Common use of Assignment of Mentor Teachers Clause in Contracts

Assignment of Mentor Teachers. A. A Mentor Teacher shall be defined as a Master Teacher as identified in Section 1526 of The School Code and shall perform the duties of a Master Teacher as specified in The Code and District Handbook. B. A Mentee shall be defined as a teacher in his/her first three (3) years in the classroom. Each Mentee shall be assigned a Mentor Teacher by the Board, with notification to the Association. C. The Mentor Teacher shall be available to provide professional support, instruction and guidance. The purpose of the Mentor assignment is to provide a peer who can offer assistance, resources, information and a voice of experience and insight, in a non- threatening collegial fashion. A mentor teacher will receive a $200 stipend per year. D. A Mentor Teacher shall be assigned in accordance with the following: 1. Participation as a mentor shall be voluntary. 2. The Mentor Teacher shall be tenured with Muskegon Public Schools. 3. A Mentee shall only be assigned to one (1) Mentor Teacher at a time. This limit may only be exceeded if there exist extenuating circumstances and the Association and Administration mutually agree that it is in the best interest of the Mentee. 4. The Mentor Teacher assignment shall be for one (1) year subject to review by the Mentor Teacher, Mentee and Administration after three (3) months. If the Mentor Teacher or Administration feels it would be in the best interest of the Mentee to make a change, a new Mentor Teacher shall be named at the end of that semester. At the end of each year, the match will be reviewed and the appointment will only be renewed by a mutual agreement of the Mentor Teacher, Association and Administration. 5. Mentees shall be provided with a minimum of fifteen (15) days of professional development induction during their first three (3) years of classroom teaching. 6. The purpose of the Mentor/Mentee match is to acclimate the teacher and to provide necessary assistance toward attaining quality instruction. The Board and Association agree the relationship shall be confidential and shall not, in any fashion, be a matter included in the evaluation of the Mentor Teacher or the Mentee. Neither the Mentor Teacher nor the Mentee shall be permitted to participate in any matter related to the evaluation of the other. Further, the Mentor Teacher shall not be called as a witness in any grievance or administrative hearing involving the Mentee, nor shall the Mentee be called as a witness in any grievance or administrative hearing involving the Mentor Teacher except as required by law. The mentor/mentee relationship is based on one of coaching not on formal authority.

Assignment of Mentor Teachers. A. A Mentor Teacher shall be defined as a Master Teacher as identified in Section 1526 of The School Code and shall perform the duties of a Master Teacher as specified in The Code and District Handbook. B. A Mentee shall be defined as a teacher in his/her first three (3) years in the classroom. Each Mentee shall be assigned a Mentor Teacher by the Board, with notification to the Association. C. The Mentor Teacher shall be available to provide professional support, instruction and guidance. The purpose of the Mentor assignment is to provide a peer who can offer assistance, resources, information and a voice of experience and insight, in a non- threatening collegial fashion. A mentor teacher will receive a $200 stipend per year. D. A Mentor Teacher shall be assigned in accordance with the following: 1. Participation as a mentor shall be voluntary. 2. The Mentor Teacher shall be tenured with Muskegon Public Schools. 3. A Mentee shall only be assigned to one (1) Mentor Teacher at a time. This limit may only be exceeded if there exist extenuating circumstances and the Association and Administration mutually agree that it is in the best interest of the Mentee. 4. The Mentor Teacher assignment shall be for one (1) year subject to review by the Mentor Teacher, Mentee and Administration after three (3) months. If the Mentor Teacher or Administration feels it would be in the best interest of the Mentee to make a change, a new Mentor Teacher shall be named at the end of that semester. At the end of each year, the match will be reviewed and the appointment will only be renewed by a mutual agreement of the Mentor Teacher, Association and Administration. 5. Mentees shall be provided with a minimum of fifteen (15) days of professional development induction during their first three (3) years of classroom teaching. 6. The Because the purpose of the Mentor/Mentee match is to acclimate the teacher and to provide necessary assistance toward attaining quality instruction. The , the Board and Association agree the relationship shall be confidential and shall not, in any fashion, be a matter included in the evaluation of the Mentor Teacher or the Mentee. Neither the Mentor Teacher nor the Mentee shall be permitted to participate in any matter related to the evaluation of the other. Further, the Mentor Teacher shall not be called as a witness in any grievance or administrative hearing involving the Mentee, nor shall the Mentee be called as a witness in any grievance or administrative hearing involving the Mentor Teacher except as required by law. The mentor/mentee relationship is based on one of coaching not on formal authority.

Assignment of Mentor Teachers. A. A Mentor Teacher shall be defined as a Master Teacher as identified in Section 1526 of The School Code and shall perform the duties of a Master Teacher as specified in The Code and District HandbookCode. B. A Mentee shall be defined as a teacher in his/her first three (3) years in the classroom. Each Mentee shall be assigned a Mentor Teacher by the Board, with notification to the Association. C. The Mentor Teacher shall be available to provide professional support, instruction and guidance. The purpose of the Mentor assignment is to provide a peer who can offer assistance, resources, information and a voice of experience and insight, in a non- threatening collegial fashion. A mentor teacher will receive a $200 stipend per year. D. A Mentor Teacher shall be assigned in accordance with the following: 1. Participation as a mentor shall be voluntary. 2. The Mentor Teacher shall be tenured with Muskegon Public Schools. 3. A Mentee shall only be assigned to one (1) Mentor Teacher at a time. This limit may only be exceeded if there exist extenuating circumstances and the Association and Administration mutually agree that it is in the best interest of the Mentee. 4. The Mentor Teacher assignment shall be for one (1) year subject to review by the Mentor Teacher, Mentee and Administration after three (3) months. If the Mentor Teacher or Administration feels it would be in the best interest of the Mentee to make a change, a new Mentor Teacher shall be named at the end of that semester. At the end of each year, the match will be reviewed and the appointment will only be renewed by a mutual agreement of the Mentor Teacher, Association and Administration. 5. Mentees shall be provided with a minimum of fifteen (15) days of professional development induction during their first three (3) years of classroom teaching. 6. The Because the purpose of the Mentor/Mentee match is to acclimate the teacher and to provide necessary assistance toward attaining quality instruction. The , the Board and Association agree the relationship shall be confidential and shall not, in any fashion, be a matter included in the evaluation of the Mentor Teacher or the Mentee. Neither the Mentor Teacher nor the Mentee shall be permitted to participate in any matter related to the evaluation of the other. Further, the Mentor Teacher shall not be called as a witness in any grievance or administrative hearing involving the Mentee, nor shall the Mentee be called as a witness in any grievance or administrative hearing involving the Mentor Teacher except as required by law. The mentor/mentee relationship is based on one of coaching not on formal authority.