House amendment makes the following change to the 2nd edition:
Amends GS 115C-296(e) to authorize a teacher to be a mentor at a different school building from the one where the mentor is assigned so long as the principals of each school and the mentor teacher approve the assignment, the mentor teacher is rated at least "accomplished" and has met expectations for student growth, and the new teacher's principal maintains a record of the reasons for selecting the mentor from a different building.
TEACHER MENTOR QUALIFICATIONS.
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AN ACT TO MODIFY THE CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF TEACHER MENTORS.Intro. by Conrad, Elmore, J. Bell.
Bill History:
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Wed, 1 Mar 2017 House: Filed
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Mon, 6 Mar 2017 House: Passed 1st Reading
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Mon, 6 Mar 2017 House: Ref To Com On Education - K-12
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Tue, 14 Mar 2017 House: Reptd Fav Com Substitute
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Tue, 14 Mar 2017 House: Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
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Wed, 15 Mar 2017 House: Placed On Cal For 03/16/2017
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Thu, 16 Mar 2017 House: Amend Adopted A1
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Thu, 16 Mar 2017 House: Passed 2nd Reading
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Thu, 16 Mar 2017 House: Passed 3rd Reading
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Thu, 16 Mar 2017 House: Ordered Engrossed
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Thu, 16 Mar 2017 House: Regular Message Sent To Senate
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Mon, 20 Mar 2017 Senate: Regular Message Received From House
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Mon, 20 Mar 2017 Senate: Passed 1st Reading
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Mon, 20 Mar 2017 Senate: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
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Tue, 16 May 2017 Senate: Withdrawn From Com
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Tue, 16 May 2017 Senate: Withdrawn From Com
Bill Summaries:
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Bill H 235 (2017-2018)Summary date: Mar 16 2017 - View Summary
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Bill H 235 (2017-2018)Summary date: Mar 14 2017 - View Summary
House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.
Amends GS 115C-296(e) as follows. Makes clarifying organizational changes. Adds that a principal may determine that a retired teacher is the most appropriate mentor for a new teacher.
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Bill H 235 (2017-2018)Summary date: Mar 1 2017 - View Summary
Amends GS 115C-296(e), directing the State Board of Education to develop a new teacher mentor program, to provide that in developing criteria for selecting teachers to be participants in the mentor training program, the Board must include criteria requiring mentor teachers to be rated through formal evaluations at least at the proficient level (currently, at least at the accomplished level) as part of the North Carolina Teacher Evaluation System and have met expectations for student growth. Directs the principal to determine which mentor teacher best meets the needs of each new teacher and to assign the mentor teacher most appropriate to that new teacher with priority consideration for those mentor teachers rated as distinguished and accomplished. Directs the principal to maintain records for the reasons for determining that a mentor teacher rated as proficient is the most appropriate mentor teacher for a new teacher. Applies to mentors selected for the 2017-18 school year.