Mentor Committee. The membership of the Mentor Committee shall be mutually agreed upon by the Association President(s) and the Superintendent. The committee shall be co- chaired by two (2) committee members, who shall be mutually selected and agreed upon by the Association President(s) and the Superintendent. The committee has the responsibility to recommend mentor assignments and activities to the Superintendent or designee. The committee shall meet to design and implement all mentor/protégé training activities and will assess the effectiveness of the program on an annual basis.
Mentor Committee. A Mentor Committee will be establi'.-.ed to design the job description and operating model for mentor teachers, and to select such teachers. This se>en-member committee v, I be composed of four teachers appointed by the Union and three members appointed by the Superintendent. Recommendations of the committee require at least live votes in favor to send them to the Educational Reform Steering Committee for approval. The committee’s goal is to implement a mentoring program as soon as possible. with a target of January, 19<H) Teachers will apply for the position. Once selected, they will ^e provided appropriate training lor the role. Mentor ’eachers will be school-based to the extent possible, supplemented zone-based mentors as needed. There will be flexibi tv and input at the level about how the program is implemented at that school. The mentormg program will aim to establish a one-to-one relationship between a mentor teacher and all newly hired teachers. In the first year of *he contract, mentor teachers will be provided to all new elementary teachers and new teachers in one pilot middle school and high school. Full implementation in middle and high schools will be phased in over the second and third year of the contract. Mentor teachers from different schools will meet together several times during the year to share ideas and experience. Mentor teachers will have appropriate released time during the school day and will use additional time after school and before and after the school year in accord with the working model designed by the Mentor Committee. They will receive a salary supplement of 1/10 of their ten-momh salary. Mentor teachers who accept more than one mentee will receive additional release time and compensation in accord with the job model designed by the Mentor Committee. The parties will cooperate on the use of Xxxxxx Xxxx grants to help support the expense of mentor teachers.
Mentor Committee. Effective July 1, 2009, those unit members who serve on the mentor committee shall receive compensation equivalent to that which is received by those unit members who serve as mentors for each year of service as outlined in Appendix A-2 number 4. The duties for the committee members are outlined in the Mentor Plan.
