Common use of Resident Educator/Mentor Program Clause in Contracts

Resident Educator/Mentor Program. For the purposes of the Mentor Program, a Resident Educator shall be defined as any first year contract teacher working under the first license as issued by ODE which defines them as eligible to be a Resident Educator and also meeting any other requirements per ODE. Resident Educators must participate in the Mentor Program including eight (8) hours of Resident Educator professional development to occur after work hours. Resident Educators shall be assigned a Mentor from the District’s Mentor Pool. Prospective Mentors must have at least three (3) years of teaching experience, and can be nominated by an administrator, another teacher, or they may nominate themselves by filing the appropriate application with the Mentor Program Coordinator(s). Once accepted by the District Mentor Selection Committee, the Mentor must become certified per ODE guidelines. After being certified, the Mentor will be approved yearly if they have met the requirements as established by the District and ODE. Mentors shall be compensated on the basis of the number of Resident Educators to whom they are assigned. Mentors shall be paid a supplemental contract in the amount of $1,000 for the First-Year, Second-Year or Third-Year Resident Educator assigned to them and $500 for each additional First-, Second-, or Third-Year Resident Educator. Mentors shall be paid $100 for each Fourth-Year Resident Educator to whom they are assigned. Mentors may accept assignment of up to four Resident Educators per year. The Mentor Coordinator(s) in conjunction with the District Mentor Selection Committee shall select and assign Mentors based on established criteria, which may include subject area, accessibility, and professional compatibility. The District Mentor Selection Committee shall be comprised of an equal number of administrators appointed by the superintendent and teachers appointed by the Association president. Mentor Teachers shall not participate in the evaluation of the Resident Educator. All interactions between the Mentor Teachers and the Resident Educators shall be confidential except as otherwise directed by law. Violation of confidentiality will be grounds for dismissal from the Mentor Program. Once the new Resident Educator Mentor Program rules have been issued, this section shall be updated by the parties to ensure compliance with the revised program.

Resident Educator/Mentor Program. For 1. Each newly hired teacher who is in the purposes first year of experience under his/her teaching license and meets the Mentor Program, a ODE definition of Resident Educator shall be defined as any first year contract teacher working under the first license as issued by ODE which defines them as eligible to be considered a Resident Educator and also meeting any other requirements per ODEMentee. Resident Educators must participate in the The District Mentor Program including eight (8) hours of Resident Educator professional development to occur after work hours. Resident Educators shall be assigned Coordinator(s) will assign a Mentor from to the District’s Mentor PoolResident Educator. Prospective Mentors must have If at least three (3) years of teaching experience, and can be nominated by an administrator, another teacher, or they may nominate themselves by filing the appropriate application with the Mentor Program Coordinator(s). Once accepted by the District Mentor Selection Committeeall possible, the Mentor must become certified per ODE guidelines. After being certified, assignment of the Mentor will be approved yearly if they have met one who is in the requirements same building as established the Resident Educator or in the same subject area. If the Mentor is not from the same building, the Resident Educator may also select or be assigned by the District principal a building mentor for the purpose of assisting a Resident Educator in matters of building procedures. 2. The employer shall establish a fund of $30,000 at the beginning of each school year for use in connection with the Resident Educator Mentor Program. This money will be made available for paying substitute teacher costs for the release of mentor teachers and/or their respective mentees, as well as for payment of normal workshop and/or seminar expenses and ODEmaterial costs. This money shall also be available for payment of meeting expenses, including light refreshments for meetings by and among various groups of mentors/mentees. 3. Requests for release time covered by substitutes and other expenditures out of the Resident Educator Mentor Program fund shall be made in advance by the mentor, mentee, or both, as they deem necessary throughout the school year. Such requests shall be transmitted and processed in the same fashion as requests for other types of release time and requests for expenditures of educational excellence monies. All reasonable requests for release time covered by AEA Contract substitutes and/or other expenditures are to be granted until such time as the $30,000 maximum is reached. 4. In the event a substitute or other request is denied, the requesting party may appeal such denial to the Advisory Committee for the Resident Educator Mentor Program which shall consist of: a) two (2) administrators selected by the employer; b) two (2) teachers selected by the President; c) one (1) current mentor teacher selected by the four (4) appointed committee members. 5. It shall be the duty of the mentors to help their mentees. Mentors shall be compensated on the basis of the number of Resident Educators to whom they are assigned. Mentors shall be paid a supplemental contract in the amount of $1,000 for the First-Year, Second-Year or Third-Year Resident Educator assigned to them and $500 for each additional First-, Second-, or Third-Year Resident Educator. Mentors shall be paid $100 for each Fourth-Year Resident Educator to whom they are assigned. Mentors may accept assignment of up to four Resident Educators per year. The Mentor Coordinator(s) in conjunction with the District Mentor Selection Committee shall select and assign Mentors based on established criteria, which may include subject area, accessibility, and professional compatibility. The District Mentor Selection Committee shall be comprised of an equal number of administrators appointed by the superintendent and teachers appointed by the Association president. Mentor Teachers shall not participate in the evaluation teacher appraisal program, nor shall they have any role, directly or indirectly, in any proceeding concerned with termination or non-renewal of the Resident Educator. All interactions between the Mentor Teachers and the Resident Educators shall be confidential except as otherwise directed by law. Violation of confidentiality will be grounds for dismissal from the Mentor Program. Once the new Resident Educator Mentor Program rules have been issued, this section shall be updated by the parties to ensure compliance with the revised programa mentee’s contract.

