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IN SB0277
Bill
AI Summary
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State Board of Education must establish standards for teachers to qualify as "teacher leaders" and receive a teacher leader endorsement on their teaching license
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Multiple pathways of standards may be established, allowing different routes to qualification
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Qualifying factors may include participation in teacher evaluations, mentoring other teachers, demonstrating exceptional school leadership, and curriculum development
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Standards may incorporate part or all of the Teacher Leadership Exploratory Consortium's model standards
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Effective July 1, 2019, with rulemaking required under IC 4-22-2
Legislative Description
Teacher leaders. Requires the state board of education (state board) to establish standards that a teacher must meet to qualify as a teacher leader and be eligible to receive a teacher leader endorsement. Provides that the state board may establish multiple standards and more than one pathway of standards that a teacher may meet to qualify as a teacher leader. Provides that the standards established by the state board may include part or all of the teacher leader model standards established by the Teacher Leadership Exploratory Consortium. Provides that, if a teacher meets the standards established by the state board and applies to the department of education (department) for a teacher leader endorsement, the department shall add to the teacher's teaching license a teacher leader endorsement that indicates the teacher has met the standards established by the state board.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
1/7/2019