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BEGINNING ADMINISTRATOR(BA) MENTORING PROGRAM
2015 -2016
BEGINNING ADMINISTRATOR and
MENTOR UPDATE
Provides support and assistance to the BA from a trained mentor
Helps the BA develop leadership skills
Supports the BA’s Professional Growth Plan (PGP)
BA MENTORING PROGRAM
According to the rules governing Educator Mentoring, 3.01 states “Every novice teacher and beginning administrator employed in a public school, open-enrollment charter school or other public educational setting shall participate in mentoring for no less than one (1) year.”
MENTORING RULES
Building Level Administrator Principal Assistant Principal
Curriculum/Program Administrator Special Education Gifted and Talented Career/Technical Curriculum Specialist Content Area Specialist Adult Education
Superintendents are not mentored through the BA Mentoring program but through the Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators (AAEA)
BA POSITIONS MENTORED
Dean of Students Instructional Facilitators or Coaches
Check with school district for how job is “coded” or consult the “Job Code List for Licensed Positions with No Students Attached”.
Positions Not Qualified for Mentoring
POSITIONS NOT MENTORED
As stated in Section 3.01.32 of the Mentoring Rules, once an administrator has been mentored either as a building level administrator or curriculum program administrator, mentoring is no longer required
MENTORING RULES
Administrator Licensure Completion Plan (ALCP) Administrator with an ALCP is mentored until the ALCP is completed, up to three years
Upon completion of the ALCP, the BA applies for Standard license
BA MENTORING RULESADMINISTRATOR LICENSURE COMPLETION PLAN (ALCP)
Any administrator being mentored attends Induction Training except an administrator with an ALCP who attended induction training the first year of mentoring and has not completed the ALCP
BEGINNING ADMINISTRATOR
INDUCTION TRAINING
August 3, 2015 BAs trained at the Little Rock Marriott
AAEA General Session begins at 3:30 pm
A Commissioner’s Memo will be posted on
the ADE website with all registration information
Induction Training on August 3 may count as professional development if approved by school district
BA INDUCTION CALENDAR
August 3 & 4, 2015 BAs required to attend AAEA sessions equivalent to six (6) hours which can include general sessions; 1.5 hour credit given for session during Induction Training will count towards the six (6) hours
August 5, 2015 BAs may attend designated sessions on this day if needing to complete the required six (6) hours
BA INDUCTION CALENDAR (cont.)
August 4 & 5, 2015 BAs may attend TESS/LEADS Law & Process session at AAEA for new administrators
August 6 & 7, 2015 BAs may choose to attend TESS/LEADS Law & Process session at Holiday West in Little Rock
All new administrators required to attend a three (3) hour TESS/LEADS Law & Process training
BA INDUCTION CALENDAR (cont.)
September 21, 2015, Holiday Inn Airport, Little Rock
Make-up Induction Training for all BAs identified after the August 3 training
BAs attending September 21 must also attend one of the three following AAEA conferences to earn the required six hours of session time
BA INDUCTION FOR LATE HIRES
AAEA Joint Principal Fall Conference, October 12-13, Little Rock Marriott
AAEA Assistant Principal Conference, October 21 Little Rock Doubletree
AAEA Fall Conference, October 29-30, Doubletree
A Commissioner’s Memo will be posted in August with registration information
BA INDUCTION FOR LATE HIRES (cont.)
Must hold a standard administrator license unless the law does not require a license or the license is waived by the charter of a public charter school
Must have at least one (1) year of administrator experience in the area being mentored (not required to be presently in the position)
“Should” be located in the same school district as BA but may be from a neighboring district
Must be trained in the Arkansas Mentoring Model
BA MENTOR QUALIFICATIONS
Mentor stipend is$400 a year for mentoring a BA
Mentor from another district can be paid as contract labor by the BA’s district
Project Director ensures BA is paired with a mentor
BA MENTOR PAIRING and STIPEND
Any mentor assigned to mentor a BA for the 2015-2016 school year, attends Mentor Training August 3, 2015 at the Little Rock Marriott, if not trained during 2013-2014 or 2014-2015
Mentors assigned after August 3 attend make-up training on September 21 at the Holiday Inn Airport in Little Rock
Training may count as professional development if allowed by school district
A Commissioner’s Memo will be posted on the ADE website http://www.arkansased.org/
with registration information
BA MENTOR TRAINING
First Semester - BA completes Survive and Thrive Resource Module in AR MOODLE with assistance of mentor
BA develops Professional Growth Plan (PGP)
BA selects two (2) other Resource Modules which supports the PGP
BA MENTORING PROGRAM RESOURCE
MODULES
Second Semester - BA completes a minimum of two (2) Resource Modules supporting the PGP by May 1, 2015; upon module completion, a survey is completed for each module by the BA
Resource Module activities may be used as artifacts and uploaded into BloomBoard
Resource module activities are not uploaded into MOODLE
BA completes End-of-Year Survey
School district may allow resource modules to count as professional development; ADE recommends four (4) hours; however, it is at the district’s discretion to determine the number of hours
BA MENTORING PROGRAM RESOURCE
MODULES
BA MENTORS WILL:
Collaborate with the BA face to face, by phone, email, and text as he/she assists the BA with the on-line resource modules in AR MOODLE
School District determines method of verification that mentoring has taken place
BA MENTOR ACCOUNTABILITY
School districts and open-enrollment public
charter schools are expected to follow all mentoring rules
All Mentors and Beginning Administrators must be registered with the Office of Educator Effectiveness, all established guidelines must be followed, and all appropriate documentation submitted
Failure to abide by mentoring rules will result in
being placed in accredited-cited status
MENTORING COMPLIANCE
For the most current
updates on using MOODLE, view the MOODLE tutorial located on the Beginning Administrator page on the ADE website www.arkansased.org
CURRENT UPDATES FOR USING AR
MOODLE
All questions about MOODLE
should be directed to MOODLE Tech Support at 870-637-1011
Email address [email protected]
AR MOODLE CONTACT INFORMATION
ADE Websitewww.arkansased.org
Click the letter “B” in the alphabet at the top of the page
Click Beginning Administrator Program
BA PROGRAM RESOURCE
INFORMATION
Renee NelsonBeginning Administrator Program
Administrative AssistantRichard Wind501-682-4346
Richard. [email protected]
BA PROGRAM ADVISOR CONTACT
INFORMATION