Resident Educator/Mentor Program. For 1. Each newly hired teacher who is in the purposes first year of experience under his/her teaching license and meets the Mentor Program, a ODE definition of Resident Educator shall be defined as any first year contract teacher working under the first license as issued by ODE which defines them as eligible to be considered a Resident Educator and also meeting any other requirements per ODEMentee. Resident Educators must participate in the The District Mentor Program including eight (8) hours of Resident Educator professional development to occur after work hours. Resident Educators shall be assigned Coordinator(s) will assign a Mentor from to the District’s Mentor PoolResident Educator. Prospective Mentors must have If at least three (3) years of teaching experience, and can be nominated by an administrator, another teacher, or they may nominate themselves by filing the appropriate application with the Mentor Program Coordinator(s). Once accepted by the District Mentor Selection Committeeall possible, the Mentor must become certified per ODE guidelines. After being certified, assignment of the Mentor will be approved yearly if they have met one who is in the requirements same building as established the Resident Educator or in the same subject area. If the Mentor is not from the same building, the Resident Educator may also select or be assigned by the District principal a building mentor for the purpose of assisting a Resident Educator in matters of building procedures. 2. The employer shall establish a fund of $30,000 at the beginning of each school year for use in connection with the Resident Educator Mentor Program. This money will be made available for paying substitute teacher costs for the release of mentor teachers and/or their respective mentees, as well as for payment of normal workshop and/or seminar expenses and ODEmaterial costs. This money shall also be available for payment of meeting expenses, including light refreshments for meetings by and among various groups of mentors/mentees. 3. Requests for release time covered by substitutes and other expenditures out of the Resident Educator Mentor Program fund shall be made in advance by the mentor, mentee, or both, as they deem necessary throughout the school year. Such requests shall be transmitted and processed in the same fashion as requests for other types of release time and requests for expenditures of educational excellence monies. All reasonable requests for release time covered by AEA Contract substitutes and/or other expenditures are to be granted until such time as the $30,000 maximum is reached. 4. In the event a substitute or other request is denied, the requesting party may appeal such denial to the Advisory Committee for the Resident Educator Mentor Program which shall consist of: a) two (2) administrators selected by the employer; b) two (2) teachers selected by the President; c) one (1) current mentor teacher selected by the four (4) appointed committee members. 5. It shall be the duty of the mentors to help their mentees. Mentors shall be compensated on the basis of the number of Resident Educators to whom they are assigned. Mentors shall be paid a supplemental contract in the amount of $1,000 for the First-Year, Second-Year or Third-Year Resident Educator assigned to them and $500 for each additional First-, Second-, or Third-Year Resident Educator. Mentors shall be paid $100 for each Fourth-Year Resident Educator to whom they are assigned. Mentors may accept assignment of up to four Resident Educators per year. The Mentor Coordinator(s) in conjunction with the District Mentor Selection Committee shall select and assign Mentors based on established criteria, which may include subject area, accessibility, and professional compatibility. The District Mentor Selection Committee shall be comprised of an equal number of administrators appointed by the superintendent and teachers appointed by the Association president. Mentor Teachers shall not participate in the evaluation teacher appraisal program, nor shall they have any role, directly or indirectly, in any proceeding concerned with termination or non- renewal of the Resident Educator. All interactions between the Mentor Teachers and the Resident Educators shall be confidential except as otherwise directed by law. Violation of confidentiality will be grounds for dismissal from the Mentor Program. Once the new Resident Educator Mentor Program rules have been issued, this section shall be updated by the parties to ensure compliance with the revised programa mentee’s contract.

