Professional Standards

Utah Professional Teacher Standards

Licensure

Endorsements

How Licensure & Endorsements Work (pdf)

Mentor Certification Information

For more information regarding the Mentor Certification contact Carol Ann Goodson at carol.goodson@schools.utah.gov.

Specialty Certifications

• American Orff-Schulwerk Association Music and Movement Education
  Learn engaging ways to teach music making and movement while earning credit toward Orff Schulwerk certification by attending Teacher Training Courses

• Kodály
  The mission of the Organization of American Kodály Educators is to enrich the quality of life of the people of the U.S.A. through music education by promoting the philosophy of Zoltán Kodály.

• ETM - Education Through Music
  The Richards Institute of Education Through Music, through the study of song and play, fosters the well being and development of children and their caregivers,
  promoting this central value in communities everywhere.

• Kindermusik
  Kindermusik International is the world's leading publisher of music and movement curricula for parents and their children, ages newborn to 7 years old.

• Musicgarten
  Musikgarten is an early childhood music education company specializing in training teachers. The Musikgarten curricula covers children from birth to age nine, offering parents a complete nine-year developmental plan. Musikgarten holds multi-day teacher workshops throughout the year, all over the U.S. and Canada.

• Music Together
  Music Together is a music and movement approach to early childhood music development for infant, toddler, preschool, and kindergarten children and their parents, teachers, and other primary caregivers.

National Board Certification

National Board Certification concentrates education reform in the classroom—where teaching and learning takes place. National Board Certification is a demonstration of a teacher’s practice as measured against high and rigorous standards.