, a preparation program for early childhood or elementary education shall provide multiple opportunities for a program candidate to successfully demonstrate application of knowledge and skills gained through the program in a school-based setting in each of the following:
(a) all requirements outlined in Subsections R277-304-4(4) through (7);
(b) demonstrating content-specific pedagogy in each of the areas outlined in Subsection R277-304-5(1);
(c) diagnosing students struggling with reading and planning and implementing remediation for those students; and
(d) diagnosing students struggling with mathematics and planning and implementing remediation for those students.
(4) An educator preparation program shall apply the standards in this Section R277-304-4 to the specific age group or grade level for which the preparation program is designed.
(a) An early childhood education program shall focus primarily on early childhood development and learning in kindergarten through grade 3.
(b) An elementary program shall include both early childhood development and learning and elementary content and pedagogy in kindergarten through grade 6.