SUMMARY:

 LC 337565

Creates the position of "master teacher" to support and mentor teachers in turnaround schools. 

Responsibilities of "master teachers" would include:

• creating systems and structures and providing data-driven professional learning
• focus on literacy training, teacher leader development, data analysis, teacher effectiveness, and innovative instructional delivery approaches
• provide research on teacher competencies
• provide evaluation, and support for other teachers with an emphasis on teachers with three years or less of classroom experience, teachers identified as needing development and alternatively certified teachers
• will not include any classroom teaching or administrative duties typically carried out by principal or assistant principal 

EFFECTIVE DATE:

July 1, 2020, if passed.