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HCR020.........................................................by EDUCATION
TEACHER MENTORING MODEL TEST PROGRAM - Stating findings of the Legislature
and commending to the State Board of Education a task force to develop a
test program modeling teacher mentoring and encouraging participation and
cooperation from the State Department of Education, school district
trustees and superintendents in local school districts, and teachers in
schools.
03/10 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/11 Rpt prt - Held at Desk
03/14 Ref'd to Educ
03/15 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/16 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/17 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote
Floor Sponsors - Barraclough & Rydalch
Title apvd - to Senate
03/18 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Educ
03/23 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
03/29 10th Ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
Floor Sponsor - Goedde
Title apvd - to House
03/30 To enrol
03/31 Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
04/01 To Secretary of State
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-eighth Legislature First Regular Session - 2005
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 20
BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
2 STATING FINDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE CONCERNING THE TEACHER MENTORING PROGRAM
3 AND COMMENDING TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION CREATION OF A TASK FORCE TO
4 DEVELOP A TEST PROGRAM MODELING TEACHER MENTORING AND ENCOURAGING PARTICI-
5 PATION AND COOPERATION FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, SCHOOL DIS-
6 TRICT TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS IN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND TEACHERS
7 IN THE SCHOOLS.
8 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
9 WHEREAS, specific school districts developed mentoring programs over the
10 course of past years to promote teacher development and improvement; and
11 WHEREAS, the Legislature recognized the potential of mentoring programs
12 and adopted a statute mandating a mentoring program according to State Depart-
13 ment of Education guidelines to foster teacher professional development and
14 increase student achievement; and
15 WHEREAS, initially, the mentoring program was approved with state funding
16 to support the mandate, but since 2003 there has been no state funding and
17 there is no projected future funding; and
18 WHEREAS, some school districts have struggled to provide quality mentoring
19 programs and there is a need to determine effective methods of professional
20 teacher development that are consistent across school districts enhancing
21 teacher growth, ensuring fiscal accountability, and standardizing data collec-
22 tion for measuring program effectiveness; and
23 WHEREAS, a well-designed and reasonably funded mentoring program for
24 teacher training can lead to improved student performance through professional
25 development for teachers.
26 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session
27 of the Fifty-eighth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and the
28 Senate concurring therein, that the Legislature commends to the State Board of
29 Education that the Board adopt a course of action appointing a task force to
30 research, formulate and implement models to pilot and evaluate teacher support
31 programs. Models tested may include current Idaho programs and practices or
32 other teacher support programs and practices used in other states. The model
33 project shall be implemented over the next two years demonstrating teacher
34 support and professional development effectiveness and cost efficiency, and to
35 determine how teacher support and development improves and increases student
36 achievement levels. The task force shall use nonstate funds to perform the
37 aforesaid activities, to design, collect and evaluate standardized
38 programmatic and fiscal data, and to closely monitor the pilot programs. The
39 task force shall provide a progress report to the House of Representatives
40 Education Committee and the Senate Education Committee in 2006, and a final
41 report in 2007. The final report should include, at a minimum, recommendations
42 for statewide teacher support program components, funding requirements, and
43 necessary administrative rules for implementation. The Legislature further
44 encourages participation and cooperation from the State Department of Educa-
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1 tion, school trustees and superintendents in local school districts, and
2 teachers in the schools.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 15133
The purpose of this resolution is to recognize the work of the
mentoring task force created by the State Board of Education, and
to use the findings of the initial work of this task force to
develop and implement mentoring pilot projects funded with
existing federal funds. The resolution calls for the State Board
of Education's task force to remain in place for two years to
monitor the projects, collect data, analyze progress, determine
teacher development and how that relates to increased student
achievement, and report to the legislature in 2006. The
resolution further calls upon the task force to present a final
report bringing programmatic and funding recommendations to the
House and Senate germane Education Committees in 2007.
FISCAL NOTE
There is no fiscal impact on the general fund.
Contact
Name: Dr. Cliff Green, Idaho School Boards Association
Phone: 208-854-1476
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