Utah alternative route
Alternate Pathway to Professional Educator License (APPEL)
- Run by
- State, School district
- Teach while completing
- Yes
- Max years to complete
- 3
- Website
- Visit
Requirements
| Bachelor's degree | Not reported |
|---|---|
| Bachelor's in the subject | No |
| Pedagogy coursework | Yes |
| Credit hours | Yes |
| Minimum GPA | No |
| Tests | Yes |
| Employment as a teacher | No |
| Clinical experience | Yes |
| Professional development | Yes |
| Mentoring | Yes |
| Service requirement | No |
| High-need schools | Not reported |
| Shortage areas | Not reported |
| Limited to some grades or subjects | No |
| Designed for shortage areas | No |
Credential issued
Candidates are licensed with an Associate or LEA-Specific license.
Clinical experience
In order to meet these requirements for each candidate, the Clinical Experiences Coordinator will:
? Create a fieldwork observations schedule as part of each candidate’s PLP.
? Provide release time for the candidate, once every three weeks, for the first three months of teaching
(for 1-2 class periods) to observe master educator classrooms. This release time must be other than the
candidate’s prep period. A substitute for the candidate’s release time must be provided.
? Provide full-day release time at least three times over the following six months for the candidate to
observe master educators’ classrooms and educators in their content area. These full-day release time
observations can occur in a different school(s), but must be the entire school-day and include the
mentor-educator as much as possible so reflection on the practices observed can happen together.
Substitutes for the candidate’s and mentor-release time are provided.
? One visit (specific placement and experience through observation and reflection) is focused on
the needs of ethnically diverse students and language acquisition.
? One visit (specific placement and experience through observation and reflection) is focused on
students from low SES and their needs.
? One visit (specific placement and experience through observation and reflection is focused on
the needs of students with special needs.
One visit (specific placement and experience through observation and reflection) is focused on
the unique needs of the candidate (i.e., What does the candidate need to experience the most at
that time?)
? Provide additional release time, as necessary, for the candidate to continue observation and reflection
experiences in other classrooms and schools to bridge the gaps identified during progress
consultations. [USBE recommends a full-day release time is scheduled every few months for the
duration of time the candidate is in the APPEL program.]
Linked teacher preparation providers
Title II links no providers to this route.