Bill Text: HI SB738 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Education; Teacher Induction Center Pilot Program; Appropriation
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB738 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SB738-Introduced.html
Report Title:
Education; Teacher Induction Center Pilot Program; Appropriation
Description:
Establishes and funds a Hawaii beginning teacher induction center pilot program to assist in the development and retention of highly qualified teachers in the State's public schools.
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that retaining highly qualified teachers in the public schools is critical to achieving the State's educational goals. To this end, the legislature supports initiatives and programs that combat the high teacher attrition rates within the department of education and endeavor to develop and retain quality teachers.
The legislature further finds that teacher induction programs can cut teacher attrition in half and improve teacher effectiveness. Research indicates that among beginning teachers nationally, forty-one per cent who do not receive induction support change schools or leave the profession altogether after their first year, compared to only eighteen per cent of teachers who participate in effective induction programs. Additionally, for every one dollar invested in a comprehensive teacher induction program, a return of $1.66 is realized after five years.
The purpose of this Act is to establish and fund a Hawaii beginning teacher induction center pilot program to assist in the development and retention of highly-qualified teachers in the State.
SECTION 2. (a) There is established a Hawaii beginning teacher induction center pilot program within the department of education to improve the retention of new teachers through rigorous, in-depth assistance and support from highly-trained mentors. Beginning teacher induction centers shall be established in each school complex, beginning with those complexes that currently have established professional development schools. The department of education shall provide staff as needed for the implementation of the project.
(b) The goal of the Hawaii beginning teacher induction center pilot program shall be to:
(1) Provide an effective transition into the teaching career for first-year and second-year teachers;
(2) Ensure that mentors provide intensive individualized support and assistance to each of the participating beginning teachers;
(3) Provide continuous program improvement through ongoing research, development, and evaluation;
(4) Ensure professional success and retention of new teachers; and
(5) Increase teacher retention rates to at least ninety per cent.
(c) The Hawaii beginning teacher induction center pilot program shall use mentors, selected on the basis of understanding of standards, curriculum, assessment, and literacy/mathematics education. To the extent possible, mentor positions shall be filled by currently employed teachers and may include retired principals and teachers on a full- or part-time basis. Each mentor shall attend at least twelve full days of mentor training at a mentor academy, which shall include instruction on the assessment tools, coaching, observation strategies, and analysis of student work. The mentors shall be fully released from their classroom responsibilities during participation in the program. Mentors shall tailor support to the needs of each individual teacher, which may include:
(1) Classroom management;
(2) At least three formal classroom observations with feedback cycles;
(3) Informal observations;
(4) Collection of student data;
(5) Lesson design;
(6) Demonstration lessons;
(7) Resource identification; and
(8) Interaction with colleagues, parents, and administrators.
Each mentor shall conduct weekly one-on-one meetings with each teacher they are assigned to mentor and attend weekly half-day mentor forums providing continuing professional development for mentors.
(d) The Hawaii beginning teacher induction center pilot program may also include the following:
(1) A five-day summer institute for beginning teachers, which includes planning for the upcoming school year, familiarization with assessment tools, and a one-day visit to a school to observe exemplary teachers in the first days of school;
(2) Two days of release time for teachers to observe exemplary veteran teachers and debrief; and
(3) At least three half-day trainings for school administrators over the course of the school year to learn how to support the program.
(e) The department of education shall provide for program assessment that shall consist of the following:
(1) The new teacher center formative assessment system to assist teachers and mentors in collecting data that includes classroom profiles, assessment logs, individual learning plans, self-assessment summaries, and analysis of student work;
(2) The Hawaii continuum of teacher development to allow teachers to self-assess along four characteristics, that is, emerging, applying, integrating, and innovating, and to set goals at the beginning of the year to be evaluated at the year's end;
(3) Data collection, including:
(A) Weekly teacher performance measures;
(B) Teacher certification and retention tracking;
(C) Professional development attendance rates;
(D) Student achievement, including benchmark assessments in grades three to eight; and
(E) Teacher, mentor, and site administrator surveys; and
(4) A final evaluation and written report to assess the effectiveness of the program based on the teacher, mentor, and site administrator surveys, professional development attendance rates, student achievement benchmarks, and teacher retention tracking.
(f) The department of education shall submit interim reports on the Hawaii beginning teacher induction center pilot program, including its status, outcomes, findings, and recommendations to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session from 2010 to 2012, and a final report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2013.
SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2009-2010 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2010-2011 for the Hawaii beginning teacher induction center pilot program established pursuant to this Act.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of education for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2009.
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