Iowa Admin. Code r. 281-83.2 - Mentoring and induction program for beginning teachers
(1)
Option one: beginning teacher mentoring and induction program.
Completion of a beginning teacher mentoring and induction program is one manner
in which a beginning teacher may satisfy Iowa Code section
272.28(1).
a.
General.
(1) School districts and area education
agencies may provide a beginning teacher mentoring and induction program for
all beginning teachers as specified in Iowa Code section
284.5.
(2) A school district or area education
agency may offer a teacher a third year of participation in the program if,
after conducting a comprehensive evaluation , the school district or area
education agency determines that the teacher is likely to successfully complete
the mentoring and induction program by meeting the Iowa teaching standards by
the end of the third year of eligibility. The third year of eligibility is
offered at the employing district's or area education agency's expense. A
teacher granted a third year of eligibility shall, in cooperation with the
teacher 's evaluator , develop a plan to meet the Iowa teaching standards and
district or area education agency career expectations. This plan will be
implemented by the teacher and supported through the district's or area
education agency's mentoring and induction program. The school district or area
education agency will notify the board of educational examiners that the
teacher will participate in a third year of the school district's program. The
teacher will undergo a comprehensive evaluation at the end of the third year.
For purposes of comprehensive evaluations for beginning teachers, including the
comprehensive evaluation necessary for the beginning teacher to progress to
career teacher , the Iowa teaching standards and criteria are as described in
rule 281-83.3 (284). A school
district or area education agency will participate in state program
evaluations.
b.
Plan. Each school district or area education agency that
offers a beginning teacher mentoring and induction program shall develop a
sequential two-year beginning teacher mentoring and induction plan based on the
Iowa teaching standards. A school district or area education agency will have
the board adopt a beginning teacher mentoring and induction program plan and
written procedures for the program. At the board's discretion, the district or
area education agency may choose to use or revise the model plan provided by
the area education agency or develop a plan locally. The components of a
district's or area education agency's beginning teacher mentoring and induction
program shall include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Goals for the program.
(2) A process for the selection of
mentors.
(3) A mentor training
process that:
1. Is consistent with effective
staff development practices and adult professional needs to include skills
needed for teaching, demonstration, and coaching.
2. Addresses mentor needs, indicating a clear
understanding of the role of the mentor .
3. Results in the mentor 's understanding of
the personal and professional needs of new teachers.
4. Provides the mentor with an understanding
of the district expectations for beginning teacher competencies based on the
Iowa teaching standards.
5.
Facilitates the mentor 's ability to provide guidance and support to new
teachers.
(4) A
supportive organizational structure for beginning teachers that will include:
1. Activities that provide access and
opportunities for interaction between a mentor and a beginning teacher that at
a minimum provide:
* Released time for a
* The demonstration of classroom practices;
* The observation of teaching; and
* Feedback.
2. A selection process for who will be in the
mentor /beginning teacher partnership.
3. Roles and responsibilities of the
mentor .
(5) An evaluation
process for the program, which includes:
1.
An evaluation of the district and area education agency program
goals,
2. An evaluation process
that provides for the minor and major program revisions, and
3. A process for how information about the
program will be provided to interested stakeholders.
(6) The process for dissolving mentor and
beginning teacher partnerships.
(7)
A plan that reflects the needs of the beginning teacher employed by the
district or area education agency.
(8) Activities designed to support beginning
teachers by:
1. Developing and enhancing
competencies for the Iowa teaching standards, and
2. Providing research-based instructional
strategies.
(9) Funds, if
appropriated by the general assembly, received by a school district or area
education agency from the beginning teacher mentoring and induction program
will be used for any or all of the following purposes: to pay any applicable
costs of the employer's share of contributions to federal social security and
the Iowa public employees' retirement system for a pension and annuity
retirement system established under Iowa Code chapter 294 for such amounts paid
by the district or area education agency. These funds are miscellaneous funds
or are considered encumbered. A school district or area education agency will
maintain a separate listing within its budget for payments received and
expenditures made for this program. Funds that remain unencumbered or
unobligated at the end of the fiscal year will not revert but will remain
available for expenditure for the purposes of the program until the close of
the succeeding fiscal year.
(2)
Option two: teacher leadership
and compensation system.
a.
General. Two years of successful teaching experience in a
school district with an approved career paths, leadership roles, and
compensation framework or approved comparable system as provided in Iowa Code
section 284.15 ("framework for beginning
teachers" for purposes of this rule) is one manner in which a beginning teacher
may satisfy Iowa Code section
272.28(1).
b.
Participation. School
districts may provide an approved career paths, leadership roles, and
compensation framework or approved comparable system as provided in Iowa Code
section 284.15. A beginning teacher , as
defined in this chapter, shall be informed by the school district, prior to the
beginning teacher 's participation in a framework for beginning teachers, of the
Iowa teaching standards and criteria upon which the beginning teacher will be
evaluated and of the evaluation process utilized by the school district. The
beginning teacher will be supported by the teacher leadership and compensation
program as defined in part 4 of the submitted plan. The beginning teacher will
be comprehensively evaluated by the end of the beginning teacher 's second year
of teaching to determine whether the teacher meets expectations to move to the
career level. The school district will recommend for a standard license a
beginning teacher who has successfully met the Iowa teaching standards as
determined by a comprehensive evaluation .
(1)
If a beginning teacher who is participating in a framework for beginning
teachers leaves the employ of a school district prior to completion of the
framework, the school district or area education agency subsequently hiring the
beginning teacher will credit the beginning teacher with the time earned in
such a framework prior to the subsequent hiring.
(2) A school district may offer a teacher a
third year of participation in a framework for beginning teachers if, after
conducting a comprehensive evaluation , the school district determines that the
teacher is likely to successfully meet the Iowa teaching standards by the end
of the third year of eligibility. The third year of eligibility is offered at
the employing district's expense. A teacher granted a third year of eligibility
shall, in cooperation with the teacher 's evaluator , develop a plan to meet the
Iowa teaching standards and district or area education agency career
expectations. This plan will be implemented by the teacher and supported
through the district's framework for beginning teachers. The school district
shall notify the board of educational examiners that the teacher will
participate in a third year of the school district's framework for beginning
teachers. The teacher is to undergo a comprehensive evaluation at the end of
the third year.
(3) For purposes of
comprehensive evaluations for beginning teachers, including the comprehensive
evaluation necessary for the beginning teacher to progress to career teacher ,
the Iowa teaching standards and criteria are as described in rule
281-83.3 (284). A school
district shall participate in state program evaluations.
c.
Plan assurances. Each
school district that offers a framework under Iowa Code sections
284.15 through
284.17 and uses it for purposes
of meeting the school district's obligations to beginning teachers is to
provide assurances to the department that the district's framework for
beginning teachers satisfies those Iowa Code sections and attends to the Iowa
teaching standards and criteria described in rule
281-83.3 (284).
d.
Inapplicability to area education
agencies. This subrule is not applicable to area education agencies.
Only subrule 83.2(1) is applicable to area education agencies; however, a
teacher employed by an area education agency may be included in a framework or
comparable system established by a school district if the area education agency
and the school district enter into a contract for such
purpose.
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