Job Description

JobID: 54746

Position Type:

Contract/Hourly Employment/Extracurricular Assignment - Professional Personnel

Date Posted:

10/22/2025

Location:

Gilmer County High School

Date Available:

2025/2026 School Year

Closing Date:

10/29/2025

County:

Gilmer County Schools
QUALIFICATIONS:+ Must be an experienced teacher
+ Prefer individual to be on staff at the same school and teach same/similar subject

as teacher to be mentored
+ Be recommended by the principal and/or faculty senate
+ Be recommended by the county superintendent
+ Successfully complete WV state mentor training
+ Comply with all other requirements of WV Code 18A-3c-3, WV Policy 5500, WV Policy 5202




SUPERVISION:+ The mentor teacher will provide supervision to a beginning teacher for the purpose of

providing assistance for induction into job assignment.
+ The mentor teacher will receive supervision from, and be responsible to the building supervisor




RESPONSIBILITIES:



1) Participate as a member of a professional support team assigned to the beginning teacher. This team shall be

responsible for providing supervision for all areas of the beginning teacher's job description and assignments.



2) Attend, supervise, and extend the county and school employee orientations held during the first part of the employment year



3) Cooperate in an effort to coordinate his/her planning period with that of the beginning teacher, if possible.



4) Observe the beginning teacher's classroom teaching skills for a minimum of 1 hour every 2 weeks. Observation time will

be at the discretion of the mentor teacher in consultation with the principal.



5) Provide supervision through weekly meetings with the beginning teacher. During these meetings the mentor and beginning

teacher will discuss the performance of the beginning teacher and any needed improvements. (During the second semester if

the mentor teacher and principal decide that the observations described in the previous

item may be reduced, weekly meetings may also be reduced to those held every other week.



6) Participate in monthly meetings of the support team to discuss the performance of the beginning teacher.



7) Participate in the design, planning, and implementation of and/or make recommendations of staff development activities for completion

by the beginning teacher as documented on the mentor checklist to provide support to beginning teachers as noted in the Gilmer County WVSIPP.



8) Cooperate in being released from regular duties to perform the duties of the Mentor (Alternative to the position of substitute teachers may be sought.)



9) Complete the WV Teacher training Mentor Program.



10) Assume other duties as directed by the building principal.



SALARY: $750

Gilmer County accepts applications/bid sheets electronically. Please direct any questions about the posting to the Director of Personnel, Judith Stalnaker.



As required by federal law and regulations, the Gilmer County Board of Education does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, marital status, disability,

age and national origin in employment and in the administration of any of its education programs or activities. Inquiries may be referred to Title IX Coordinator,

Gilmer County Board of Education, 454 Vanhorn Drive.Glenville, WV 26351, phone 304-462-7386; to the Elimination of Sex Discrimination Program Coordinator

304-558-7864; or the US Department of Education's Director of the Office of Civil Rights 215-596-6795.