Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
Title 92 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Chapter 26 - REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES FOR MENTOR TEACHER PROGRAMS
Section 92-26-005 - Mentor Teacher Program Promising Practice Guidelines
Current through March 20, 2024
Mentor teacher programs may benefit from using any of the following promising practices which are suggested, but not required:
005.01 May use a support team approach for the first-year teacher that could include administrators, mentor teacher program coordinators, district curriculum coordinators, and external consultants.
005.02 May utilize mentor teachers from within or outside of the local system (e.g. other school systems, educational service units, or professional organization pools).
005.03 May assign first-year teachers more than one mentor, depending upon mentor availability and first-year teacher needs. For example, if a mentor in the first-year teacher field of endorsement is not available within the building, the first-year teacher may benefit from both a mentor within the building and a mentor outside of the building who is endorsed in the same field as the first-year teacher.
005.04 May include orientation and training for first-year teachers. Training for mentors is allowable only if associated expenses are the responsibility of the local system or other entities.
005.05 May include a coordinator of the mentor teacher program responsible for initial matches, periodic checks of the suitability of the matches as well as the progress/benefits of the mentoring relationship and activities.
005.06 May include benefits or incentives for mentors for their services to the mentor teacher program including, but not limited to, the following:
005.07 May include benefits or incentives for first-year teachers for their participation in the mentor teacher program including, but not limited to, the following:
005.08 May design mentor teacher programs which:
005.09 May include, but are not limited to, the following mentoring activities:
005.10 May include documentation of services provided by the mentor teacher program including, but not limited to, the following: logs of mentor/first-year teacher contacts including such information as date, time, topics discussed, concerns of first-year teacher, concerns as a mentor, perception of the role of the mentor for that contact (e.g. responder, colleague, initiator).