Resident Educator/Mentor Program. For A. The mentoring program is a way of providing quality on-the purposes job assistance for teachers in the Resident Educator Program. The goal of the Mentor Program, this program is to provide teachers holding a Resident Educator shall be defined as any first year contract teacher working under License with assistance and suggestions in the first license as issued by ODE which defines them as eligible to be a required Resident Educator and also meeting any other Program framework by ODE. B. The requirements per ODEfor the position of mentor teacher include: 1. Resident Educators must participate in the Mentor Program including eight (8) hours of Resident Educator professional development to occur after work hours. Resident Educators Mentors shall be assigned a Mentor from the District’s Mentor Pool. Prospective Mentors must have at least five (5) years of successful instructional experience, three (3) years of teaching experiencewhich must be in the District. 2. The mentor will have completed Instructional Mentoring, and can be nominated the Resident Educator Mentor training year one or any other training(s) for the Resident Educator Program, prior to the first observation of the Resident Educator or as mandated by an administrator, another teacher, or they may nominate themselves by filing the appropriate application with the Mentor Program Coordinator(s)ODE. 3. Once accepted by Mentors will participate in the District Mentor Selection Committee, the Mentor must become certified per ODE guidelines. After being certified, the Mentor will be approved yearly if they have met the requirements as established by the District and ODE. Mentors shall be compensated on the basis of the number of Resident Educators to whom they are assigned. Mentors shall be paid a supplemental contract in the amount of $1,000 for the First-Year, Second-Year or Third-Year Resident Educator assigned to them and $500 for each additional First-, Second-, or Third-Year Resident Educator. Mentors shall be paid $100 for each Fourth-Year Resident Educator to whom they are assigned. Mentors may accept assignment of up to four Resident Educators per year. The Mentor Coordinator(s) in conjunction with the District Mentor Selection Committee shall select and assign Mentors based on established criteria, which may include subject area, accessibility, and professional compatibilityProgram. The District will assume the responsibility for the program. C. Mentors will be selected from teachers with the following criteria in this order: 1. Teacher has obtained an evaluation rating of Skilled or above as defined in the teacher evaluation policy. 2. Has submitted a letter of interest to the Building Principal and Director of Certified Personnel via e-mail by June 30. 3. Has the required ODE Resident Educator Mentor Selection Committee shall training. 4. Is willing to get the required ODE Resident Educator Mentor training. 5. Has building proximity if appropriate. Submitting a letter of interest to mentor in the program does not guarantee a mentor contract. No teacher will be comprised required to serve as a mentor. The selection of an equal number of administrators appointed the mentors will be done by the superintendent Resident Educator Coordinator and teachers appointed by the Association presidentBuilding Principal or the Resident Educator Coordinator and the Superintendent (or designee). D. Mentors will be assigned to the Resident Educator as soon as possible. Mentor Teachers shall not participate The following criteria will be used to match the mentor and Resident Educator in the evaluation following ranking order. 1. Match grade level/subject area in given building of need. 2. Match subject matter teacher, such as fine arts and PE, from another building if there is no match or candidate in the building. 3. Match teacher out of the subject area or grade level in the same building if appropriate. Room proximity is a consideration. 4. If there is not a successful candidate (from the above criteria), the Resident Educator Coordinator and Principal or Resident Educator Coordinator and Superintendent (or designee), may secure a teacher from the District that had not submitted an initial letter of interest that meets one or more of the criteria referenced above in Section C. Every reasonable attempt will be made to make the assignment of the entry-year teachers and mentors as fair and equitable as possible. E. The District will pay the mentor a yearly stipend of $1,000.00 for each Resident Educator mentored. It is suggested that a mentor be assigned to no more than one Resident. Mentors are used for Resident Educator teachers for the 1st and 2nd year of the Resident EducatorEducator program. All interactions between the Mentor Teachers and A mentor may be used for a 3rd year Resident Educator if the Resident Educators shall Educator is not eligible to take RESA in the 3rd year. In the third year of the Resident Educator program, a Facilitator may be confidential except as assigned a maximum of four (4) teachers in the Resident Educator program. The District