HB 620 -- Mentoring Standards for Beginning Teachers and
Principals

Sponsor:  Muschany

This bill requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary
Education to create mentoring standards for beginning teachers
and principals no later than June 30, 2008.  The bill enumerates
the principles for mentoring and the benchmarks for quality
programs.  The department is required to involve representatives
from various educational and professional development sectors to
participate in the creation of the standards.

Teachers who have been certified through the American Board for
Certification of Teacher Excellence are allowed to acquire a
provisional teacher's certificate pending completion of
professional development, mentoring, contact hour requirements,
and a performance-based evaluation within a two-year period.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated July 25, 2007 at 11:19 am