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18 in accordance with section 284.10.
19 f. Adopt teacher career paths based upon
20 demonstrated knowledge and skills in accordance with
21 this chapter.
22 g. Adopt a team-based variable pay plan that
23 rewards attendance center success upon the
24 implementation of a statewide variable pay plan.
25 2. By July 1, 2003, each school district shall
26 participate in the student achievement and teacher
27 quality program.
28 Sec. 6. NEW SECTION. 284.5 BEGINNING TEACHER
29 MENTORING AND INDUCTION PROGRAM.
30 1. A beginning teacher mentoring and induction
31 program is created to promote excellence in teaching,
32 enhance student achievement, build a supportive
33 environment within school districts, increase the
34 retention of promising beginning teachers, and promote
35 the personal and professional well-being of classroom
36 teachers. Prior to the completion of the 2001-2002
37 school year, a school district shall, at a minimum,
38 provide an approved beginning teacher mentoring and
39 induction program for all classroom teachers who are
40 beginning teachers.
41 2. The state board shall adopt rules to administer
42 this section.
43 3. Notwithstanding subsection 1, a school district
44 may provide a beginning teacher mentoring and
45 induction program for all classroom teachers who are
46 beginning teachers in the school years beginning July
47 1, 2001, and July 1, 2002.
48 4. Each participating school district shall
49 develop an initial beginning teacher mentoring and
50 induction plan. The plan shall be included in the
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1 school district's comprehensive school improvement
2 plan submitted pursuant to section 256.7, subsection
3 21. The beginning teacher induction plan shall, at a
4 minimum, provide for a two-year sequence of induction
5 program content and activities to support the Iowa
6 teaching standards and beginning teacher professional
7 and personal needs; mentor training that includes, at
8 a minimum, skills of classroom demonstration and
9 coaching, and district expectations for beginning
10 teacher competence on Iowa teaching standards;
11 placement of mentors and beginning teachers; the
12 process for dissolving mentor and beginning teacher
13 partnerships; district organizational support for
14 released time for mentors and beginning teachers to
15 plan, provide demonstration of classroom practices,
16 observe teaching, and provide feedback; structure for
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