ENTRY YEAR PROGRAM. A. The Entry Year Program is intended to provide a formal program of positive support, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ professional growth, and prepare all entry year teachers for the performance-based assessment (currently Praxis III). An entry year teacher is defined as any bargaining unit member who is new to the profession and is employed under a 2-year provisional teaching license. The Entry year program and assessment examination does not replace the negotiated employment evaluation. B. 1. Bargaining unit members serving as Mentors will be released from their duties to observe the new teacher they are mentoring for half-day periods, a minimum of three times during the first semester. An additional observation may occur the second semester if needed. The first half-day observation will take place in September, for the express purpose of familiarizing the Mentor with the Entry Year teacher's style of teaching. Substitutes will be provided during these released times; mentors will request release time in advance. The mentor may observe at other times as can be arranged. The Mentor shall contact the new teacher at least once each week for discussion and consultation.
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