Common use of Resident Educator Program Clause in Contracts

Resident Educator Program. A. The Resident Educator Program for beginning teachers licensed after January 1, 2011, is for the purpose of providing educators with coaching, mentoring and guidance that are critical to improving their skills and knowledge and student achievement. The Resident Educator Program will be a program administered and funded by the Board. This program shall be separate from and shall not replace the employee evaluation system. B. The Administration shall select the mentors for Resident Educators from a pool of bargaining unit volunteers only and no bargaining unit member can be required to serve as a mentor. Those teachers who volunteer to Mentor Teacher must be trained to act as a mentor through the Ohio Department of Education Instructional Mentoring Program. C. The Mentor Teacher must hold a valid teaching certification/license. D. The Mentor Teacher/Resident Educator relationship is solely for the purpose of formative assistance. No information obtained in this relationship shall serve as a basis for any summative evaluation of the Resident Educator’s performance. All information, written or oral, shall not be used in any employment or re-employment situation by the Board. E. In addition to mutually agreed upon released time in coordination with the building administration, each Mentor/Facilitator Teacher shall receive supplemental pay in accordance with the chart below. In addition, the Board will pay all training fees required for Mentor/Facilitator Teachers to receive the mandatory ODE state training. Year One $800.00 $400.00 Year Two $800.00 $400.00 Years 3 & 4 $500.00 $250.00 F. General 1. Other than a notation to the effect that a teacher served as a Mentor Teacher, the teacher’s activities as a Mentor Teacher shall not be part of that staff member’s evaluation. 2. No Resident Educator shall be required to remain in a Resident Educator Program after advancing to a professional educator license. 3. Mentor Teachers shall not participate in the District’s evaluation of any Resident Educator. 4. Mentor Teachers shall not be requested or directed to make any recommendation regarding the continued employment of the Resident Educator. 5. No Mentor Teacher shall be requested or directed to divulge information from the written documentation, or confidential Mentor Teacher/Resident Educator discussions. Any violation of this xxxxx by the Mentor Teacher shall constitute grounds for immediate removal from his/her role as Mentor Teacher. 6. At any time, either the Mentor Teacher or the Resident Educator may request to have a new Mentor Teacher assigned. The Mentor Teacher and the Resident Educator must operate in a trusting and comfortable relationship; therefore, no specifics shall be given as to the request or granting of this option and no prejudice or evaluation is to be given any such change. 7. All Mentor Teachers and Resident Educators shall keep confidential all discussions, actions, materials and other information to the extent permitted by law. 8. Mentor Teachers shall communicate directly with the Resident Educators and shall not discuss/report the performance and progress of the Resident Educator with any administrator, assessor, or other teacher, other than a Resident Educator Program Coordinator, if such a position is filled.

Resident Educator Program. A. The Resident Educator Program for beginning teachers licensed after January 1When possible, 2011the Mentor teacher will have a minimum of five (5) years of teaching experience in the district and at least two (2) years in the level or area assigned (i.e. elementary, is for the purpose of providing educators with coachingmiddle school, mentoring and guidance that are critical to improving their skills and knowledge and student achievement. The Resident Educator Program will special education, etc.) Mentor Selection shall be a program administered and funded made by the BoardSuperintendent or designee. This program shall Should no Mentor be separate from and shall not replace available in the employee evaluation system. B. The Administration shall select the mentors for Resident Educators from a pool area of bargaining unit volunteers only and no bargaining unit member can be required to serve as a mentor. Those teachers who volunteer to Mentor Teacher must be trained to act as a mentor