Section R277-301-5 - Professional Educator License Requirements(1) The Superintendent shall issue a professional educator license to an individual that applies for the license and meets all requirements in this Section R277-301-5.(2) A professional educator license, license area, or endorsement is valid until June 30 of the fifth school year after the Superintendent issues or renews the license.(3) The general requirements for a professional educator license shall include: (a) all general requirements for an associate educator license under Subsection R277-301-5(4);(b) completion of: (i) a bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited institution; or(ii) skill certification in a specific CTE area as established by the Superintendent;(c) for an individual with an early childhood, elementary, or special education license area of concentration, completion of a literacy preparation assessment;(d) for an individual with a pre-school special education license area of concentration, demonstration of emergent literacy competencies, as defined by the Superintendent; and(e) one of the following:(i) a recommendation from a Board-approved educator preparation program; or(ii) a standard educator license in the area issued by a licensing jurisdiction outside of Utah that is currently valid or is renewable consistent with Section 53E-6-307.(f) Notwithstanding, Subsection (c), a license applicant in an APPEL program who has an established professional learning plan before August 31, 2022, need not complete a literacy preparation assessment.(4) If an educator preparation program makes a recommendation and the Superintendent determines that the candidate does not meet all requirements in this rule, the candidate may appeal as provided Subsection (12).(5) The content knowledge requirements for a professional educator license, license area, and endorsement shall include: (a) all content knowledge requirements for an associate educator license under Subsection R277-301-4(5);(b) demonstration of all content knowledge competencies as established by the Superintendent; and(c) passage of a content knowledge test provided by the Superintendent, where required by the Superintendent.(6) An applicant for a secondary or CTE content area endorsement that holds a bachelor's degree or higher with a major in the content area from an accredited university need not complete the requirement described in Subsection (4)(c).(7) The pedagogical requirements for a professional educator license shall include demonstration of all pedagogical competencies as established by the Superintendent.(8) An individual holding a Utah level 1, level 2, or level 3 educator license on January 1, 2020 meets the pedagogical requirements described in Subsection (7).(9) An individual holding a Utah professional educator license and license area in early childhood education, elementary, secondary, CTE, special education, or deaf education is considered to have met the general teacher pedagogical competencies requirement of Subsection (7) if applying to add any of the license areas in the subsection.(10) An individual with an associate license with a speech-language technician license area who completes a school-based clinical experience meeting requirements established by the Superintendent meets the requirements for a professional license.(11) 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 or denial by the Superintendent to satisfy the professional educator license requirements.(12) The Superintendent shall designate a panel of at least three individuals, including the director of an LEA-based educator preparation program and a Board licensed educator not employed by the Board, to review an appeal and make a recommendation to the Superintendent for the Superintendent's review and decision described in Subsection (11).Utah Admin. Code R277-301-5
Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2019-1, effective 12/10/2018Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2019-15, effective 7/2/2019Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2020-14, effective 7/9/2020Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2021-13, effective 6/24/2021Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2022-02, effective 1/11/2022Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2022-12, effective 6/7/2022Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2023-12, effective 6/7/2023Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2024-14, effective 7/9/2024