House Journal: Page 1910: Monday, May 7, 2001
21 The program shall consist of the following four major
22 elements:
23 1. Mentoring and induction programs that provide
24 support for beginning teachers in accordance with
25 sections 284.5 and 284.6.
26 2. Career paths with compensation levels that
27 strengthen Iowa's ability to recruit and retain
28 teachers.
29 3. Professional development designed to directly
30 support best teaching practices.
31 4. Team-based variable pay that provides
32 additional compensation when student performance
33 improves.
34 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 284.2 DEFINITIONS.
35 As used in this chapter, unless the context
36 otherwise requires:
37 1. "Beginning teacher" means an individual serving
38 under an initial provisional license, issued by the
39 board of educational examiners under chapter 272, who
40 is assuming a position as a classroom teacher.
41 2. "Classroom teacher" means an individual who
42 holds a valid practitioner's license and who is
43 employed under a teaching contract with a school
44 district or area education agency in this state to
45 provide classroom instruction to students.
46 3. "Comprehensive evaluation" means a summative
47 evaluation of a teacher conducted by an evaluator for
48 purposes of performance review, or recommendation for
49 licensure based upon models developed pursuant to
50 section 256.9, subsection 51, and to determine whether
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1 the teacher's practice meets the school district
2 expectations for a career, career II, or advanced
3 level.
4 4. "Department" means the department of education.
5 5. "Director" means the director of the department
6 of education.
7 6. "Evaluator" means an administrator or other
8 practitioner who successfully completes an evaluator
9 training program pursuant to section 284.10.
10 7. "Mentor" means an individual employed by a
11 school district or area education agency as a
12 classroom teacher who holds a valid license issued
13 under chapter 272. The individual must have a record
14 of four years of successful teaching practice, must be
15 employed as a classroom teacher on a nonprobationary
16 basis, and must demonstrate professional commitment to
17 both the improvement of teaching and learning and the
18 development of beginning teachers.
19 8. "School board" means the board of directors of
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