1. A. Local school systems shall evaluate the effectiveness of the comprehensive induction program.

2. B. Each local school system induction program shall develop a comprehensive evaluation plan that includes:

   1. (1) Mentee and mentor perception data of their overall induction experience;
   2. (2) Mentee experience data regarding their work with their mentor;
   3. (3) Mentor experience data regarding their work with their mentee;

   4. (4) Evidence of program components aligned to the:

      1. (a) Five Core Propositions of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, which are:

         1. (i) Teachers are committed to students and their learning;
         2. (ii) Teachers know the subjects they teach and how to teach those subjects to students;
         3. (iii) Teachers are responsible for managing and monitoring student learning;
         4. (iv) Teachers think systematically about their practice and learn from experience; and
         5. (v) Teachers are members of learning communities;
      2. (b) Model Code of Educator Ethics; and
      3. (c) InTASC Model Core Teaching Standards and Learning Progressions for Teachers 1.0;
   5. (5) Teacher growth data from the beginning to the end of the induction program as measured by the local school system teacher evaluation system;
   6. (6) Induction program participants' retention data; and
   7. (7) Evidence of the number of instructional-driven mentoring minutes every month.

Authority: Education Article, §§2-205(c), 5-206-1, and 6-202(b), Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: November 26, 1968

Revised October, 1971; September 1, 1975

Amended effective July 1, 1974 (2:1 Md. R. 15) and August 18, 1976 (3:17 Md. R. 916)

Regulation .01G amended effective May 29, 1981 (8:11 Md. R. 975)

Regulation .01G amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 1982 (9:13 Md. R. 1348); adopted permanently effective August 30, 1982 (9:17 Md. R. 1709)

Regulation .01N amended effective April 4, 1988 (15:7 Md. R. 852)

Regulation .01U adopted effective July 1, 1985 (12:4 Md. R. 360)

Regulation .01-1 adopted effective August 27, 1984 (11:17 Md. R. 1493)

Regulations .01 and .02A amended effective April 21, 1986 (13:8 Md. R. 903)

Regulation .02A amended effective October 6, 1986 (13:20 Md. R. 2211)

Regulations .02A; .06E; .08A-1, B, and E; and .09A, B, and R amended effective August 2, 1982 (9:15 Md. R. 1517)

Regulations .02B and .03C, .09DD-1 amended effective July 1, 1985 (12:13 Md. R. 1281)

Regulations .03C and .09A, B amended effective January 9, 1981 (8:1 Md. R. 20)

Regulation .04A amended effective May 10, 1982 (9:9 Md. R. 911)

Regulations .05; .06A, J; .07A; .08A; .09B-1, DD-1 adopted effective January 9, 1981 (8:1 Md. R. 20)

Regulations .06C, .07E and F amended, and .07G repealed effective August 27, 1984 (11:17 Md. R. 1493)

Regulations .06K and .07A-2 adopted and .07A-1 amended effective June 30, 1986 (13:13 Md. R. 1493)

Regulation .07H amended effective August 18, 1976 (3:17 Md. R. 916)

Regulation .08 amended effective October 6, 1986 (13:20 Md. R. 2212)

Regulation .09 amended effective October 6, 1986 (13:20 Md. R. 2212)

Regulation .09DD-1 amended as an emergency provision effective April 4, 1985 (12:9 Md. R. 807); adopted permanently effective July 1, 1985 (12:13 Md. R. 1281)

Regulation .09DD-1 amended effective January 27, 1986 (13:2 Md. R. 138)

Regulation .09N-1 adopted effective July 1, 1988 (15:5 Md. R. 622) (recodified from Regulation .09O)

Regulations .10—.17 adopted effective July 1, 1987 (14:7 Md. R. 833)

Note: At 15:16 Md. R. 1917 (July 29, 1989), Regulation .08 was amended effective July 1, 1989.

Chapter, Certification, repealed effective January 1, 1989 (15:26 Md. R. 2985)

Amendments to Regulation .08 were incorporated into a new chapter. See COMAR 13A.12.02.

Chapter, Teacher Mentoring Programs, adopted effective July 24, 2000 (27:14 Md. R. 1342)

Regulation .01 amended effective October 9, 2003 (30:19 Md. R. 1334)

Chapter, Teacher Mentoring Programs, repealed and new Chapter, Comprehensive Teacher Induction Program adopted effective August 9, 2010 (37:16 Md. R. 1060)

Regulation .04 amended effective August 22, 2011 (37:18 Md. R. 1013)

Regulation .05 amended effective August 22, 2011 (37:18 Md. R. 1013)

Regulation .06B, F amended effective August 22, 2011 (37:18 Md. R. 1013)

Regulation .07 amended effective August 22, 2011 (37:18 Md. R. 1013)

Regulation .09 adopted effective August 22, 2011 (37:18 Md. R. 1013)

Chapter revised effective November 24, 2025 (52:23 Md. R. 1140)