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 March 20, 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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