2022 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 70. Schools
§70-3-116.6. Pilot program for mentor teacher training.

A. The Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability shall establish a two-year pilot program for mentor teacher training with the goal of retaining teachers in this state. For the purposes of this section, "mentor teacher" shall have the same meaning as provided for in Section 6-182 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B. The pilot program shall provide mentor teachers, who have taught for at least five (5) years, with coaching tools to guide, support, and assist teachers who have been employed by a public school district in this state for one year in the areas of classroom management, curriculum, differentiation of instruction, and other pedagogical techniques. The goal of the pilot program shall be to provide training to one mentor teacher from each school district in this state over the two-year period.

C. Subject to the availability of funds, mentor teachers who complete the training pilot program created by this section shall be provided a one-time stipend of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00).

D. The Commission shall administer an introductory survey and an exit survey to teachers placed under the mentorship of a mentor teacher who completed the training pilot program created by this section. The Commission shall create a standardized survey form to measure a teacher's mentorship experience.

E. By July 1, 2026, the Commission shall submit a report to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the chairs of the education committees in the Senate and House of Representatives. The report shall include but not be limited to aggregate data from the surveys administered pursuant to subsection D of this section and recommendations regarding continuation or expansion of the pilot program.

F. The Commission shall promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section.

Added by Laws 2022, c. 137, § 1, eff. July 1, 2022.