Or. Admin. R. 581-018-0145

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 6, June 1, 2024

Section 581-018-0145 - Grant Application: Beginning Teacher and Administrator Mentorship Program

Each district that wishes to participate in the beginning teacher and administrator mentorship program shall submit a formal application to the Department of Education. The application shall include:

(1) A description of the priorities to be addressed by moneys received by a school district for the mentorship program, including:

(a) Efforts to increase the number of culturally and linguistically diverse educators hired; and

(b) Efforts to close the cultural and linguistic gap between the demographics of the district' s teachers and administrators with the demographics of the students served by the school district.

(2) The names of all eligible beginning teachers and administrators employed by the district and a description of their assignments and;

(23) A description of the proposed mentorship program, which must provide at least 75-90 hours of frequent contact, totaling a minimum of 90 hours between mentors and beginning teachers and administrators, throughout the school year.

(3) A description of the research based training that will be provided to mentors and beginning teachers and administrators.

(4) A description of how the training will build relationships of trust and mutual collaboration with beginning teachers and administrators.

(5) A description of the professional development mentors will receive before the school year begins and throughout the school year.

(6) A school district shall certify in the application that no eligible beginning professional educators are or may be under a conditional license, except as provided for by rules of the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission.

Or. Admin. R. 581-018-0145

Renumbered from 581-020-0075 by ODE 43-2014, f. & cert. ef. 12/4/2014; ODE 24-2015, f. & cert. ef. 12/18/2015; ODE 37-2019, minor correction filed 08/09/2019, effective 8/9/2019

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 326.051 & 329.795

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 329.790 - 329.820