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1 1 Amend Senate File 476, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 1, by inserting after line 28 the
1 4 following:
1 5 " . "Beginning principal" means an individual
1 6 newly licensed as an administrator by the board of
1 7 educational examiners under chapter 272, who is
1 8 assuming a position as a principal for a school
1 9 district."
1 10 #2. Page 2, by inserting after line 23 the
1 11 following:
1 12 "For purposes of section 284.5A only, "mentor"
1 13 means an individual employed by a school district as
1 14 an administrator who holds a valid license issued
1 15 under chapter 272. The individual must have a record
1 16 of four years of successful employment as a school
1 17 principal, must be employed as an administrator on a
1 18 nonprobationary basis, and must demonstrate
1 19 professional commitment to both the improvement of
1 20 education quality and learning and the development of
1 21 beginning principals."
1 22 #3. Page 6, by inserting after line 30 the
1 23 following:
1 24 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 284.5A BEGINNING
1 25 PRINCIPAL MENTORING PROGRAM.
1 26 1. A beginning principal mentoring program is
1 27 created to promote excellence in school
1 28 administration, enhance teacher and student
1 29 achievement, build a supportive environment within
1 30 school districts, increase the retention of promising
1 31 beginning principals, and promote the personal and
1 32 professional well-being of principals. Prior to the
1 33 completion of the 2001-2002 school year, a school
1 34 district shall, at a minimum, provide an approved
1 35 beginning principal mentoring program for all
1 36 beginning principals.
1 37 2. The state board shall adopt rules to administer
1 38 this section.
1 39 3. Each participating school district shall
1 40 develop an initial beginning principal mentoring plan.
1 41 The plan shall be included in the school district's
1 42 comprehensive school improvement plan submitted
1 43 pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 21. The
1 44 beginning principal mentoring plan shall, at a
1 45 minimum, provide for a two-year sequence of mentoring
1 46 program content and activities to support the Iowa
1 47 teaching standards and beginning principal
1 48 professional and personal needs; mentor training;
1 49 placement of mentors and beginning principals; the
1 50 process for dissolving mentor and beginning principal
2 1 partnerships; structure for mentor selection and
2 2 assignment of mentors to beginning principals; a
2 3 district facilitator; and program evaluation.
2 4 5. Upon completion of the program, the beginning
2 5 principal shall be comprehensively evaluated."
2 6 #4. By renumbering as necessary.
2 7
2 8
2 9
2 10 STEVENS of Dickinson
2 11 SF 476.522 79
2 12 kh/pj
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