1. An area education agency shall prepare a model beginning teacher induction program plan and shall provide the model plan to each school district within its area. The plan shall include a model evaluation component by which a school district may measure the effectiveness of its program. Any modifications to the model plan shall be submitted to school districts as soon as practical. A board that wishes to participate in the program shall adopt a beginning teacher induction program plan and written procedures for the program, and may use, alter, or revise the model plan provided by the area education agency at the board's discretion.
2. A board that wishes to participate in the beginning teacher induction program shall appoint a district facilitator, whose duties shall include, but are not limited to, overseeing the implementation of a plan for meeting the goals of the program as set forth in section 256E.2. The plan shall, at a minimum, provide the process for the selection of and the number of mentors; the mentor training process; the timetable by which the plan shall be implemented; placement of mentors and beginning teachers; the minimum amount of contact time between mentors and beginning teachers; the minimum amount of release time for mentors and beginning teachers for meetings for planning, demonstration, observation, feedback, and workshops; the process for dissolving mentor and beginning teacher partnerships; and the process for measuring the results of the program.
3. The district facilitator shall submit the plan, and the proposed costs of implementing the plan, to the board, which shall consider the plan and, once approved, submit the plan and a reasonable cost proposal to the department of education.
4. The district facilitator is encouraged to work with area education agencies and postsecondary institutions in the preparation and implementation of a plan.
5. The district facilitator shall place beginning teachers participating in the program in a manner that provides the greatest opportunity to work with the largest number of mentors.
99 Acts, ch 205, §24
Referred to in §256E.2
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