through the Ohio Department of Education Instructional Mentoring Program. C. The Mentor Teacher must hold a valid teaching certification/license. D. The licensure, a Mentor Teacher/Resident Educator relationship is solely for may be assigned from the purpose of formative assistance. No information obtained in this relationship shall serve as a basis for any summative evaluation grade level or subject area most closely related to that of the Resident Educator’s performance. B. Mentor Teachers shall be assigned not more than two (2) Resident Educators. All informationHowever, written or oralthe District will make reasonable efforts to assign only one Resident Educator to a Mentor Teacher. C. Each Mentor Teacher and Resident Educator shall be granted release time, shall not be used in any employment or re-employment situation as required by the BoardODE, to perform his/her duties. Release time shall be coordinated with the Building Administrator. E. In addition to mutually agreed upon released time in coordination with the building administration, each Mentor/Facilitator Teacher shall receive supplemental pay in accordance with the chart below. In addition, the Board will pay all training fees required for Mentor/Facilitator Teachers to receive the mandatory ODE state training. Year One $800.00 $400.00 Year Two $800.00 $400.00 Years 3 & 4 $500.00 $250.00 F. General 1. D. Other than a notation to the effect that a teacher served as a Mentor Teacher, the teacher’s activities as a Mentor Teacher shall not be part of that staff member’s evaluation, nor shall the Mentor’s evaluation be affected by the performance of his/her mentoring responsibilities. 2. No Resident Educator shall be required to remain in a Resident Educator Program after advancing to a professional educator license. 3. E. Mentor Teachers shall not participate in the District’s evaluation of any Resident Educator. 4. Mentor Teachers Educator nor shall not they be requested or directed to make any recommendation regarding the continued employment of the Resident Educator. 5. No Mentor Teacher shall be requested teacher or directed to divulge information from the written documentation, documentation or confidential Mentor TeacherMentor/Resident Educator Mentee discussions. Any violation of this xxxxx by the Mentor Consulting Teacher shall constitute grounds for immediate removal from his/her role as Mentor Teacher. 6. At any time, either the Mentor Teacher or the Resident Educator may request to have a new Mentor Teacher assigned. The Mentor Teacher and the Resident Educator must operate in a trusting and comfortable relationship; therefore, no specifics shall be given as to the request or granting of this option and no prejudice or evaluation is to be given any such change. 7. F. All Mentor Teachers Mentors and Resident Educators shall keep confidential all discussions, actions, materials and other information to the extent permitted by law. 8. Mentor Teachers shall communicate directly with the Resident Educators and shall not discuss/report the performance and progress of the Resident Educator with any administrator, assessor, or other teacher, other than . G. Each Mentor Teacher shall receive a stipend of $650.00 annually for each Resident Educator Program Coordinatorhe/she is mentoring for the first twenty-six (26) hours of mentoring activity. For documented mentoring activity beyond the initial twenty-six (26) hours, if such the mentor teacher shall receive thirty dollars ($30.00) per hour for up to fifteen (15) additional hours. Hours beyond the initial twenty-six hours must be approved by the building principal. The stipend is to be paid in two equal installments, in January and June of that school year, and shall be pursuant to a position is filledsupplemental contract. H. The Mentor Teacher will submit to the Treasurer’s office a statement verifying that each semester’s mentoring duties of Mentor Teacher have been completed. The statement shall be verified by the Building Principal, and shall be submitted by the last working day of each semester. I. The District will pay all training fees required for Mentor Teachers to receive the mandatory ODE State mentor training. J. The Lead Mentor shall be a teacher and shall be selected by the Superintendent. The Lead Mentor shall be compensated at a rate of One Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($1,800.00).

