Educator Quality & Licensing

Secondary Advanced Reading Endorsement

Inservices/College Course Work/Demonstrated Competency

Endorsement Form - PDF

A teacher with a secondary area of concentration and a Basic Reading Endorsement who completes the Advanced Reading Endorsement qualifies to be a Staff Developer in the area of reading/Reading Specialist at the local school level 7-12 or at a school district level.  Boxes with an “X” indicate the minimum requirements in areas have been met.  Courses should be a minimum of three semester hours in each area and must have been taken within the last five years from the date of application.

[   ]      Research in Reading
[   ]      Suppervision and Staff Development in Reading Instruction
[   ]      Literacy Specialist Internship

Or

[    ]     Receive verification from USOE Secondary Language Arts Specialist by providing the specialist with university course syllabi and a transcript noting each course to be reviewed for equivalency outside the State of Utah.

Or

[    ]     Show evidence of participation in all sessions of each approved university/inservice course (the applicant may have facilitated course delivery, but not formally registered for the course/s) or show evidence of being an adjunct instructor or university instructor for each of the approved English endorsement courses.

For more information contact: Mary [dot] Clark [at] schools [dot] utah [dot] gov (Mary Beth Clark) , Secondary language Arts/Reading Specialist, (801) 538-7766.

Complete the following as you apply:

  • Print Endorsement Form - PDF
  • Mark the boxes with an “X” to indicate that the minimum requirement in each area has been met.
  • Attach your original transcript(s), and highlight corresponding classes.   Internet transcripts are not acceptable.
  • Send the highlighted transcript, the processing fee, and the completed form to:

Endorsement submitted by individual— $35 processing Fee. 
Send to:  

Utah State Office of Education
Attn: Sheri Lowry
Educator Quality & Licensing
250 East 500 South
P.O. Box 144200 
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4200

State Approved Endorsement Program (SAEP) (paid by district or charter school) $30 processing fee.  Send to:

Utah State Office of Education
Attn: Stephanie Ferris
Educator Quality & Licensing
250 East 500 South
P.O. Box 144200
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4200

 

 

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