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Albert Lea Public School District details year‑one mentor program, onboarding for 15 new staff
Summary
District staff presented a mentor program handbook that assigns mentors in year 1, shifts support to instructional coaches in years 2–3, uses monthly checklists and professional development, and includes tiered stipends. Board approved the meeting agenda by voice vote at the start of the session.
Tanya, a district staff presenter, told the Albert Lea Public School District board at a study session that the district will assign every teacher who is new to the district a mentor in their first year and will begin onboarding the 15 new staff members the next day.
"Our program mission is that Albert Lea Area Schools mentoring program will provide physical, emotional, instructional, and institutional support for the success of educators new to our district," Tanya said, referring board members to a mentoring program handbook provided for the study session.
The handbook, Tanya said, lays out four program components: onboarding, monthly mentor–mentee checklists, ongoing professional development led by mentor facilitators, and an annual program evaluation. Onboarding activities include a district information session, a bus tour of local facilities and buildings led by Holly Babcock and teacher of the year Andrew Gustafson, meetings with…
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