NY Educ L § 3033 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 4 - Teachers and Pupils Article 61 - Teachers and Supervisory and Administrative Staff 3033 - New York State Mentor Teacher-Internship Program.

§ 3033. New  York  state mentor teacher-internship program.  1. Boards   of education and boards of cooperative educational services  are  hereby   authorized    to    participate   in   the   New   York   state   mentor   teacher-internship program in accordance with  the  provisions  of  this   section.2.  Each  board  of  education  or  board  of  cooperative educational   services which applies for funds under this section shall prepare a plan   for implementation of a  mentor  teacher-internship  program  consistent   with  article  fourteen  of  the  civil  service  law. The plan shall be   developed in  accordance  with  this  section  and  regulations  of  the   commissioner. The board of education or board of cooperative educational   services  shall  submit  an  application  and  plan  by May first of the   current year for approval by the commissioner; provided however for  the   nineteen  hundred  ninety-seven--ninety-eight school year, such plan may   be submitted by November first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven.3. Each board  of  education  and  board  of  cooperative  educational   services  which  determines  to  participate in the program shall select   persons eligible to serve as mentor teachers from a list of persons  who   have  demonstrated  their  mastery  of  pedagogical  and  subject matter   skills, given evidence of superior teaching abilities and  interpersonal   relationship  qualities,  and  who  have  indicated their willingness to   participate in such program. Such list of persons eligible to  serve  as   mentor  teachers shall be developed by a selection committee composed of   certified or licensed personnel employed by the school district  or  the   board  of  cooperative educational services, a majority of whom shall be   classroom teachers  chosen  by  the  certified  or  recognized  teachers   employee  organization. The assignment of particular mentor teachers and   teacher interns to work together shall be made by the superintendent  of   the   participating   district   or   district   superintendent  of  the   participating board of cooperative  educational  services.  Each  person   designated  as  a  mentor  teacher  shall  continue to provide classroom   instruction for at least sixty percent of the time spent in  performance   of such individual's duties during the school year or such person may so   serve  on  a  full-time  basis for not more than two school years out of   five consecutive school years, provided that such service  as  a  mentor   teacher  shall not diminish or impair the tenure and seniority rights of   the mentor teacher.4. Each board  of  education  and  board  of  cooperative  educational   services    which    determines    to    participate   in   the   mentor   teacher-internship program shall require  those  first  or  second  year   eligible  teachers which it chooses to include in the program to perform   their duties under the guidance of a mentor teacher,  and  shall  ensure   that  such teacher intern and mentor carry no more than a ninety percent   classroom instruction assignment in order to allow such  teacher  intern   time  to  receive  special assistance from a mentor teacher. In order to   participate as a teacher intern in a mentor teacher-internship  program,   a  first  or  second  year teacher shall hold a provisional or permanent   teaching certificate, temporary emergency license, regular  license,  or   temporary  per  diem certificate for a field in which no licensed person   is available to teach and shall not have participated in such program in   the previous year.5. A school district or  board  of  cooperative  educational  services   participating  in  an  approved mentor teacher-internship program in the   current year shall be eligible for aid  including  but  not  limited  to   costs related to release time of the intern and mentor teacher up to ten   percent  of  the  mentor  teacher's  salary and up to ten percent of the   teacher intern's salary respectively in accordance with  the  provisions   of  this  subdivision.  To receive such assistance, a school district or    board of cooperative educational services must file  a  claim  with  the   commissioner  by  October  first  of  the  current school year in a form   prescribed by the commissioner which shall include the actual salary  of   each  program  participant  as  of September fifteenth of such year. The   commissioner shall pay one-half of the  amount  of  such  assistance  by   January  fifteenth of each year and shall pay the remaining amount based   upon a final report filed by the school district by August fifteenth  of   each year.6.  Each  board  of  education  and  board  of cooperative educational   services which participates in the program shall file a report with  the   commissioner  on  or  before August first of each school year concerning   compliance with the requirements of the  program  during  the  preceding   school  year.    Such report shall be in such form and in such manner as   the commissioner may  require.  The  commissioner  shall  evaluate  such   programs  and  file  a report with the legislature on or before December   first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven.