1. A. A local school system shall identify full-time or part-time mentors to support principals during their comprehensive induction period.
2. B. In collaboration with the mentor, the new principal shall identify areas for focus of his/her professional growth.

3. C. Mentors shall:

   1. (1) Demonstrate a knowledge base and skills to address the performance evaluation criteria and outcomes to be met by each mentee; and
   2. (2) Have been a principal and have been rated as satisfactory or effective or be a retiree from a local school system and have been rated as a satisfactory or effective principal.
4. D. Local school systems shall provide ongoing training for mentors as appropriate.

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

Effective date: April 1, 2013 (40:6 Md. R. 475)