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 OR Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Postsec. Network of Quality Teaching and Learning H.B. 3233 Establishes the Network of Quality Teaching and Learning, which consists of the Oregon Education Investment Board (OEIB), department of education, and public and private entities. Provides the purposes of the network are to: (1) Enhance a culture of leadersh... More... 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. Requires teachers, assistant principals, and principals to be evaluated every year, either formally or informally, and suc... 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 work to ensure that the new principal or technical center director receives mentoring supports during at least the first tw... 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: (A) Curriculum and instruction; (B) Ethics; (C) Facilities; (D) Human resources; (E) Leadership; (F) School funding; and... 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 authorize the provision of mentoring services to principals first hired after July 1, 2008, who are in their second year of... More...