Code of Massachusetts Regulations
603 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Title 603 CMR 7.00 - Educator Licensure and Preparation Program Approval
Section 7.13 - Standards for Induction Programs for Administrators
Universal Citation: 603 MA Code of Regs 603.7
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) Application. All school districts are required to provide an Induction Program for all administrators in their first year of practice. Guidelines based on the following Standards will be provided by the Department.
(2) Standards. All Induction Programs shall meet the following requirements:
(a) An orientation program for first year
administrators and all other administrators new to the district.
(b) Assignment of first year administrators
to a trained mentor within the first two weeks of working.
(c) Assignment of a support team that shall
consist of, but not be limited to, the mentor and an administrator qualified to
evaluate administrators.
(d)
Provision for adequate time for the mentor and beginning administrator to
engage in professional conversations on learning and teaching as well as
building leadership capacity within the school community and other appropriate
mentoring activities.
(e) Provision
for adequate time and resources to learn how to use effective methods of
personnel selection, supervision, and evaluation that are included in
603
CMR 7.10.
(3) Additional Requirements. All Induction Programs shall submit an annual report to the Department that includes information on:
(a) Program activities.
(b) Number and complete list of beginning
administrators served.
(c) Number
and complete list of trained mentors involved in the program.
(d) Number of site-based visits made by
mentors.
(e) Number of hours that
mentors and beginning administrators spent with each other.
(f) Hiring and retention rates for first year
administrators.
(g) Participant
satisfaction.
(h) Partnerships
developed with other districts, professional associations, and institutions of
higher education to support the administrator induction
program.
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