Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3-116.6: Pilot program for mentor teacher training

A. The Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability

shall establish a two-year pilot program for mentor teacher training

with the goal of retaining teachers in this state. For the purposes

of this section, "mentor teacher" shall have the same meaning as

provided for in Section 6-182 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B. The pilot program shall provide mentor teachers, who have

taught for at least five (5) years, with coaching tools to guide,

support, and assist teachers who have been employed by a public

school district in this state for one year in the areas of classroom

management, curriculum, differentiation of instruction, and other

pedagogical techniques. The goal of the pilot program shall be to

provide training to one mentor teacher from each school district in

this state over the two-year period.

C. Subject to the availability of funds, mentor teachers who

complete the training pilot program created by this section shall be

provided a one-time stipend of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00).

D. The Commission shall administer an introductory survey and

an exit survey to teachers placed under the mentorship of a mentor

teacher who completed the training pilot program created by this

section. The Commission shall create a standardized survey form to

measure a teacher's mentorship experience.

E. By July 1, 2026, the Commission shall submit a report to the

President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of

Representatives, and the chairs of the education committees in the

Senate and House of Representatives. The report shall include but

not be limited to aggregate data from the surveys administered

pursuant to subsection D of this section and recommendations

regarding continuation or expansion of the pilot program.

F. The Commission shall promulgate rules to implement the

provisions of this section.