Resident Educator Program. A. The 1. A Resident Educator Program for beginning all Resident Educators will include a performance-based assessment (Resident Educator Summative Assessment) of the Resident Educator as prescribed by the State Board of Education, and a formal program of support, which shall include mentoring to xxxxxx professional growth, the completion of all required professional tools, and an assessment of the Resident Educator that is congruent with the required performance-based assessment. 2. Full time mentor teachers licensed after January 1, 2011, is for will be included in the purpose of providing educators with coaching, mentoring bargaining unit and guidance that are critical to improving their skills and knowledge and student achievementwill be considered on “special assignment”. 3. The Resident Educator Program Mentors will be a program administered and funded formally trained, as required by the Board. This program shall be separate from and shall not replace the employee evaluation system. B. The Administration shall select the mentors for Resident Educators from a pool of bargaining unit volunteers only and no bargaining unit member can be required to serve as a mentor. Those teachers who volunteer to Mentor Teacher must be trained to act as a mentor through the Ohio Department of Education Instructional Mentoring ProgramEducation, to be certified instructional mentors. Each Resident Educator Mentor will be assigned not more than twenty-one (21) Resident Educators who they will lead through the completion of the timeline of best practices, per the Ohio Department of Education. The Resident Educator Mentors will also be responsible for helping the Resident Educator in preparing for and completing the Resident Educator Summative Assessment. The Resident Educator Mentors will plan and deliver the induction program for all Resident Educators before the school year starts. The Resident Educator Mentors will plan and deliver informative and guidance-based seminars throughout the school year for Resident Educators. C. 4. The Mentor Teacher must hold a valid teaching certification/licensefollowing specifics will define the program: a. The ratio of Resident Educators to Resident Educator Mentors will be no more than 21:1. D. b. Resident Educators will be expected to attend training days and additional training time in accordance with paragraph (B)(5) of this Article. c. Resident Educator Mentor positions will be posted as any other vacancy. d. Hiring preference will be given to current bargaining unit members. The successful candidate(s) must also have the ability to work effectively with a broad spectrum of adult learners. Preference will be given to candidates who have demonstrated mastery in the classroom. e. Resident Educator Mentor Teachertraining will be provided as soon as possible. f. Resident Educator Mentors will be required to develop and deliver an induction program for all Resident Educators, as outlined in this Article. g. Resident Educator Mentors will be required to develop and deliver professional development for all Resident Educators, as outlined in this Article. h. Mentors will be paid on the current salary schedule with the equivalent of up to thirty (30) extended days depending on time commitments; flexible scheduling will be approved to facilitate Resident Educator Mentor/Resident Educator relationship is solely for the purpose of formative assistance. No information obtained in this relationship shall serve as a basis for any summative evaluation of contacts. i. The communication between the Resident Educator’s performance. All information, written or oral, shall not be used in any employment or re-employment situation by Educator Mentor and the Board. E. In addition to mutually agreed upon released time in coordination with the building administration, each Mentor/Facilitator Teacher shall receive supplemental pay in accordance with the chart below. In addition, the Board will pay all training fees required for Mentor/Facilitator Teachers to receive the mandatory ODE state training. Year One $800.00 $400.00 Year Two $800.00 $400.00 Years 3 & 4 $500.00 $250.00 F. General 1. Other than a notation to the effect that a teacher served as a Mentor Teacher, the teacher’s activities as a Mentor Teacher shall not be part of that staff member’s evaluation. 2. No Resident Educator shall be considered confidential except as required to remain in a by law. Resident Educator Program after advancing to a professional educator license. 3. Mentor Teachers Mentors shall not participate in or provide input toward the District’s evaluation of any Resident Educator. 4j. Resident Educator Mentors shall be evaluated by the Director of Certificated/Licensed Personnel. Observations of Resident Educator Mentors shall be conducted in a fashion that will not jeopardize the confidential relationship between the Resident Educator Mentor Teachers shall not be requested or directed to make any recommendation regarding the continued employment of and the Resident Educator. 5. No Mentor Teacher shall be requested or directed to divulge information from the written documentation, or confidential Mentor Teacher/Resident Educator discussions. Any violation of this xxxxx by the Mentor Teacher shall constitute grounds for immediate removal from his/her role as Mentor Teacher. 6. At any time, either the Mentor Teacher or the Resident Educator may request to have a new Mentor Teacher assigned. The Mentor Teacher and the Resident Educator must operate in a trusting and comfortable relationship; therefore, no specifics shall be given as to the request or granting of this option and no prejudice or evaluation is to be given any such change. 7. All Mentor Teachers and Resident Educators shall keep confidential all discussions, actions, materials and other information to the extent permitted by law. 8. Mentor Teachers shall communicate directly with the Resident Educators and shall not discuss/report the performance and progress of the Resident Educator with any administrator, assessor, or other teacher, other than a Resident Educator Program Coordinator, if such a position is filled.

