Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 160 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Chapter 160-3
Subject 160-3-3 - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Rule 160-3-3-.07 - Mentor Teacher Program
Universal Citation: GA Rules and Regs r 160-3-3-.07
Current through Rules and Regulations filed through September 23, 2024
(1) Purpose. The intent of this rule is to establish requirements for the implementation and funding of mentor teacher programs which support protégé teachers in local school systems (LSSs).
(2) Definitions.
(a)
Protégé
teacher - a teacher with fewer than three years of teaching experience
or a teacher who needs support and guidance, as identified by the
LSS.
(b)
Mentor
teacher - a peer who has a Teacher Support Specialist (TSS) certificate
endorsement issued by the Professional Standards Commission (PSC) and who has
been chosen by a selection committee to provide assistance and guidance to
assigned protégé teachers.
(c)
Mentoring unit - a minimum
of 15 hours of work completed by a mentor teacher with one or more
protégé teachers.
(d)
Selection committee - a school-based committee whose majority is
comprised of teachers for the purpose of choosing teachers to serve as mentors
to protégé teachers.
(e)
Stipend - remuneration to
mentor teachers for a minimum of 15 hours of work with one or more
protégé teachers that is verified by the LSS.
(3) Requirements.
(a) LSSs interested in participating in the
Mentor Teacher Program shall have a plan on file locally, and shall submit to
the Georgia Department of Education by May 1 on forms provided by the
department an annual application that contains the following information.
1. The number of participating mentor
teachers, protégé teachers served, and mentoring units used
during the current school year and the anticipated number to be used the
following school year.
2. A
description of any additional criteria, other than that cited in paragraph
(2)(b) of this rule, used for the selection of mentor teachers for the
following school year.
(i) LSSs shall give
priority to assigning mentor teachers to protégé teachers who are
first-year teachers. Second- and third-year teachers and other teachers who
have needs identified by the LSSs, including teachers at risk of leaving the
profession, teachers returning to the profession after extended absence, or
teachers from out-of-state shall also be considered.
3. An assurance statement signed by the LSS
superintendent or designee verifying that all mentor teachers who receive a
state stipend hold the Teacher Support Specialist (TSS) certificate endorsement
from the PSC and that they have completed the work identified in the local plan
necessary to earn the mentoring units requested.
4. Summative evaluation results regarding
program effectiveness and any proposed program changes to increase program
effectiveness in succeeding years.
(b) Compensation.
1. A mentor teacher can earn stipends for not
more than three monitoring units per school year.
2. Stipends shall be contingent upon annual
appropriations by the Georgia General Assembly and the total number of approved
mentoring units earned by teachers serving as mentors and who are participating
in the statewide Mentor Teacher Program.
O.C.G.A. Sec. 20-2-131.
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