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PAG LIN 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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