New Principals
The Illinois New Principal Mentoring Program exists to help new principals thrive in their first year in administration and beyond. Starting with the 2007-2008 school year, each new principal is to be mentored by a proven, highly-trained educational leader. Only those individuals who were assistant principals the previous five years in the school district they become principal are exempt from the mentoring requirement. Please read further to find information important to new principals to ensure a successful mentoring experience.
INPM Requirements for New Principals
Listed are the requirements for new principals to successfully complete the INPM Program:
- Personally secure or have the employing school district secure a mentoring entity to provide mentoring services
- Develop a professional & collegial relationship with the assigned mentor
- Have a minimum of 50 contact hours with the assigned mentor
(this can be done face-to-face, phone, email, etc.) - Meet with the assigned mentor a minimum of three times during the mentoring experience (beginning, middle, end)
- Maintain a mentoring log to be turned into the contracted mentoring entity
(Click here to download an editable mentoring log) - Complete all required surveys and verification forms
(this will be done electronically and kept to a minimum as much as possible) - Notify the INPM Program Manager of any changes in employment status for the next three school years
- Click here for the INPM Program Frequently Asked Questions
- Click here for the INPM Rules and Regulations
- Have fun in this wonderful profession!
Instructions for Completing INPM End-of-Year Survey
End-of-year surveys for new principals, mentors, mentoring entities and superintendents are now available on the INPM website. All of the surveys can be found on the Program Evaluation page. Each survey is also available on the appropriate page, i.e., New Principal, Mentor and Mentoring Entities.
All new principals, mentors and mentoring entities are asked to complete and return the required survey as directed by June 30, 2008. It is anticipated that it will take less than 15 minutes to complete the survey. Mentors who serve more than one new principal are asked to complete a survey for EACH new principal mentored.
No new principal or mentor will be identified in any way in the tabulation of results. Identification information required on the survey is for verification of completion purposes, only. All results will be shared with mentoring entities, mentors and new principals who currently participate in the INPM Program.
New Principals will need to use their IEIN as their identification number. This number can be accessed on-line as follows:
Go to INPM Website: www.ilprincipalmentoring.org
Click ‘Resources’
Click ‘Certification and Recertification’
Click ‘Recording Professional Development Activities’
New Principal End-of-Year Survey
Need a Mentor
Click here to select the Mentoring Entity best suited to meet your needs. Contact the INPM Program Manager with questions and concerns.
Important Dates
- INPM Post-Survey – Due June 30, 2008 (Available online)
- Turn all logs and required verification information into mentoring entity (Due June 30, 2008)
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