Resident Educator Program. A. The district shall provide a Resident Educator Program for beginning teachers licensed after January 1, 2011, is for pursuant to the purpose requirements of providing educators with coaching, mentoring the entry year standard (O.A.C. 3301-22-02 and guidance that are critical to improving their skills and knowledge and student achievement. 3301-24-04). A. The Resident Educator Program will be a program administered and funded aligned to the ODE Resident Educator Program by the BoardLead Mentor, MLEA President and/or designee and the Superintendent and/or Curriculum Director. This program The purpose of the committee will be to continually review and align the Resident Educator Program to the current ODE Guidelines. B. All members of the Committee, Mentors and Resident Educator shall be separate from keep confidential all discussions, actions, materials and other information to the extent permitted by law. C. Mentors shall communicate directly with the Resident Educator and shall not replace discuss/report the employee evaluation system. B. The Administration shall select performance/progress of the mentors for Resident Educators from a pool of bargaining unit volunteers only and no bargaining unit member can be required Educator to serve as a mentor. Those teachers who volunteer to Mentor Teacher must be trained to act as a mentor through the Ohio Department of Education Instructional Mentoring Program. C. The Mentor Teacher must hold a valid teaching certification/licenseany administrator, assessor or other teacher. D. The Mentor Teacher/Resident Educator relationship is solely for the purpose of formative assistance. No information obtained in this relationship shall serve as a basis for any summative evaluation of the Resident Educator’s performance. All information, written or oral, shall not be used in any employment or re-employment situation by the Board. E. In addition to mutually agreed upon released time in coordination with the building administration, each Mentor/Facilitator Teacher shall receive supplemental pay in accordance with the chart below. In addition, the Board will pay all training fees required for Mentor/Facilitator Teachers to receive the mandatory ODE state training. Year One $800.00 $400.00 Year Two $800.00 $400.00 Years 3 & 4 $500.00 $250.00 F. General 1. Other than a notation to the effect that a teacher served as a Mentor Teacher, the teacher’s activities as a Mentor Teacher shall not be part participate in any informal or formal evaluation of that staff member’s evaluation. 2. No Resident Educator shall be required to remain in a Resident Educator Program after advancing to a professional educator license. 3. Mentor Teachers shall not participate in the District’s evaluation of any Resident Educator. 4. Mentor Teachers shall not , nor make, nor be requested or directed to make any recommendation recommendations regarding the continued employment of the a Resident Educator. 5E. The regular evaluation of the Mentor shall not be affected in any aspect by the Resident Educator Program or its demands. F. As part of the program, the District will provide release time (as approved by the building administrator) for Mentors and Resident Educator, as well as compensation. No Mentor Teacher Only Qualified Mentors as outlined by the Resident Educator Program shall be requested or directed to divulge information from compensated. G. Qualified Mentors shall be selected as outlined by the written documentation, or confidential Mentor Teacher/Resident Educator discussionsProgram Guidelines. Any violation Qualified Mentors will be paired with Resident Educators based upon building location and/or building assignment. The final decision will be a collaborative effort between the Lead Mentor and building administrator. Teachers may decline acceptance of this xxxxx by the Mentor Teacher shall constitute grounds for immediate removal from his/her role as Mentor Teachera mentorship position. 6H. The definition of a Resident Educator is a member of the bargaining unit employed under a Resident Educator License. I. Mentors/Facilitators and Resident Educators shall be compensated a stipend calculated by multiplying .0008 times the base salary times the number of hours of contact time based upon the chart below. Resident Educator Mentor/Facilitator Year One 40 hours 40 hours Year Two 20 hours 20-30 hours (depending on the # of RE) Year Three 0-5 hours 5-20 hours (depending on the # of RE) Year Four 0-3 hours 3-10 hours (depending on the # of RE) This stipend will be payable upon completion of the following criteria: submitting a log to the Lead Mentor documenting a minimum of the number of hours spent for Year 1, 2, 3 or 4 mentoring activities. Activities may include time spent during the contractual day, as well as for time spent outside the contractual day. Activities could include: New Teacher Orientation Day, after school sessions relating to the Resident Educator