Common use of Support Provider Clause in Contracts

Support Provider. A. Classroom teachers shall file an application to become a Support Provider as needed and shall meet the following qualifications: 1. Have knowledge of New Teacher development. 2. Have substantial recent teaching experience including completed EL certification. 3. Have knowledge of the state-adopted academic content and standards and performance levels for students, state-adopted curriculum frameworks, and the California Standards for the Teaching Profession. 4. Have willingness to participate in professional training to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to be an effective support provider. 5. Have willingness to engage in formative assessment processes, including non-evaluative, reflective conversations about formative assessment evidence with New Teachers. 6. Have willingness to share instructional ideas and materials with New Teachers. 7. Have willingness to deepen understanding of cultural, ethnic, cognitive, linguistic, and gender diversity. 8. Have effective interpersonal and communication skills. 9. Have willingness to work with New Teachers. 10. Have a demonstrated commitment to personal professional growth and learning. 11. Have a willingness and ability to be an excellent professional role model. 12. Maintain a cooperative relationship in the PAR process with the site administrator. 13. Not be a member of the PAR Panel. B. Support Providers shall be appointed for a two-year term subject to need and annual renewal. Support Providers shall be selected by a minimum vote of five PAR Panel members. C. PAR Support Providers shall prepare at least two peer review reports and a final summary report per school year on the Referred Teacher they assist. These reports shall contain a record of the events and observations, which have occurred between Support Provider and Referred Teacher and shall not be evaluative. They shall be submitted to the PAR Panel, the site administrator of the Referred Teacher and the Referred Teacher, and shall not be made available for placement in the personnel file. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Caseload 1. The Support Provider shall be paid a yearly stipend in accordance with BTSA guidelines as the District budget allows. Stipends are based on full-year participation of staff. If staff participates for less than one full year, stipends will be pro-rated. 2. No more than one Referred Teacher may be assigned to a Support Provider who is a full-time teacher on an annual basis. 3. A Support Provider may be assigned one or two Beginning Teachers (BTSA), or two Voluntary Teachers. There is no cap on the number of New to District teachers a Support Provider may be assigned.