DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O. BOX 2120
SUPTS. MEMO
NO. 169
September 1, 2006
INFORMATIONAL
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TO: |
Division
Superintendents |
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FROM: |
Billy
K. Cannaday, Jr. Superintendent
of Public Instruction |
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SUBJECT:
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Teacher
Mentoring Programs for Hard-to-Staff Schools |
Enhancing
recruitment and retention of highly qualified teachers, especially in
hard-to-staff schools, has been a continued area of intense focus in
In order to qualify
as hard-to-staff, a school must meet at least four of the eight criteria listed
in Attachment A. A list of schools in
your division that meet the criteria to be designated as hard-to-staff is being
mailed to you.
The state share of General Assembly funds
will not exceed $1,928 for each beginning teacher with zero years of teaching
experience in a hard-to-staff school.
Payments to school divisions will be adjusted based on the composite
index. In order to receive these funds,
school divisions must be utilizing one of the three mentor programs currently
being piloted in Virginia: Educational Testing Service (ETS) Pathwise,
the Santa Cruz New Teacher Project, and Fairfax Countys Great
Beginnings or develop a mentor teacher model that is carefully
aligned with the Virginia Requirements of Quality and Effectiveness for
Beginning Teacher Mentor Programs in Hard-To-Staff Schools.
If you have questions
or need additional information, please contact Susan M. Trulove, associate director,
Office of Professional Practice, at (804) 225-2877 or e-mail: Susan.Trulove@doe.virginia.gov.
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Attachment
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/administrators/superintendents_memos/2006/inf169a.pdf