Frequently Asked Questions
Updated May, 2008

• Which teachers must have a mentor assigned to them for support of their professional development?
• What is the definition of a “novice teacher?”
• If a district hires a new teacher who has a license from another state, must he/she be mentored?
• Must all mentors be certified in the Arkansas Mentoring Model?
• Who can be a mentor?
• Can administrators be mentors for novice teachers?
• Can an administrator from another building act as a mentor for a novice teacher in my building?
• Can a high school teacher mentor an elementary school teacher or vice versa?
• What is Front-end Mentoring?
• Can a mentor be assigned more than one novice teacher?
• How can mentors be trained in my school district?
• How are mentors compensated for mentoring a novice teacher?
• How much time is involved in the mentoring process?
• Do the mentor and/or novice teacher submit any of the induction recording forms to the Arkansas Department of Education?
• What do mentors and novice teachers do with the forms associated with induction?
• Which forms are districts required to send to the Arkansas Department of Education?
• For how many years will a novice teacher receive mentoring support?
• When will the school district receive funding for the teachers who must have mentors in August?
• How does the district disburse the funds for novice teacher support and professional development?
• Do the same guidelines apply to Non-Traditional Licensure Program (NTLP) Teachers?
• Can novice teachers pay for teacher preparation courses or teacher preparation program fees out of the support money held by the district for their professional development?
• Can school districts have all licensed teachers trained in the Pathwise Mentoring Model?