R277-518-5. Career and Technical Education Speciality License Area

  A. If an ARL Program applicant is teaching one CTE course and is employed for less than 0.37 FTE in relation to the respective school schedule, the ARL Program applicant may earn a CTE Specialist license area with one year of teaching experience and the recommendation of the employing LEA, in lieu of the CTE license area provided in R277-518-4, in the following endorsement areas:

  (1) Adult Education;

  (2) Exercise Science/Sports Medicine;

  (3) Pharmacy Technician;

  (4) Fire Science;

  (5) Law Enforcement;

  (6) Nurse Assistant; and

  (7) Additional areas as approved by USOE in which professionals are required to meet licensure requirements outside of educator licensure.

  B. The ARL Program applicant shall:

  (1) have had regular employment in the CTE license area in which he is assigned to teach;

  (2) have had one year of public school teaching experience; and

  (3) have the recommendation of the employing LEA.

  C. A CTE specialty license area ARL applicant is not required to pay the ARL professional growth plan fee. These applicants shall not receive ongoing monitoring or program completion support from the USOE ARL office beyond the request for licensure recommendation at the completion of one year of teaching.

  D. A CTE specialty license area is only valid for employment in the areas listed in R277-518-5A as long as the holder is teaching one CTE course and is employed for less than 0.37 FTE.

  E. An individual holding a CTE Specialist license area may be upgraded to a regular CTE license area or Secondary (6-12) license area upon payment of the additional license area recommendation fee, the completion of the requirements of R277-518-4F, and the recommendation of the employing LEA.

  F. An individual with a CTE specialist Level 1 license area shall continue as a Level 1 license holder indefinitely despite the Level 1 limitations in R277-502-4A(6), but shall satisfy the requirements of Section 53E-6-401 and a subsequent review prior to classroom employment, consistent with LEA employment policies.