Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3774 – Mentors; qualifications; selection
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3774
- Board: means the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3772
- Mentor: means any teacher qualified and selected pursuant to Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3772
- New teacher: means any full time employee of a city or parish school board who is engaged to and does directly provide instruction to students, who holds a valid regular Louisiana teaching certificate, and who is engaged in his first year of teaching. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3772
- System: means any or the appropriate city or parish school board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3772
A. To be a mentor, a teacher shall have all of the following qualifications:
(1) Be willing and able to serve as a mentor to any new teacher to whom he is assigned.
(2) Hold a regular Louisiana teaching certificate.
(3) Have taught for a minimum of ten years in the public schools in this state.
(4) Have taught a minimum of three years in the system in which he becomes a mentor.
(5) Hold a master’s degree.
(6) Have successfully completed at least a three credit hour college course in supervision of instruction or supervision of student teaching.
(7) Be certified to teach in the same areas as the new teacher to be assisted.
B. To be named a mentor, the faculty’s recommendation shall be made to the superintendent who shall recommend to the local school board that such person be named a mentor. The status of mentor requires the approval of the system.
Acts 1986, No. 713, §1.