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TEACHER LEADER ROLE

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2016 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Ann Millner

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House Sponsor: V. Lowry Snow

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill enacts provisions related to teacher leaders.
10     Highlighted Provisions:
11          This bill:
12          ▸     defines terms;
13          ▸     creates the role of a teacher leader; and
14          ▸     enacts provisions related to the role of a teacher leader.
15     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
16          None
17     Other Special Clauses:
18          None
19     Utah Code Sections Affected:
20     ENACTS:
21          53A-6-114, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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23     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
24          Section 1. Section 53A-6-114 is enacted to read:
25          53A-6-114. Teacher leaders.
26          (1) As used in this section, "teacher" means an educator who has an assignment to
27     teach in a classroom.
28          (2) There is created the role of a teacher leader to:
29          (a) work with a student teacher and a teacher who supervises a student teacher;

30          (b) assist with the training of a recently hired teacher; and
31          (c) support school-based professional learning.
32          (3) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
33     board:
34          (a) shall make rules that:
35          (i) define the role of a teacher leader, including the functions described in Subsection
36     (2); and
37          (ii) establish the minimum criteria for a teacher to qualify as a teacher leader; and
38          (b) may make rules that create an endorsement for a teacher leader.
39          (4) A school district or charter school may assign a teacher to a teacher leader position
40     without a teacher leader endorsement.
41          (5) (a) The board shall solicit recommendations from school districts and educators
42     regarding:
43          (i) appropriate resources to provide a teacher leader; and
44          (ii) appropriate ways to compensate a teacher leader.
45          (b) The board shall report the board's findings and recommendations described in
46     Subsection (5)(a) to the Education Interim Committee on or before the committee's November
47     2016 interim meeting.