Vermont § 245 - Principals; technical center directors; mentoring
Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 245 — Principals; technical center directors; mentoring, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 245. Principals; technical center directors; mentoring
- (a) When a school district hires a principal or a career technical center director who
has not been employed previously in that capacity, the superintendent serving the
district, in consultation with the Vermont Principals’ Association, shall work to
ensure that the new principal or technical center director receives mentoring supports
during at least the first two years of employment. Mentoring supports shall be consistent
with best practices, research-based approaches, or other successful models, and shall
be identified jointly by the Vermont Principals’ Association and the Vermont Superintendents
Association. (b) When a school district hires a principal or career technical center director identified
in subsection (a) of this section, the district shall allocate sufficient funds annually
in the first two years of employment toward the cost of providing the mentoring supports
from one or more of the following sources: (1) funds allocated by the district for professional development; (2) grant monies obtained for the purpose of providing mentoring supports; (3) State funds appropriated for the purpose of providing mentoring supports; or (4) other sources. (c) This section shall not be interpreted to prohibit or discourage a superintendent from
working to ensure that any administrator other than those identified in subsection
(a) of this section receives mentoring supports. (Added 2011, No. 20, § 1, eff. May 11, 2011.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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