W. Va. Code R. § 126-164-4

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section 126-164-4 - Operational Definitions

4.1. Beginning Principal Interns are those persons hired for the first time in West Virginia for a county school system as an assistant principal, principal, or vocational administrator after July 1, 1995.

4.2. Beginning Principal Mentors are persons who have a minimum of five years of administrative experience as an assistant principal, principal, and/or vocational administrator, who were selected by the county superintendent, and who completed a staff development program approved by the West Virginia Department of Educa­tion prior to their employment as a mentor.

4.3. Orientation Programs afford a beginning principal intern the opportunity to become acquainted with the county school district and pertinent informa­tion relevant to the beginning principal's job. They are conducted prior to the beginning of the instructional term but within the employment term. They are developed by the county school system. If a beginning principal is hired during the in­structional term, the orientation program shall be conducted during the instructional term.

4.4. Meetings are an integral part of the Beginning Principal and Mentor relationship. No less than three regular meetings per semester during the school year between the mentor and beginning principal are required.

4.5. Topics for Meetings should be devel­oped jointly by the mentor and intern. Topics for each meeting must include, but are not limited to, the following: evaluation of per­sonnel, budgeting, scheduling, instructional leadership, discipline, public relations, and conferencing skills.

4.6. Documentation of the Beginning Principal Internships should be included in the completion of the requirements of Policy 5310 - Performance Evaluations of School Person­nel, Sections 15-18. Beginning Principal Intern Mentors must not be responsible for, or participate in, any evaluation or supervision of the beginning principal intern.

4.7. Stipends of $600.00 will be made annually to each local county school district by the West Virginia Department of Education to cover the cost of employing Beginning Princi­pal Intern Mentors for each beginning princi­pal. Counties or Regional Educational Service Agencies may fund their own programs for Beginning Principal Internships extended beyond the first year, for beginning principals who have already completed a Beginning Principal Internship in another local county school district in West Virginia, or for county central office personnel.

W. Va. Code R. § 126-164-4