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ND RISE, state mentoring program asks legislature to expand mentoring to a three‑year model
Summary
ND RISE officials told the appropriations committee the state mentoring program consistently produces higher retention rates for mentored teachers versus non‑mentored peers and requested $4.5 million to expand mentoring to a three‑year graduated model and to sustain network grants and coach training.
Erin Jacobson, coordinator of ND RISE (the North Dakota teacher support and mentoring system), and Marika (assistant coordinator) told the House Appropriations committee that the state mentoring program has a consistently positive effect on early‑career teacher retention and asked for funding to expand the program from two years to a three‑year graduated mentorship model.
Jacobson said the program served 740+ teachers in the current year and that the existing proposal to maintain the…
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