Selection of Resident Educator Mentors Sample Clauses

Selection of Resident Educator Mentors a. The Association President will provide recommendations for the selection and assignment of mentors to the Superintendent after consultation with the Lead Mentor Teacher/Resident Educator Coordinator and appropriate Directors. b. Resident Educator Mentors must meet one of the following requirements: 1. Continuing Contract status and a minimum of two (2) consecutive years of teaching experience in the District. 2. Hold a Master’s degree and have three (3) years of teaching experience in the district. 3. Have a minimum of five (5) years of teaching experience in the district. 4. Have three (3) years of teaching experience in the district and has completed Resident Educator training. c. Resident Educator Mentors must be trained through the Ohio Department of Education Instructional Mentoring Program. d. Resident Educator Mentors must have demonstrated the ability to work cooperatively and effectively with professional staff members and have extensive knowledge of a variety of classroom management and instruction techniques. e. Resident Educator Mentors will use the tools assigned by ODE. f. Resident Educator Mentors do not have a formal evaluative role. The mentor’s role is to support the growth of the Resident Educator as an instructional mentor through formative assessment tools. g. A teacher in year four (4) of the Resident Educator Program is permitted to select another teacher as a consultant for completing RE4 requirements and that teacher consultant may also service as a Resident Educator Mentor for another teacher who is in the first three (3) years of the Resident Educator Program. The parties understand and agree that there is no expected compensation for work performed as an RE4 consultant.

Selection of Resident Educator Mentors. 1. Lead Mentors and/or the Association President will get recommendations from building principals to select Resident Educator mentors from a list of state-certified mentors within the district. 2. Resident Educator Mentors must have a minimum of two (2) consecutive years of teaching experience in the Teays Valley Local School District. 3. Resident Educator Mentors must be have successfully completed both Instructional Mentoring Training as well as the Resident Educator-1 Training provided by the Ohio Department of Education. 4. Resident Educator Mentors must have demonstrated the ability to work cooperatively and effectively with professional staff members and have extensive knowledge of a varietly of classroom management and instructional techniques. 5. Resident Educator Mentors will use the Resident Educator formative assessment tools, as outlined by the Ohio Department of Education, to support the Resident Educator’s success in the program. 6. Resident Educator Mentors do not have a formal evaluative role. The mentor’s role is to support the growth of the Resident Educator as an instructional mentor through formative assessment tools.