Common use of Assignment of Mentors Clause in Contracts

Assignment of Mentors. The Board and the Association will jointly appoint all mentor teachers. At least one mentor teacher will be appointed for each new teacher during his/her first three (3) years of classroom teaching. Assignment of the mentor teacher will be made before the end of the new teacher's tenth (10th) instructional day in any new assignment. If agreement has not been reached on assigning a mentor teacher by that time, the Board may appoint the mentor teacher. Mentors who meet program qualifications will be selected on a voluntary basis. Every effort will be made to match mentor teachers and new teachers who work in the same building and have the same area of certification. If a new teacher is assigned to an elementary classroom, one mentor will be assigned. If a new teacher is assigned to a secondary classroom, one or more mentors may be assigned. If two mentors are assigned, the mentoring minimum requirements will be shared between the two mentors. If three mentors are assigned, the mentoring requirements will be shared equally between the three mentors. The mentor teacher appointment shall be for one (1) year subject to review by the mentor teacher and new teacher at the end of the year. The appointment may be renewed in succeeding years. An administrator who served as a mentor teacher can not be part of the evaluation process for his/her probationary teacher during the teacher's probationary period. In the event that a problem should arise due to the implementation of a mentor teacher assignment, then the Association, the probationary teacher and the Board's representative shall work to a mutually acceptable solution.