R277-530-4. LEA Responsibilities for Effective Educator Standards

  (1) An LEA shall develop policies to support educators, school administrators, and school counselors in implementation of the Effective Educator Standards.

  (2) An LEA shall develop professional learning experiences and professional learning plans for relicensure using the Effective Educator Standards to assess educator progress toward implementation of the standards.

  (3) An LEA shall adopt formative and summative educator assessment systems based on the Effective Educator Standards to facilitate educator growth toward expert practice.

  (4) An LEA shall use the Effective Educator Standards as a basis for the development of a collaborative professional culture to facilitate student learning.

  (5) An LEA shall implement induction and mentoring activities for beginning teachers and school administrators that support implementation of the Effective Educator Standards.