Program, meetings with Mentor/Facilitator teachers, observations or post observation discussions. J. Teachers interested in becoming a Qualified Mentor/Facilitator shall apply through an application found on the school website or through an email via the Lead Mentor. K. If a Resident Educator is unable to complete the entry year program due to no fault of the mentor, the mentor shall be compensated for partial contact hours, as defined above, even if they are less than the required 40 hours in any of the four years of the Resident Educator Program or mentor is assigned. L. At any time, either the Mentor Teacher or the Resident Educator may request exercise the option to have a new Mentor Teacher assigned. The Mentor Teacher and the Resident Educator must operate in a trusting and comfortable relationship; therefore, no specifics shall be given as to the request or granting exercise of this the option and no prejudice or evaluation is to be given any such change. 7. All M. Any teacher’s activities as a Mentor Teachers and Resident Educators Teacher shall keep confidential all discussions, actions, materials and other information to the extent permitted by lawnot be a part of that teacher’s evaluation. 8. Mentor Teachers shall communicate directly with the Resident Educators and shall not discuss/report the performance and progress of the Resident Educator with any administrator, assessor, or other teacher, other than N. When a Resident Educator Program Coordinatorcompletes step 0, if such and is offered and signs a position is filled.contract for the next year, he/she shall be paid a one-time lump sum amount of $1,000 by the first day of school the following year. This excludes Article XXVII

Resident Educator Program. A. The 1. A Resident Educator Program for beginning all Resident Educators will include a performance-based assessment (Resident Educator Summative Assessment) of the Resident Educator as prescribed by the State Board of Education, and a formal program of support, which shall include mentoring to xxxxxx professional growth, the completion of all required professional tools, and an assessment of the Resident Educator that is congruent with the required performance-based assessment. 2. Full time mentor teachers licensed after January 1, 2011, is for will be included in the purpose of providing educators with coaching, mentoring bargaining unit and guidance that are critical to improving their skills and knowledge and student achievementwill be considered on “special assignment”. 3. The Resident Educator Program Mentors will be a program administered and funded formally trained, as required by the Board. This program shall be separate from and shall not replace the employee evaluation system. B. The Administration shall select the mentors for Resident Educators from a pool of bargaining unit volunteers only and no bargaining unit member can be required to serve as a mentor. Those teachers who volunteer to Mentor Teacher must be trained to act as a mentor through the Ohio Department of Education Instructional Mentoring ProgramEducation, to be certified instructional mentors. Each Resident Educator Mentor will be assigned not more than twenty-one (21) Resident Educators who they will lead through the completion of the timeline of best practices, per the Ohio Department of Education. The Resident Educator Mentors will also be responsible for helping the Resident Educator in preparing for and completing the Resident Educator Summative Assessment. The Resident Educator Mentors will plan and deliver the induction program for all Resident Educators before the school year starts. The Resident Educator Mentors will plan and deliver informative and guidance-based seminars throughout the school year for Resident Educators. C. 4. The Mentor Teacher must hold a valid teaching certification/licensefollowing specifics will define the program: a. The ratio of Resident Educators to Resident Educator Mentors will be no more than 21:1. D. b. Resident Educators will be expected to attend training days and additional training time in accordance with paragraph (B)(5) of this Article. c. Resident Educator Mentor positions will be posted as any other vacancy. d. Hiring preference will be given to current bargaining unit members. The successful candidate(s) must also have the ability to work effectively with a broad spectrum of adult learners. Preference will be given to candidates who have demonstrated mastery in the classroom. e. Resident Educator Mentor Teachertraining will be provided as soon as possible. f. Resident Educator Mentors will be required to develop and deliver an induction program for all Resident Educators, as outlined in this Article. g. Resident Educator Mentors will be required to develop and deliver professional development for all Resident Educators, as outlined in this Article. h. Mentors will be paid on the current salary schedule with the equivalent of up to thirty (30) extended days depending