N.D. Cent. Code § 15.1-18.2-05: Teacher support program - Establishment

The education standards and practices board shall:

1.Establish and administer a teacher support program;

2.Employ an individual to serve as a teacher support program coordinator;

3.a.Select and train experienced teachers who will serve as mentors for first-year teachers and assist the first-year teachers with instructional skills development; or

b.If a school district or other employing entity listed in section 15.1-18.2-07 is not in need of mentors for its first-year teachers, select and train experienced teachers who will work with school district administrators and administrators from the other employing entities to identify the needs of the non-first-year teachers and help the non-first-year teachers address their particular needs through the use of:

(1)Research-validated interventions; and

(2)Proven instructional methods.