Section 15.1-18.2-05 - Teacher support program - EstablishmentThe education standards and practices board shall:
1. Establish and administer a teacher support program;2. Employ an individual to serve as a teacher support program coordinator;3.a. Select and train experienced teachers who will serve as mentors for first-year teachers and assist the first-year teachers with instructional skills development; orb. If a school district or other employing entity listed in section 15.1-18.2-07 is not in need of mentors for its first-year teachers, select and train experienced teachers who will work with school district administrators and administrators from the other employing entities to identify the needs of the non-first-year teachers and help the non-first-year teachers address their particular needs through the use of:(1) Research-validated interventions; and(2) Proven instructional methods.Added by S.L. 2011 , ch. 147( SB 2150 ), § 6, eff. 7/1/2011.