on time commitments; flexible scheduling will be approved to facilitate Resident Educator Mentor/Resident Educator relationship is solely for the purpose of formative assistance. No information obtained in this relationship shall serve as a basis for any summative evaluation of contacts. i. The communication between the Resident Educator’s performance. All information, written or oral, shall not be used in any employment or re-employment situation by Educator Mentor and the Board. E. In addition to mutually agreed upon released time in coordination with the building administration, each Mentor/Facilitator Teacher shall receive supplemental pay in accordance with the chart below. In addition, the Board will pay all training fees required for Mentor/Facilitator Teachers to receive the mandatory ODE state training. Year One $800.00 $400.00 Year Two $800.00 $400.00 Years 3 & 4 $500.00 $250.00 F. General 1. Other than a notation to the effect that a teacher served as a Mentor Teacher, the teacher’s activities as a Mentor Teacher shall not be part of that staff member’s evaluation. 2. No Resident Educator shall be considered confidential except as required to remain in a by law. Resident Educator Program after advancing to a professional educator license. 3. Mentor Teachers Mentors shall not participate in or provide input toward the District’s evaluation of any Resident Educator. 4j. Resident Educator Mentors shall be evaluated by the Director of Certificated Personnel. Observations of Resident Educator Mentors shall be conducted in a fashion that will not jeopardize the confidential relationship between the Resident Educator Mentor Teachers shall not be requested or directed to make any recommendation regarding the continued employment of and the Resident Educator. 5. No Mentor Teacher shall be requested or directed to divulge information from the written documentation, or confidential Mentor Teacher/Resident Educator discussions. Any violation of this xxxxx by the Mentor Teacher shall constitute grounds for immediate removal from his/her role as Mentor Teacher. 6. At any time, either the Mentor Teacher or the Resident Educator may request to have a new Mentor Teacher assigned. The Mentor Teacher and the Resident Educator must operate in a trusting and comfortable relationship; therefore, no specifics shall be given as to the request or granting of this option and no prejudice or evaluation is to be given any such change. 7. All Mentor Teachers and Resident Educators shall keep confidential all discussions, actions, materials and other information to the extent permitted by law. 8. Mentor Teachers shall communicate directly with the Resident Educators and shall not discuss/report the performance and progress of the Resident Educator with any administrator, assessor, or other teacher, other than a Resident Educator Program Coordinator, if such a position is filled.

Resident Educator Program. A. The A mentoring program is designed to help teachers participating in the Resident Educator Program for beginning program. Overview A mentor will consult and assist teachers licensed after January 1, 2011, but shall not evaluate them. A teacher who volunteers and is for the purpose of providing educators with coaching, mentoring and guidance that are critical selected to improving their skills and knowledge and student achievement. The Resident Educator Program will be a program administered mentor shall be compensated and funded by the Boardshall receive release time as stated in Section C, below. This program release time shall be separate from and shall not replace the employee evaluation system. B. The Administration shall select the mentors for Resident Educators from other release time covered in this contract. Additionally, a pool of bargaining unit volunteers only and no bargaining unit member can mentor may be required to attend training sessions during the regular school day or after school. In order to be selected as a mentor, teachers must meet Mentor criteria set forth in Section B, below. Any teacher wishing to serve as a mentor. Those teachers who volunteer mentor shall submit their written request to Mentor Teacher must be trained to act as a mentor through the Ohio Department of Education Instructional Mentoring Program. C. The Mentor Teacher must hold a valid teaching certification/license. D. The Mentor Teacher/Resident Educator relationship is solely for the purpose of formative assistance. No information obtained in this relationship shall serve as a basis for any summative evaluation of the Resident Educator’s performance. All information, written or oral, shall not be used in any employment or re-employment situation by the Board. E. In addition to mutually agreed upon released time in coordination with the building administrationprincipal. Mentors shall be selected on the criteria stated in Section B, each Mentor/Facilitator Teacher shall receive supplemental pay in accordance with the chart below. In addition, the Board will pay all training fees required for Mentor/Facilitator Teachers to receive the mandatory ODE state training. Year One $800.00 $400.00 Year Two $800.00 $400.00 Years 3 & 4 $500.00 $250.00 F. General 1. Other than a notation to the effect that a teacher served as a Mentor Teacher, the teacher’s activities as a Mentor Teacher shall not be part of that staff member’s evaluation. 