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Putting the PRO in Protégé:
A Guide to Mentoring in
Head Start and Early Head Start

Appendix A: Head Start Act: Mentor Teachers

(b) MENTOR TEACHERS. -

(1) DEFINITION; FUNCTION. - For purposes of this subsection, the term "mentor teacher" means an individual responsible for observing and assessing the classroom activities of a Head Start program and providing on-the-job guidance and training to the Head Start program staff and volunteers, in order to improve the qualifications and training of classroom staff, to maintain high quality education services, and to promote career development, in Head Start programs.

(2) REQUIREMENT. - In order to assist Head Start agencies in establishing positions for mentor teachers, the Secretary shall -

(A) provide technical assistance and training to enable Head Start agencies to establish such positions;

(B) give priority consideration, in providing assistance pursuant to subparagraph (A), to Head Start programs that have substantial numbers of new classroom staff, that are experiencing difficulty in meeting applicable education standards, or that lack staff of a similar cultural background to that of the participating children and their families;

(C) encourage Head Start programs to give priority consideration for such positions to Head Start teachers at the appropriate level of career advancement in such programs; and

(D) promote the development of model curricula, designed to ensure the attainment of appropriate competencies of mentor teachers in Head Start programs.

Source: Head Start Act, as amended October 27, 1998; Sec. 648A.(b) MENTOR TEACHERS, page 35; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, Head Start Bureau.

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Putting the PRO in Protégé: A Guide to Mentoring in Head Start and Early Head Start

Appendix A: Head Start Act: Mentor Teachers

Putting the PRO in Protégé:
A Guide to Mentoring in
Head Start and Early Head Start