From the ECS State Policy Database Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Induction Programs and Mentoring

This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary VA Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 School personnel evaluation policies and grievance procedures. H.B. 2151/S.B. 1223 Makes several changes to the processes by which teachers and certain administrators are evaluated and to the grievance procedure process. Re... More... VT Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Mentoring for Principals H.B. 430 Requires that a district that hires a principal or a technical center director who has not been employed previously in that capacity, to wor... More... AR Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Superintendent Mentoring Program S.B. 344 Directs the Department of Education to develop and sponsor a superintendent mentoring program for first-year superintendents that includes: ... More... IL Adopted 06/2010 P-12 Mentoring Program for New Principals 23 IAC 35.10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 Primarily from administrative register: Public Act 96-373, effective August 13, 2009, amended Section 2-3.53a of the School Code to also aut... More...