2. No Resident Educator shall be required to remain in a Resident Educator Program after advancing to a professional educator license. 3. Mentor Teachers shall not participate in the District’s evaluation of any Resident Educator. 4. Mentor Teachers shall not be requested or directed to make any recommendation regarding the continued employment of the Resident Educator. 5. No Mentor Teacher shall be requested or directed to divulge information from the written documentation, or confidential Mentor Teacher/Resident Educator discussions. Any violation of this xxxxx by the Mentor Teacher shall constitute grounds for immediate removal from his/her role as Mentor Teacher. 6. At any time, either the Mentor Teacher or the Resident Educator may request to have a new Mentor Teacher assigned. The Mentor Teacher and the Resident Educator must operate in a trusting and comfortable relationship; therefore, no specifics shall be given as to the request or granting of this option and no prejudice or evaluation is to be given any such change. 7. All Mentor Teachers and Resident Educators shall keep confidential all discussions, actions, materials and other information to the extent permitted by law. 8. Mentor Teachers Mentors shall communicate directly with the Resident Educators their assigned teacher(s) and shall not discuss/report the performance and performance/progress of the Resident Educator with assigned teacher(s) as appropriate to any administrator, assessor, or other teacherand to the assigned teacher(s), other than a and in accordance with the Resident Educator Program Coordinatorprogram requirements, if such as applicable. The Resident Educator mentor program is designed to enhance the teacher’s skills and keep the teacher in the district. Teacher participation in the Resident Educator mentor program is not mandatory – no bargaining unit member shall be directed to participate in the program for the duration of the Contract. The Resident Educator program is a position four-year induction system of support and mentoring for new teachers. Successful completion of the Resident Educator program is filledrequired to qualify for a five-year professional educator license. This program and filling of the mentor positions exist on a year-to-year basis. B. Resident Educator Mentor Criteria 1. Resident Educator mentor teachers must: a. Possess a five-year professional license or a two-year provision license that has been renewed two or more times; b. Possess five years of teaching experience; c. Demonstrate recent classroom experience within the last five years; d. Successfully complete both Instructional Mentoring and Resident Eductor-1 state-sponsored mentor training. C. Mentors 1. Mentor of one (1) Resident Educator teacher in the Resident Educator teacher’s first or second years of the Resident Educator Program. a. The mentor shall be compensated at .016 of the B.A. Degree (Class I, Step 0) rate and paid with his/her regular paycheck. b. The mentor shall be given release time, at this/her determination, up to a maximum of nine (9) half days per school year. When the mentor determines that release time is needed, he/she shall give at least three (3) days advance notice to the building principal in order to provide proper class coverage. c. The mentor shall also meet with the mentee for three (3) hours before the school year begins. This meeting date and time shall be mutually determined by the mentor and the mentee. 2. Mentors with two (2) Resident Educator teachers who are in either the first or second years of the Resident Educator Program. a. Ideally, each mentor shall not have more than one (1) Resident Educator; however, when this is not possible, a mentor may be given a second Resident Educator but can never serve as a mentor to more than two (2) Resident Educators. b. The mentor who has two (2) Resident Educators who are in their first or second years of the Resident Educator program shall be compensated at the rate of $1,000 per year to be paid in equal installments with his/her regular paychecks. 1) The mentor shall be given release time, at this/her determination, up to a maximum of nine (9) half days per school year. When the mentor determines that release time is needed, he/she shall give at least three (3) days advance notice to the building principal in order to provide proper class coverage. 2) The mentor shall also meet with the mentees (together or singularly) for three (3) hours before the school year begins. This meeting date and time shall be mutually determined by the mentor and the mentees.

