Bill Text: MI HB5158 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Education; teachers; assignment of new teachers to mentor teachers meeting certain requirements; require, and require professional development for new teachers to meet certain standards. Amends sec. 1526 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1526). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5156'15, HB 5157'15, HB 5159'15
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-08 - Referred To Committee On Education [HB5158 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-HB5158-Engrossed.html
HB-5158, As Passed House, March 3, 2016
SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 5158
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 1526 (MCL 380.1526), as amended by 1995 PA 289.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
1526. (1) For the first 3 years of his or her a teacher's
employment
in classroom teaching, a teacher shall be the board of
the school district or intermediate school district, the board of
directors of the public school academy, or the achievement
authority in which he or she is teaching shall ensure that the
teacher
is assigned by the school in which
he or she teaches to 1
or
more master teachers, or college professors or retired master
teachers,
who shall act as a mentor or mentors to the teacher.
mentor teachers who have been rated as at least "effective" on at
least 3 of his or her most recent 5 annual evaluations under
House Bill No. 5158 as amended February 17, 2016
section 1249 and who meet requirements established by the
superintendent of public instruction. During the 3-year period, the
teacher
shall also receive school
district, intermediate school
district, public school academy, or achievement authority also
shall provide the teacher with intensive professional development
induction
into teaching, based on a guidelines
developed by the
department that are based on state board approved standards for
professional learning, and with an individual professional
development plan for that teacher that is consistent with the
requirements
of section 3a of article II of Act No. 4 of the Public
Acts
of the Extra Session of 1937, being section 38.83a of the
Michigan
Compiled Laws, 1937 (Ex Sess)
PA 4, MCL 38.83a, including
classroom management and instructional delivery. During the 3-year
period, the intensive professional development induction into
teaching
shall consist of at least 15 days 90 hours of professional
development ,
the experiencing of effective practices in
university-linked
professional development schools, and regional
seminars
conducted by master teachers and other mentors.that is
delivered over at least 15 days, with increments of not less than
[45] minutes on each of those days, based on guidelines developed by
the department.
(2) For an individual serving as a superintendent, principal,
assistant principal, or other individual whose primary
responsibility is administering instructional programs, for the
first 3 years of his or her employment in that role, the board of
the school district or intermediate school district, the board of
directors of the public school academy, or the achievement
authority in which he or she is serving shall ensure that the
individual is assigned to a mentor.
(3) Professional development provided under subsection (1) is
required in addition to professional development required under
section 1527 and shall not be counted toward the professional
development required under section 1527.
(4) As used in this section, "achievement authority" means
that term as defined in section 3 of the state school aid act of
1979, MCL 388.1603.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 98th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) House Bill No. 5156.
(b) House Bill No. 5157.
(c) House Bill No. 5159.
