There is hereby created a program to provide for the mentoring of teachers new to the profession in South Dakota school districts. The program shall provide a new teacher access to a mentor teacher for a period of two years and participation in a summer workshop program following the first year of employment. The South Dakota Board of Education Standards shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, to establish duties and qualifications for teachers to be designated as mentor teachers. Participation in the program is discretionary with each school district according to a mentor teacher plan adopted by the school board for the school district.
S.D. Codified Laws § 13-43-55.1
Mentor teacher program created--Promulgation of rules--Participation in program
Source: SL 2002, ch 80, § 1; SL 2016, ch 80, § 5; SL 2017, ch 81, § 57.
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