UITE Handbook
Welcome
Students: Please use UITE Handbook 2026.2027 link for the 2026-2027 Handbook as we make some updates to our website
Handbook Table of Contents
In this area you will find information about:
- Framework for the Teacher Licensure Programs
- Expectations for Teacher Candidates Knowledge, Skills & Professional Character
- Utah Effective Teaching Standards
- Correlation of INTASC with the PRAXIS Framework
- INTASC Standards
- Professional Practice and Conduct for Utah Educators
To access the Standards portion of the Handbook please go to: Standards
In this area you will find information about:
- The Student Teaching Experience
- Formal Evaluations
- Formative and Summative Observations
- Foundations of Reading Assessment
To access the information about the Program Descriptions & Requirements, please go to: Program Descriptions
In this area you will find information about:
- Teacher Candidates
- Site Teacher Educators
- Aspects of an Effective Site Teacher Educator/Teacher Candidate Placement
- Mentor Roles
- Site Teacher Educator Criteria Form Information
- Mentoring Suggestions
- Supervision Policy
- Role of Supervision
To access the information about the Roles and Responsibilities, please go to Roles and Responsibilities
In this area you will find information about:
- Academic Progress, Program Standing, & Licensure Recommendation
- Exams
- Supervision and Conference Guidelines During Student Teaching
- Problems and Interventions During Student Teaching
- Program Postponement Policy
- Alternative Student Teaching Placement
- Application for Teaching License
- Substitute Teaching Policy
- Student Fees
- Legal Responsibilities of Teacher Candidates
- Liability
- Insurance Coverage
- Student Retention
- Work Stoppages in Cooperating School Districts
To access the information about Policies and Procedures, please go to: Policies and Procedures
Appendix
For the INTASC Standards, please go to: INTASC
For the Dispositions for each INTASC Standard, please go to: Dispositions.
To find information about the Utah State Board of Education Administrative Rules, please go to: https://schools.utah.gov/administrativerules/index.
To view the Formative Observation Form, please go to:
Note, this form is completed through Qualtrics. Please contact your cohort leader for the form link.
To view the Summative Scoring Directions, please go to:
To view the Summative Observation, please go to:
Note, this form is completed through Qualtrics. Please contact your cohort leader for the form link.
To view the Utah Teacher Educator Criteria Form, please go to:
Please note that the STE Criteria Form is completed through a Qualtrics form. UITE will contact STE's through their district email addresses to complete this form.