R277-490-2. Definitions

  (1) "Arts equipment and supplies" includes musical instruments, recording and play-back devices, cameras, projectors, computers to be used in the program, CDs, DVDs, teacher reference books, and art-making supplies.

  (2) "Arts Program coordinator" or "coordinator" means an individual, employed full-time, who is responsible to:

  (a) coordinate arts programs for an LEA or consortium;

  (b) inform arts teachers;

  (c) organize arts professional development including organizing arts local learning communities;

  (d) oversee, guide, and organize the gathering of assessment data;

  (e) represent the LEA or consortium arts program; and

  (f) provide general leadership for arts education throughout the LEA or consortium.

  (3) "Beverley Taylor Sorenson Elementary Arts Learning Program model," "BTSALP model," or "Program" means a program in grades K-6 with the following components:

  (a) a qualified arts specialist to work collaboratively with the regular classroom teacher to deliver quality, sequential, and developmental arts instruction in alignment with the state fine arts core standards;

  (b) regular collaboration between the classroom teacher and arts specialist in planning arts integrated instruction; and

  (c) other activities that may be proposed by an LEA on a grant application and approved by the Board.

  (4) "Endowed university" means an institution of higher education in the state as defined in Subsection 53F-2-506(1)(b).

  (5) "Highly qualified school arts program specialist" or "arts specialist" means:

  (a) an educator with:

  (i) a current educator license; and

  (ii) a Level 2 or K-12 specialist endorsement in the art form;

  (b) an elementary classroom teacher with a current educator license who is currently enrolled in a Level 2 specialist endorsement program in the art form;

  (c) a professional artist employed by a public school and accepted into the Board Alternative Routes to License (ARL) program under Rule R277-503 to complete a K-12 endorsement in the art form, which includes the Praxis exam in the case of art, music, or theatre; or

  (d) an individual who qualifies for an educator license under Board rule that qualifies the individual for the position provided that:

  (i) an LEA provides an affidavit verifying that a reasonable search was conducted for an individual who would qualify for an educator license through other means; and

  (ii) the LEA reopens the position and conducts a new search every two years.

  (e) In addition to required licensure and endorsements, prospective teachers should provide evidence of facilitating elementary Core learning in at least one art form.

  (6) "Matching funds" means funds that equal at least 20% of the total costs for salary plus benefits incurred by an LEA or consortium to fund the LEA or consortium's arts specialist.