Have a University Degree OR Industry Certification.

• You must have a minimum of either a university bachelor’s degree or you must have industry certification in a specific area to be eligible for an Associate Educator (AEL) license.
• Your major does NOT have to be in the same content area in which you want to teach. However, your industry certification must be in the same CTE area as that which you want to teach.

Apply For An Associate Educator License Through The USBE.

• • There are several steps you must complete PRIOR to applying for an AEL. Please follow the directions in the listed order on the USBE AEL webpage.

• Once the AEL is awarded, save a copy of the license letter to use in job applications.

Apply For A Job In The Canyons District.

• You do not have to apply for a specific position/job opening; you can apply anytime throughout the year to be screened and placed into the candidate pool for your desired license area (Secondary or Elementary or Early Childhood).  Please visit the Canyons District Human Resources Employment webpage for application directions for the teacher candidate pools. 
• You may apply for a job in Canyons District using your AEL letter from USBE; upload your AEL letter where directed.
• If you have applied for your AEL but are waiting on USBE to complete the license application review, you can still apply for the teacher candidate pool.  Instead of uploading your AEL letter, you will need to submit a screenshot showing you have applied for an AEL and, if applying for the Secondary teacher candidate pool, submit the endorsement form you used in your license application.
• Contact Shawnda Moss, Canyons District Licensing Specialist, with specific questions about applying for a license or a teaching job.

Get Hired At Canyons And Enroll In The Canyons APPEL Program.

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• Once you are hired on an AEL, you will be automatically enrolled in the Canyons District  APPEL licensure program. You will have an initial consultation with Shawnda Moss, the Canyons APPEL Program Director, to review your Professional License Plan as well as all program expectations and licensure requirements.
• You will be assigned to work with an APPEL Coaching Coordinator who will mentor, support, and be a large part of your teacher training experience.

Complete all professional licensure requirements within three years

APPEL educators must demonstrate specific General Teacher Competencies as outlined in Board Rule as well as content-specific requirements/competencies for the license area and/or endorsement they are seeking.  These competencies may be met in course studies, demonstration in the classroom, performance evaluation, or other methods.  These competencies must be demonstrated constantly and consistently throughout time in the APPEL program.

Canyons APPEL requires pedagogy studies in the following topics and offers them in-house as part of the APPEL Academy:

• Creating an Effective Learning Environment
• Curriculum Development
• Teaching and Learning for Diverse Learners

USBE requires completion of all content studies and requirements outlined by specific license area and endorsement. You will review these requirements as part of your initial consultation and Professional License Plan (PLP) review:

• • Elementary Education requires specific studies in the Science of Reading as well as teaching elementary Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, PE, Health, Fine Arts, and Child Development.
  • Secondary Education requires Methods of Teaching in the Content Area and other content-specific studies.
  • CTE areas require content-specific studies, training in teaching CTE courses, and advising CTE student groups.

In addition, Canyons APPEL requires participation in APPEL Professional Learning such as targeted pedagogy-training seminars, fieldwork observations in schools, coaching cycles, and content specialist guidance.

At the end of the APPEL program, educators will complete a capstone APPEL Educator Evidence Portfolio. This is an opportunity for the educator to independently demonstrate their understanding and ability to plan and create curriculum, execute instruction, analyze data and adjust instruction as necessary, assess student learning, and reflect on the teaching process.

Receive Your Professional Educator License And Continue Working At Canyons!

• • An APPEL educator must complete all USBE Board Rule professional licensure requirements as well as successfully meet all district teacher evaluation requirements.

• • All APPEL stakeholders (including the educator, school administration, coaches, etc.) must all agree that the educator should be recommended for professional licensure.

• • The APPEL Program Director will recommend the educator to USBE for a Professional Educator License.
  • Continue learning and growing professionally as a teacher in Canyons District.