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Friday Update: June 6, 2003

Beginning Teacher Assessment Program (BTAP) 2003-04

At the May 20, 2003, meeting, the IPSB approved the following:

1. For the 2003-2004 academic year, mentors of beginning teachers receive the full $600 stipend.
2. For the 2003-2004 academic year, release time payments are allocated for collaboration between the mentor and beginning teacher during the school day.
3. All other aspects of the Beginning Teacher Internship Program remain in effect and apply to all beginning teachers.

The Board also approved assignment of mentors to beginning teachers. For the 2003-2004 academic year, the first priority for assignment of a mentor should be an individual who has participated in an IPSB approved standards-based mentor training program, or is currently enrolled in an IPSB approved standards-based mentor training program. If an IPSB standards-trained mentor is not available for assignment, a mentor who meets the requirements of the district's approved Local Plan for the Beginning Teacher Internship on file at IPSB may be assigned. The mentor must be a teacher with outstanding teaching skills and the ability to guide a beginning teacher toward attaining the skills and practices required to become an effective teacher.

In July, a memo will go out to superintendents regarding enrollment in the Beginning Teacher Assessment Program. In 2003-04, all beginning teachers will experience a minimum of one year of support from a mentor.

Mentor Stipend Payments 2002-03

Stipends for mentors of beginning teachers that were not processed in March have been sent to school corporations. These include payments for teachers enrolled after the deadline as well as those who received their licenses in the spring. To date, 2916 mentor payments for beginning teachers have been completed.

Rules 2002 Program Approval

During the 2002-2003 academic year, preparation programs have had the opportunity to determine which of their approved programs they would keep and modify to meet the performance-based standards requirements of the new Rules 2002 licensure framework. Programs have also submitted new licensing areas for approval under Rules 2002. The Rules 2002 program chart available at www.doe.in.gov/dps/licensing/apbyschool2002/ shows those programs that have been approved by the Teacher Education Committee and the IPSB. Existing and future Rules 2002 programs will not be formally reviewed by the IPSB in the same manner as the previous folio review process. Instead, this review will occur at the time of the accreditation visit when the team examines all programs offered by an institution.

Did you know? The first licenses for completers of Transition to Teaching have been issued. Spring 2003 enrollment in Transition to Teaching programs is attached to this Friday Update.

• Spring 2003 Transition to Teaching