ENTRY YEAR PROGRAM. 26.1 The purpose of the entry year program is to provide support to an entry year certified employee or a certified employee with teaching experience entering his/her first year of service with the Board. A mentor shall be assigned to each new certified employee in the district at the start of the school year. 26.2 A certified employee must express a willingness to serve in the capacity of mentor for a full school year and assignments shall be voluntary. Mentors shall be paid a yearly stipend of $500.00. 26.3 Included in those duties and responsibilities shall be: A. The emphasis of the mentor certified employee shall be on formative assistance and shall focus on skill enhancement and shall not be a remedial program. B. No mentor certified employee shall participate in any informal or formal evaluation of the entry year certified employee nor make any recommendations regarding the assignment or continued employment of the entry year certified employee. All interaction, written or oral, between the mentor certified employee and the entry year certified employee shall be regarded with confidentiality and shall not be provided to the Board for evaluative purposes.
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