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IN HB1332
Bill
Status
1/13/2015
Primary Sponsor
Randy Truitt
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AI Summary
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Department of Education establishes a mentor teacher training program provided at no cost through educational service centers, with training conducted on non-school days.
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Eligible mentors must hold a proficient practitioner's license, have at least 5 years of teaching experience, and receive an "effective" or "highly effective" evaluation rating; mentors receive a $500 annual salary supplement for each teacher mentored.
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Beginning in 2016-2017 school year, principals must match beginning teachers with mentors in the same building, grade level, and subject; principals may also assign mentors to teachers rated "improvement necessary" or "ineffective" or those seeking national board certification.
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Establishes goal that by 2035 every public school will have at least one national board certified teacher; creates teachers' national board certification incentive fund to reimburse 50% of certification fees and fund stipends for nationally certified teachers serving as mentors.
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National board certified teachers receive an annual $1,000 salary supplement for the life of their certificate, provided they remain employed as classroom teachers or teacher mentors in their certification field.
Legislative Description
Mentor teachers; national board certification. Provides for the development of a mentoring program for beginning teachers, teachers who receive a designation of "improvement necessary" or "ineffective", teachers who request the assignment of a mentor, and teachers who are seeking national board certification. Requires the department of education to provide training through educational service centers for teachers who meet certain requirements and wish to become mentors. Provides that a teacher who serves as a mentor receives an annual salary supplement of $500 for each teacher who is receiving mentoring services. Establishes the goal that by 2035, there will be at least
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Education
1/13/2015