New Jersey

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Optional Novice Provisional Teacher Mentoring Log Template

Effective May 5, 2014, the New Jersey regulations governing district mentoring program requirements have changed. Novice provisional teachers (those teachers serving under a Certificate of Eligibility or a Certificate of Eligibility with Advanced Standing) must still be assigned an individual mentor at the beginning of the contractedteaching assignment. However, twoof the regulatorychanges impact the way these individual mentors track their time and receive payment for their services.

First, as specified in N.J.A.C. 6A:9B-8(d), individual mentor teachers assigned to work with a novice provisional teacher are now required to log their mentoring contact time. The format of the log itself and the procedures for using it are to be developed as part of the district mentoring plan. The mentoring logs are to be sent to the district administrative office and retained there.

Secondly, as specified in N.J.A.C. 6A:9B-8(h), the administrative office of each school district will now be responsible for overseeing the payment of mentors. Payment may not be conferred directly from provisional novice teacher to mentor. The mentoring logs can be used to by the district to inform the payment process.

The optionalmentor logtemplate below is provided toassist districts infulfillingtheserevised regulations. Please note that while the mentoring logs are required, the use of this particular template is not. Moreover, this template is based on a monthly log submission, but each district is free to determine the frequency with which they want to receive these mentoring logs.

Updated August 2014	1

New Jersey

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Optional Novice Provisional Teacher Mentoring Log Template

Instructions: Please log each session with your mentee. Submit this log form to the district office on the last working day of each month for the duration of your mentorship. Please keep a record for yourself also.

Month: __________ Year: ________	School/District: ___________________________________

Mentor Name: _____________________ Mentor Signature: _______________________________

Mentee Name:______________________ Mentee Signature: _______________________________

Total No. of Mentoring Hours This Month: __________________

Date
	Time From:	To:
	Description of Activities
	Total Time

				

				

				

				

				

				

Updated August 2014	2