• New Teacher Application
  • First-Year New Teachers: Register for a Kick-Off
  • Second-Year New Teachers: Register for a Kick-Off


• Mentor Application
  • First-Year Mentors: Register for a Mentor Seminar and Kick-Off
  • Second-Year Mentors: Register for a Mentor Seminar and Kick-Off
  • Third-Year Mentors: Register for a Mentor Seminar and Kick-Off


• Administrator Sign-Off Form

Mentors

• Eligibility - Teachers can request participation in the program by meeting these criteria:
  • At least five years of teaching experience, one of which is within the last seven years in a school or other education related field
  • Must hold a valid or expired teaching certificate
  • Must attend a Mentor Seminar prior to the beginning of each year in the program
• Duration - A mentor will be selected to work with a beginning teacher for a period of two years

New Teachers

• Eligibility - Must be a first year teacher employed by a South Dakota public school (or started teaching no sooner than January of 2018)
• Duration – New teachers agree to participate in the mentor program for a period of two years

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Mentors – Compensation

• Annual payment per new teacher per year for completion of all mentor requirements (Matches made throughout the year may be pro-rated based upon match date.)
• Mentor Seminar
  • Meals, mileage, and hotel reimbursement
  • Sub reimbursement available if attending in September
• Kickoff
  • Meals and mileage reimbursement
  • Sub reimbursement available if attending in September
• Mentoring
  • Mileage for up to four round trips per person if in different towns
• Summer Academy
  • Mileage and hotel reimbursement
• Upon completion of two-year program, certified teachers who have a teaching certificate will have met the requirements to renew their certificate.

New Teachers - Compensation

• Kickoff
  • Meals and mileage reimbursement
  • Sub reimbursement available if attending in September
• Mentoring
  • Mileage for up to four round trips per person if in different towns
• Summer Academy
  • Mileage and hotel reimbursement
• Upon completion of two-year program, certified teachers who have a teaching certificate will have met the requirements to renew their certificate.

Alternative Certification Requirements

• Participation in the mentor program both years will satisfy the mentoring requirements for alternative certification teacher.
• Participation in the mentor program and purchasing credit both years will satisfy the mentoring requirements for CTE alternative certification teacher.

Mentors

• Must obtain administrative sign-off to participate in the program
• Participate in SD Mentor Professional Learning Community
  • Attend one Face-to-face SD Mentoring Seminar in one of these locations
    • July 22, 2019 (Sioux Falls);
    • July 22, 2019 (Aberdeen);
    • July 24, 2019 (Watertown);
    • July 25, 2019 (Rapid City);
    • August 8, 2019 (Brookings)
    • September 12, 2019 (Sioux Falls);
    • September 12, 2019 (Rapid City);
  • Series of three online webinars
• Attend one of the kick-off days with assigned new teacher in one of these locations
  • July 23, 2019 in Sioux Falls
  • July 23, 2019 in Aberdeen
  • July 26, 2019 in Rapid City
  • August 9, 2019 in Brookings
  • September 13, 2019 in Pierre
  • September 13, 2019 in Rapid City
• Provide 34 hours of mentoring based on mentor guidelines to include focus on South Dakota Framework for Teaching (minimum of 18 hours face-to-face)
• Attend Summer Academy
  • June 3 & 4, 2020 in Sioux Falls
• Maintain mentor log

New Teachers

• Must obtain administrative sign-off to participate in the program
• Attend one kick-off day with assigned Mentor
  • July 23, 2019 in Sioux Falls
  • July 23, 2019 in Aberdeen
  • July 26, 2019 in Rapid City
  • August 9, 2019 in Brookings
  • September 13, 2019 in Pierre
  • September 13, 2019 in Rapid City
• Participate in 34 hours of mentoring based on mentor guidelines to include focus on South Dakota Framework for Teaching (minimum of 18 hours face-to-face)
• Attend Summer Academy
  • June 3 & 4, 2020 in Sioux Falls

Mentors

• Participate in SD Mentor Professional Learning Community
  • Attend one Face-to-face SD Mentoring Seminar in one of these locations
    • July 15, 2019 in Sioux Falls
    • July 17, 2019 in Brookings
    • July 18, 2019 in Rapid City
    • August 5, 2019 in Pierre
    • August 8, 2019 in Sioux Falls
    • September 12, 2019 in Rapid City
    • September 19, 2019 in Sioux Falls
  • Series of three online webinars
• Attend one of the kick-off days with assigned new teacher in one of these locations
  • July 16, 2019 in Sioux Falls
  • July 18, 2019 in Brookings
  • July 19, 2019 in Rapid City
  • August 6, 2019 in Pierre
  • August 9, 2019 in Sioux Falls
  • September 13, 2019 in Rapid City
  • September 20, 2019 in Sioux Falls
• Provide 34 hours of mentoring based on mentor guidelines to include focus on South Dakota Framework for Teaching (minimum of 18 hours face-to-face)
• Attend Summer Academy
  • June 3 & 4, 2020 in Sioux Falls
• Maintain mentor

New Teachers

• Attend one of the kick-off days with assigned mentor in one of these locations
  • July 16, 2019 in Sioux Falls
  • July 18, 2019 in Brookings
  • July 19, 2019 in Rapid City
  • August 6, 2019 in Pierre
  • August 9, 2019 in Sioux Falls
  • September 13, 2019 in Rapid City
  • September 20, 2019 in Sioux Falls
• Participate in 34 hours of mentoring based on mentor guidelines to include focus on South Dakota
• Framework for Teaching (minimum of 18 hours face-to-face)
• Attend Summer Academy
  • June 3 & 4, 2020 in Sioux Falls

If a South Dakota public school district would like to receive funding to handle mentoring locally, the district must complete the following requirements:

• Mentors must participate in the SD Mentor Professional Learning Community as outlined in the mentor requirements.
• Inform the state of mentor/teacher assignments
• Send the State an overview and details of the mentoring program
• Provide new teachers with at least 40 hours of mentoring support throughout the school year (a kick-off can count for six of these hours)
• Participating teachers and their mentors attend the Summer Academy

Districts that choose this option will receive state funds for mentoring directly. District-run mentoring programs will be funded based upon remaining statewide mentoring program dollars.

Download application to the mentoring program.
Download excel template for teacher and mentor assignments.

Following the passage of SB 133 in 2016, a work group was created to assist the Department of Education in the development and implementation of the South Dakota mentoring program.

• Mentoring Work Group
• May 11, 2016 Meeting Notes
• Development Team

Requirements/Benefits for Each Year of the Two-Year Program	State Mentor Program		District/State Mentor Program		State Approved Local Mentor Program
	Public	Non-Public	Public	Non-Public	Public	Non-Public
REQUIREMENTS
Mentor Attends Mentor Seminar each year	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Mentor and Mentee attend Kickoff (State or District run) each year	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Mentee receives 34 hours of support per year	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Mentor and Mentee attend Summer Academy each year	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Mentee receives 40 hours of support including a kickoff each year	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Mentee receives 40 hours of support each year	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Submit Application for District Run Mentor Program	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Submit State-Approved Plan for Local Mentor Program	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
BENEFITS
Mentor receives stipend each year	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Mentor/Mentee meet renewal requirements for teaching certificate after both years	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Mentor/Mentee can receive 3 transcripted credits each year	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Alt Cert Teacher meets mentoring requirement	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Application for State-Approved Local Mentoring Program
Local Mentoring Assignments
Local Mentoring Progress Report
Mentoring Time Log