Mt. Pleasant Elementary Staff Qualifications Notification
As a parent of a student at Mt.Pleasant Elementary, you have the right to know the professional qualifications of the classroom teachers who instruct your child. 95% of our teachers are highly qualified and 5% are on an LEA specific license. Federal Law allows you to know the following information about each of your child’s classroom teachers:
- Whether the Utah State Office of Education has licensed or qualified the teacher for the grades and subjects he or she teaches.
- Whether the Utah State Office of Education has decided that the teacher can teach in a classroom without being licensed or qualified under state regulations because of special circumstances.
- The teacher’s college major; whether the teacher has any advanced degrees.
- Whether any teachers’ assistants or similar paraprofessionals provide services to your child and, if they do, their qualifications.
All of our teachers have Elementary Teaching Certificates and licenses and are qualified to teach the grade they teach. The following is a list of our teachers and their qualifications:
Name Teacher's Degree/Certificate Endorsements or Certificates
Hollee Anderson BS- Elementary Certificate ESL Endorsement
Reading Endorsement
Math Endorsement
Brian Baker BS-Elementary Certificate Special Education
Administrative Certification
Mild/Moderate Certification
ESL Certificate
Erika Briggs BA-Elementary Certificate Early Childhood
Masters- Education Reading Endorsement
Burgundy Butler BS- Elementary Certificate
Masters- Curriculum & Instruction
Elizabeth Cook BS- Elementary Certificate ESL Certificate
Reading Endorsement
Kathy Dimick BS- Elementary Certificate Early Childhood
Masters- Curriculum ESL Endorsement
Reading Endorsement
Technology Endorsement
Angie Hafen BS- Elementary Certificate
Colette Hansen BA- Elementary Certificate Early Childhood
Masters- Curriculum & Instruction ESL Endorsement
Reading Endorsement
Technology Endorsement
Christianna Holman BS- Elementary Certificate
Ann Marie Howard BS- Elementary Certificate
Kaitlin Jenkins BS - Elementary Certificate
Meagan Jorgensen BS- Elementary Certificate Administrative Certificate
Masters- Education Reading Endorsement
Math Endorsement
Troy Jorgensen BS- Elementary Certificate Reading Endorsement
Masters- Education
Bradyn Jorgensen BS- Elementary Certificate
Masters- Curriculum & Instruction
Jenna Larsen BS- Elementary Certificate Reading Endorsement
Masters- Education
Kenzie Larsen BS- Elementary Certificate
Masters- Curriculum & Instruction
Nicole Neves BA - Special Education/Elementary Education
Ashley Rosenlof BS- Elementary Certificate Literacy Specialist Endorsement
Masters- Curriculum & Instruction Elementary Math Endorsement
Tim Syme BS- Elementary Certificate Math Endorsement
ESL Endorsement
Whitney Wheeler BS- Elementary Certificate Literacy Specialist Endorsement
Masters- Education Elementary Math Endorsement
Tisha Young BS- Elementary Certificate Special Education
Early Childhood SPED
STEM Endorsement
All of our instructional Assistants are highly qualified by having two years of college or by passing a state exam.
Continuing professional development is a high priority at our school.
Associate License: The Associate Educator License is for anyone who wants to teach in Utah but has not completed an educator preparation program but has met the content knowledge proficiency requirement or has a major in the subject area and is going through an educator preparation program (University-based or alternate program).