Bill Text: MI HB5602 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Education; teachers; master teacher program; create. Amends sec. 1526 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1526) & adds sec. 1526b.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-12-06 - Referred To Committee On Education [HB5602 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB5602-Engrossed.html

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HB-5602, As Passed House, December 5, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 5602

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     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,

 

and by adding section 1526b.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1526. (1) For the first 3 years of his or her employment

 

in classroom teaching, a teacher shall be assigned by the school in

 

which he or she teaches to 1 or more active or retired master

 

teachers , or college professors, or retired master teachers, who

 

shall act as a mentor or mentors to the teacher. During the 3-year

 

period, the teacher shall also receive intensive professional

 

development induction into teaching, based on a professional

 

development plan 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 must consist of at least 15 days of professional development,

 

the experiencing of effective practices in university-linked

 

professional development schools, and regional seminars conducted

 

by master teachers and other mentors.

 

     (2) As used in this section, "master teacher" means a member

 

of the innovative educator corps under section 1526b.

 

     Sec. 1526b. (1) The department shall develop and implement an

 

innovative educator corps program that meets all of the following:

 

     (a) Allows an innovative educator to provide professional

 

development to other educators.

 

     (b) Requires the department to collaborate with innovative

 

educators regarding new pilot programs.

 

     (c) Creates an innovative educator roundtable to discuss

 

education issues that includes innovative educators, policy makers,

 

legislators, and business leaders.

 

     (d) Provides business cards or other identification for

 

innovative educators that identify the innovative educator as a

 

member of an elite corps of educators in this state.

 

     (e) Provides innovative educators a yearly stipend in an

 

amount between $5,000.00 and $10,000.00.

 

     (f) Selects innovative educators using the selection process

 

under subsection (2).

 

     (g) Examines the use of innovative educators to support low-

performing schools, including, but not limited to, schools that are

 

subject to a partnership agreement.

 

     (2) The department shall conduct an annual process for

 

selecting innovative educators for the innovative educator corps

 

developed and implemented under subsection (1). The selection

 

process must meet all of the following:

 

     (a) The governing body of each school district and public

 

school academy may nominate 1 educator for every 2,000 pupils

 

enrolled in the school district or public school academy to the

 

intermediate school district in which the school district or public

 

school academy is located for appointment to the innovative

 

educator corps. A school district or public school academy shall

 

only nominate an educator who meets all of the following:

 

     (i) Was rated as effective or highly effective under section

 

1249 for each of the immediately preceding 3 school years.

 

     (ii) Demonstrates efficacy, as measured by pupil achievement

 

or interest.

 

     (iii) Is recommended by, at least, his or her students, peers,

 

administrators, and community members, as determined by the school

 

district or public school academy.

 

     (iv) Is a model for educators across this state and

 

demonstrates spirit, determination, and passion for the teaching

 

profession.

 

     (v) Successfully implemented an innovative instructional

 

model, including, but not limited to, a flipped classroom, project-

 

based learning, intensive intervention for low-performing students,

 

or competency-based learning.

     (b) Each intermediate school district shall nominate an

 

educator or educators from among the nominations received from

 

school districts and public school academies under subdivision (a),

 

if any, to the department for appointment to the innovative

 

educator corps. The nominations submitted to the department under

 

this subdivision must meet both of the following:

 

     (i) The intermediate school district shall nominate 1 educator

 

for every 5,000 pupils enrolled in the public schools located in

 

the intermediate school district. An intermediate school district

 

with fewer than 10,000 pupils enrolled shall nominate 2 educators.

 

     (ii) The nominations must be based on at least all of the

 

following:

 

     (A) The educator's ability to positively influence other

 

educators in the intermediate school district in which he or she

 

teaches.

 

     (B) The educator's positive impact on the community.

 

     (C) The educator's proven experience and success in a skill or

 

instructional model that is in demand in the intermediate school

 

district in which he or she teaches.

 

     (c) An intermediate school district may nominate an educator

 

or educators employed by the intermediate school district to the

 

department for appointment to the innovative educator corps.

 

     (d) Subject to subsection (3), the department shall review the

 

nominations submitted under subdivisions (b) and (c) and select up

 

to 100 educators from the submitted nominations for appointment to

 

the innovative educator corps for an initial term of 3 years. The

 

department shall select innovative educator based on at least all

of the following factors:

 

     (i) The level of achievement for pupils of the nominated

 

educator, particularly among pupils representing disadvantaged

 

populations.

 

     (ii) Geographic diversity of innovative educators.

 

     (iii) Diversity of subject areas in which innovative educators

 

teach.

 

     (iv) Diversity of grade levels in which innovative educators

 

teach.

 

     (v) The ability of an educator to bring prestige, esteem, and

 

professionalism to the innovative educator corps.

 

     (vi) An educator's diversity of experience and success in

 

unique skills and innovative instructional models, as determined by

 

the department.

 

     (3) The department shall ensure, as practicable, that at least

 

1 educator from each of the following groups is selected for

 

appointment to the innovative educator corps under subsection

 

(2)(d):

 

     (a) Educators with experience and success in competency-based

 

education.

 

     (b) Educators with experience and success in project-based

 

learning.

 

     (c) Educators with experience and success in balanced calendar

 

systems.

 

     (d) Educators with experience and success in the turnaround of

 

a low-performing school.

 

     (4) After the initial 3-year term under subsection (2), an

educator may serve additional 3-year terms in the innovative

 

educator corps if he or she is renominated at the end of each 3-

 

year term by the school district or public school academy that

 

employs the educator.

 

     (5) The department shall consult with a workgroup, including,

 

but not limited to, the governor or his or her designee, current

 

members of the innovative educator corps, and other interested

 

parties as determined by the superintendent of public instruction

 

to assist with the selection of innovative educators under

 

subsection (2)(d).

 

     (6) The department shall ensure, to the extent practicable,

 

that each individual engaging in student teaching as part of a

 

teacher preparation program is assigned to work with a member of

 

the innovative educator corps.

 

     (7) An educator selected as an innovative educator under this

 

section shall assist in the identification of other educators who

 

are capable of mentoring student teachers.

 

     (8) The department shall promulgate rules that do all of the

 

following:

 

     (a) Allow professional development provided by an innovative

 

educator under this section to count toward the innovative

 

educator's annual professional development requirement.

 

     (b) Establish a schedule for the implementation of this

 

section.

 

     (c) Establish a process to grant money directly to innovative

 

educators.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

after the date it is enacted into law.