will pay the Facilitator a yearly stipend of $500.00 for each Resident Educator facilitated. F. Should the mentor resign or be otherwise directed by law. Violation of confidentiality replaced, the mentor will be grounds paid only for dismissal the full semester completed. The District will be able to select an appropriate replacement from the Mentor Programlist of applicants meeting the original date of submission and criteria. Once If there is not an applicant meeting the new needed criteria, then item D4 will be followed. G. Participation in the Resident Educator Mentor Program rules have been issuedprogram is compulsory for a Resident Educator who is new to the teaching profession and who holds a Resident Educator License or who meets the eligibility requirement as defined by ODE. H. Mentors and Resident Educators may be granted up to three (3) days of release time to attend professional development as needed. Mentors will be provided three (3) one-half (½) days of release time and/or release periods during the school year for the purpose of completing classroom observations of each entry-year teacher. I. The Association President will be provided the list of eligible mentors, this section shall be updated by the parties to ensure compliance in accordance with the revised programArticle 11.04 C, via e-mail not more than one week after June 30.

Resident Educator/Mentor Program. For A. The mentoring program is a way of providing quality on-the purposes job assistance for teachers in the Resident Educator Program. The goal of the Mentor Program, this program is to provide teachers holding a Resident Educator shall be defined as any first year contract teacher working under License with assistance and suggestions in the first license as issued by ODE which defines them as eligible to be a required Resident Educator and also meeting any other Program framework by ODE. B. The requirements per ODEfor the position of mentor teacher include: 1. Resident Educators must participate in the Mentor Program including eight (8) hours of Resident Educator professional development to occur after work hours. Resident Educators Mentors shall be assigned a Mentor from the District’s Mentor Pool. Prospective Mentors must have at least five (5) years of successful instructional experience, three (3) years of teaching experiencewhich must be in the District. 2. The mentor will have completed Instructional Mentoring, and can be nominated the Resident Educator Mentor training year one or any other training(s) for the Resident Educator Program, prior to the first observation of the Resident Educator or as mandated by an administrator, another teacher, or they may nominate themselves by filing the appropriate application with the Mentor Program Coordinator(s)ODE. 3. Once accepted by Mentors will participate in the District Mentor Selection Committee, the Mentor must become certified per ODE guidelines. After being certified, the Mentor will be approved yearly if they have met the requirements as established by the District and ODE. Mentors shall be compensated on the basis of the number of Resident Educators to whom they are assigned. Mentors shall be paid a supplemental contract in the amount of $1,000 for the First-Year, Second-Year or Third-Year Resident Educator assigned to them and $500 for each additional First-, Second-, or Third-Year Resident Educator. Mentors shall be paid $100 for each Fourth-Year Resident Educator to whom they are assigned. Mentors may accept assignment of up to four Resident Educators per year. The Mentor Coordinator(s) in conjunction with the District Mentor Selection Committee shall select and assign Mentors based on established criteria, which may include subject area, accessibility, and professional compatibilityProgram. The District will assume the responsibility for the program. C. Mentors will be selected from teachers with the following criteria in this order: 1. Teacher has obtained an evaluation rating of Skilled or above as defined in the teacher evaluation policy. 2. Has submitted a letter of interest to the Building Principal and Director of Certified Personnel via e-mail by June 30. 3. Has the required ODE Resident Educator Mentor Selection Committee shall training. 4. Is willing to get the required ODE Resident Educator Mentor training. 5. Has building proximity if appropriate. Submitting a letter of interest to mentor in the program does not guarantee a mentor contract. No teacher will be comprised required to serve as a mentor. The selection of an equal number of administrators appointed the mentors will be done by the superintendent Resident Educator Coordinator and teachers appointed by the Association presidentBuilding Principal or the Resident Educator Coordinator and the Superintendent (or designee). D. Mentors will be assigned to the Resident Educator as soon as possible. Mentor Teachers shall not participate The following criteria will be used to match the mentor and Resident Educator in the evaluation following ranking order. 