Mentor Duties. Mentors shall provide individualized assistance, support and constructive critique to Xxxxxxx for the purpose noted in Section 1 above. The Mentor/Mentee will confer before or after student hours, or at common release times such as lunch or conference periods, for the purpose of setting goals or to assess goal attainment, for no less than 30 minutes per week. Notes shall be maintained by Mentors but are not part of the Administrators formal evaluation process. Mentors will regularly confer with the Mentee’s building principal for the purpose of ensuring that the Mentor’s suggestions and recommendations are consistent with the principal’s policies and expectations in that building. Mentors shall make personal observations in the Mentee classroom on mutually agreed upon days. The building principal may attend pre- and post- conferences held in conjunction with such observations. Mentors who are also current staff members shall be granted paid release time on the schedule below for the purpose of conducting in- class observation of their Mentee(s). The dates of such release time shall be mutually established between the Mentor and the building principal and the building principal will arrange with a substitute teacher to cover the Mentor’s regular teaching assignment on such release days. 1st and 2nd year probationary Mentees = 4 half-days (1 half day per 9 weeks) 3rd and 4th year probationary Mentees = 2 half-days (1 half day per semester).