Resident Educator Program. A. 1. In August 2011, The Education Opportunity Act (HB1) created the Ohio Resident Educator Program Program. It provides a four year program of support and mentoring for beginning teachers licensed after January new teachers. The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) has created requirements for mentors in the Resident Educator Program. 2. To qualify for consideration as mentor/facilitator candidates, individuals must: 1, 2011, is for ) Meet all of the purpose following qualifications: a. five-year professional license OR two-year provisional license that has been renewed two or more times; b. five years of providing educators with coaching, mentoring and guidance that are critical teaching experience; and c. recent classroom experience within the last five years. 2) Complete district application process. 3) Be selected by school or district to improving their skills and knowledge and student achievementattend state- sponsored training. 4) Successfully complete state-sponsored training. 3. The Resident Educator Program will be a conducted in conjunction with the Trumbull Country Educational Service Center, and will be re-evaluated every year for the purpose of assessing the content of the program administered and funded by the Board. This program shall be separate from and shall not replace the employee evaluation systemfor subsequent years. B. The Administration shall select the mentors for Resident Educators from a pool of bargaining unit volunteers only and no bargaining unit 4. No NEA member can will be required to serve as a mentor. Those teachers who volunteer to Mentor Teacher must be trained to act as a mentor through the Ohio Department of Education Instructional Mentoring Program/facilitator. C. 5. The Resident Educator/Mentor Teacher must hold a valid teaching certification/license. D. The Mentor Teacher/Resident Educator relationship is will be solely for the purpose of formative assistance. No information obtained in this relationship gathered shall serve as a basis for any summative evaluation of the Resident Educator’s performance. All information, written or oral, shall Any information gathered will not be used by the Board in any matter relating to the employment or re-re- employment situation by of the BoardResident Educator or the mentor. E. In addition 6. The Board of Education has the discretion to mutually agreed upon released time in coordination with limit the building administration, each Mentor/Facilitator Teacher shall receive supplemental pay in accordance with the chart below. In addition, the Board will pay all training fees required for Mentor/Facilitator Teachers to receive the mandatory ODE state training. Year One $800.00 $400.00 Year Two $800.00 $400.00 Years 3 & 4 $500.00 $250.00 F. General 1. Other than a notation to the effect that a teacher served as a Mentor Teacher, the teacher’s activities as a Mentor Teacher shall not be part number of that staff member’s evaluationmentors. 27. No Compensation for each mentor/facilitator teacher shall include extended release time for mentoring activities. The Resident Educator shall be required provided extended release time not to remain exceed 2 days for the purposes of observing classes and meeting with mentors. Days may be used in a Resident Educator Program after advancing to a professional educator license. 3. Mentor Teachers shall not participate in the District’s evaluation of any Resident Educator. 4. Mentor Teachers shall not be requested or directed to make any recommendation regarding the continued employment of the Resident Educator. 5. No Mentor Teacher half day increments and shall be requested or directed to divulge information from the written documentation, or confidential Mentor Teacher/Resident Educator discussions. Any violation of this xxxxx coordinated by the Mentor Teacher shall constitute grounds for immediate removal from his/her role as Mentor Teacher. 6. At any time, either the Mentor Teacher or the Resident Educator may request to have a new Mentor Teacher assigned. The Mentor Teacher building principal and the Resident Educator must operate in a trusting and comfortable relationship; therefore, no specifics shall be given as to the request or granting of this option and no prejudice or evaluation is to be given any such change. 7. All Mentor Teachers and Resident Educators shall keep confidential all discussions, actions, materials and other information to the extent permitted by lawlead mentor. 8. Mentor Teachers shall communicate directly with Mentor/facilitator teachers will be compensated at the Resident Educators and shall not discuss/report the performance and progress rate of the $500 per Resident Educator with any administrator, assessor, or other teacher, other than a Resident Educator Program Coordinator, if such a position is filledper school year. The Lead Mentor will be compensated at the rate of $800 per school year.