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2 Year Program Requirements

The application window for the 2025-26 programming year opens April 2, 2025. The deadline to apply is September 2, 2025.

New Teacher

Eligibility Requirements: Teacher must hold a valid teaching certificate and be in their first or second year of teaching.

Required hours:
   (4) In-person Kickoff (afternoon)
   (30) Mentoring Hours
   (2) Webinars (Fall and Spring)
   (9) Summer Academy (Sioux Falls or Rapid City)
        Total Hours: 45




Mentor

Eligibility Requirements: Teacher must have at least five years of teaching experience, one of which is within the last seven years in a school or other education related field; hold a valid or expired teaching certificate

Required hours:
   (4) In-person Mentor Seminar (morning)
   (4) In-person Kickoff
   (held the same day as the seminar, in the afternoon)
   (30) Mentoring Hours
   (2) Webinars (Fall and Spring)
   (9) Summer Academy (Sioux Falls or Rapid City)
        Total Hours: 49

 

Compensation

Upon completion of the two-year program, certified teachers who have a teaching certificate will have met the requirements to renew their certificate. Mentors will receive a $1500 stipend ($1300 for any additional new teacher) each year of the program when the requirements have
been met.

The application window for the 2024-25 SD Statewide Mentoring Program is closed.