R277-333-5. Employer Partners

(1) An employer partner shall establish a RAPT employer partner agreement with the Superintendent, which shall include the following terms: (a) An employer partner shall employ each participant, which may be full-time. (b) An employer partner shall establish progressive wage rates that are compliant with the RAPT. (c) Apprentice wages shall increase at least once during the apprenticeship period. (d) Apprentice wages shall progress based on the demonstration of the General Teacher Preparation competencies, as follows: (i) Minimum of $18.21 hourly for up to 20 demonstrated competencies; (ii) Minimum of $22.18 hourly for 21-29 demonstrated competencies; and (iii) Minimum of $26.49 hourly for 30-37 demonstrated competencies; (e) An employer partner may not employ an apprentice as a teacher or long-term substitute teacher. (f) Pre-apprentice wages shall increase at least once during the pre-apprenticeship period. (g) Pre-apprentice wages shall progress based on the number of hours worked within the pre-apprenticeship, as follows: (i) Minimum of $7.75 hourly for 0-1000 hours worked; (ii) Minimum of $8.73 hourly for 1001-2000 hours worked; (iii) Minimum of $9.30 hourly for 2001-3000 hours worked; and (iv) Minimum of 10.08 hourly for 3001-4000 hours worked. (h) An employer partner may not employe a pre-apprentice as a teacher. (2) An employer partner may adapt its RAPT agreement to fit local context with approval from the Superintendent. (3) The Superintendent may reimburse an employer partner for on-the-job learning for up to 50% of an apprentice's salary. (4) An employer partner shall develop and maintain an IPLP for a participant, in collaboration with the Superintendent, for each year the participant is part of the RAPT. (5) An employer partner shall assign a journeyworker teacher to each apprentice. (6) An employer partner may not assign more than two apprentices to an individual journeyworker teacher. (7) An employer partner may not assign more than one pre-apprentice to an individual journeyworker paraeducator. (8) An employer partner shall ensure each journeyworker teacher, journeyworker paraeducator, and school administrator has training to evaluate participant competency. (9) A journeyworker teacher shall have a similar license area of concentration as the one defined in the assigned apprentice's IPLP, as defined by the Superintendent. (10) A journeyworker teacher or school administrator shall evaluate each apprentice annually using the general teacher preparation competencies incorporated by reference in Rule R277-304. (11) A journeyworker paraeducator shall evaluate each pre-apprentice annually using the Utah Standards for Instructional Paraeducators incorporated by reference in Rule R277-324. (12) An employer partner may not report an apprentice as an educator preparation program enrollee or completer. (13) The Superintendent may reimburse an LEA for journeyworker teacher compensation for apprenticeship related work completed outside an LEA employment contract for up to $1,000 per assigned apprentice per year.