Utah Code 9-22-110. Acquisition of STEM education high quality professional development

9-22-110. Acquisition of STEM education high quality professional development.

(1)	The STEM Action Center may, through a request for proposals process, select technology providers for the purpose of providing a STEM education high quality professional development application.

High quality professional development: means professional development that meets high quality standards developed by the State Board of Education. See Utah Code 9-22-102
Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
STEM: means science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. See Utah Code 9-22-102
STEM Action Center: means the center described in Section 9-22-106. See Utah Code 9-22-102

(2)

The high quality professional development application described in Subsection (1) shall:

(a)	allow the State Board of Education, a school district, or a school to define the application’s input and track results of the high quality professional development;

(b)	allow educators to access automatic tools, resources, and strategies , including instructional materials with integrated STEM content;

(c)	allow educators to work in online learning communities, including giving and receiving feedback via uploaded video;

(d)	track and report data on the usage of the components of the application’s system and the relationship to improvement in classroom instruction;

(e)

include video examples of highly effective STEM education teaching that:

(i)	cover a cross section of grade levels and subjects;

(ii)	under the direction of the State Board of Education, include videos of highly effective Utah STEM educators; and

(iii)

contain tools to help educators implement what they have learned; and

(f)	allow for additional STEM education video content to be added.

(3)	In addition to the high quality professional development application described in Subsections (1) and (2), the STEM Action Center may create STEM education hybrid or blended high quality professional development that allows for face-to-face applied learning.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 487, 2019 General Session

Technically renumbered to avoid duplication of section number used in HB 224, Chapter 221.