TEACHER MENTORING PROGRAM. The Teacher Mentoring Program will assist newly employed teachers as they acquire the knowledge and skills appropriate to working in School District 201 and which are essential for the improvement of teaching and learning. Each initial certificated (Level I) teacher will participate in the Teacher Mentoring Program for a minimum of two years. Each Level I teacher will be partnered with a mentor for two (2) years. Each new teacher to the District with a Standard Certificate (Level II) will participate in the program for one year. The mentor teacher shall be chosen from volunteers by the Building Principal. The mentor teacher, insofar as possible, shall be a tenured teacher with a minimum of five (5) years of teaching experience. Each mentor teacher shall receive a yearly stipend as stipulated in the extra duty schedule in Appendix B. Both, the mentor and the mentee shall participate in the activities outlined in the District Mentoring Program. No changes shall be made to the program without input from the WTA. Mentor teachers shall not be involved in the evaluation of the mentee.
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