1. Match grade level/subject area in given building of need. 2. Match subject matter teacher, such as fine arts and PE, from another building if there is no match or candidate in the building. 3. Match teacher out of the subject area or grade level in the same building if appropriate. Room proximity is a consideration. 4. If there is not a successful candidate (from the above criteria), the Resident Educator Coordinator and Principal or Resident Educator Coordinator and Superintendent (or designee), may secure a teacher from the District that had not submitted an initial letter of interest that meets one or more of the criteria referenced above in Section C. Every reasonable attempt will be made to make the assignment of the entry-year teachers and mentors as fair and equitable as possible. E. The District will pay the mentor a yearly stipend of $1,000.00 for each Resident Educator mentored. It is suggested that a mentor be assigned to no more than one Resident. Mentors are used for Resident Educator teachers for the 1st and 2nd year of the Resident EducatorEducator program. All interactions between the Mentor Teachers and A mentor may be used for a 3rd year Resident Educator if the Resident Educators shall Educator is not eligible to take RESA in the 3rd year. In the third year of the Resident Educator program, a Facilitator may be confidential except as assigned a maximum of four (4) teachers in the Resident Educator program. The District will pay the Facilitator a yearly stipend of $500.00 for each Resident Educator facilitated. X. Should the mentor resign or be otherwise directed by law. Violation of confidentiality replaced, the mentor will be grounds paid only for dismissal the full semester completed. The District will be able to select an appropriate replacement from the Mentor Programlist of applicants meeting the original date of submission and criteria. Once If there is not an applicant meeting the new needed criteria, then item D4 will be followed. G. Participation in the Resident Educator Mentor Program rules have been issuedprogram is compulsory for a Resident Educator who is new to the teaching profession and who holds a Resident Educator License or who meets the eligibility requirement as defined by ODE. H. Mentors and Resident Educators may be granted up to three (3) days of release time to attend professional development as needed. Mentors will be provided three (3) one-half (½) days of release time and/or release periods during the school year for the purpose of completing classroom observations of each entry-year teacher. I. The Association President will be provided the list of eligible mentors, this section shall be updated by the parties to ensure compliance in accordance with the revised programArticle 11.04 C, via e-mail not more than one week after June 30.

Resident Educator/Mentor Program. For the purposes of the Mentor Program, a an Resident Educator shall be defined as any first year contract teacher working under the first license as issued by ODE which defines them as eligible to be a Resident Educator and also meeting any other requirements per ODE. Resident Educators must participate in the Mentor Program including eight (8) hours of Resident Educator professional development to occur after work hours. Resident Educators shall be assigned a Mentor from the District’s Mentor Pool. Prospective Mentors must have at least three (3) years of teaching experience, and can be nominated by an administrator, another teacher, or they may nominate themselves by filing the appropriate application with the Mentor Program Coordinator(s). Once accepted by the District Mentor Selection Committee, the Mentor must become certified per ODE guidelines. After being certified, the Mentor will be approved yearly if they have met the requirements as established by the District and ODE. Mentors shall be compensated on the basis of the number of Resident Educators to whom they are assigned. Mentors shall be paid a supplemental contract in the amount of $1,000 for the First-Year, Second-Year or Third-Year Resident Educator assigned to them and $500 for each additional First-, Second-, or Third-Year Resident Educator. Mentors shall be paid $100 for each Fourth-Year Resident Educator to whom they are assigned. Mentors may accept assignment of up to four Resident Educators per year. The Mentor Coordinator(s) in conjunction with the District Mentor Selection Committee shall select and assign Mentors based on established criteria, which may include subject area, accessibility, and professional compatibility. The District Mentor Selection Committee shall be comprised of an equal number of administrators appointed by the superintendent and teachers appointed by the Association president. Mentor Teachers shall not participate in the evaluation of the Resident Educator. All interactions between the Mentor Teachers and the Resident Educators shall be confidential except as otherwise directed by law. Violation of confidentiality will be grounds for dismissal from the Mentor Program. Once the new Resident Educator Mentor Program rules have been issued, this section shall be updated by the parties to ensure compliance with the revised program.