The Texas Mentorship Training (TMT) is aligned with state policy, including mentorship policy in TEC §21.458, §21.207, §48.157, and TAC §228f as well as relevant TEA initiatives such as Leadership and Instructional Foundations for Texas (LIFT) Program and the Effective District & Preparation frameworks.

The PREP Mentorship Program provides funding through which participating school systems implement a mentoring program that increases beginning teacher retention and effectiveness, ultimately leading to increased student outcomes through strong mentorship. As part of the PREP Mentorship Program, both mentor teachers and district and campus leaders will engage in high-quality, research-based mentorship training via the Texas Mentorship Training (TMT).

Through participation in TMT, mentor teachers will build upon their leadership skills to expand their knowledge and expertise to support effective classroom practices and provide support to beginning teachers in their first and second years. Additionally, appropriate district and campus leaders will also engage in mentorship program design and implementation sessions to help them develop or refine mentoring programs.

Through PREP Mentorship Program, school systems will engage in the Texas Mentorship Training (TMT) via an approved Texas Mentorship Training provider, who provides high-quality, research-based training to mentor teachers and any appropriate district and campus employees who work with or supervise classroom teachers who have less than two years of teaching experience.

Mentor teachers - for classroom teachers who have less than two years of teaching experience, a teacher who, to the extent practicable, teaches in the same school, subject, and/or grade level of the beginning teachers and completes an agency adopted mentor teacher training program, has at least three years of teaching experience and demonstrates instructional and leadership skills under TEC, §21.458 and §21.907.

District & campus leaders - any appropriate district and campus employees who work with the classroom teacher or supervise the classroom teacher under TEC, §21.458. TEA guidance is that all participating PREP Mentorship districts should include at least one campus representative (highly encouraged to have two or more) from each participating PREP Mentorship campus who has agency over the campus’s mentorship work. All design team members should plan to attend all four design sessions.​ District & Campus Leader Design Sessions are optional for school systems who are not participating in PREP Mentorship.

School systems interested in participating in the PREP Mentorship Program and TMT will apply via the LASO application process. Visit the LASO webpage for more information on the application process.

For a teacher resident candidate, an educator who is jointly assigned by the EPP and the campus administrator who supports the candidate through co-teaching and coaching during their teacher residency field placement.

The PREP Preservice Program places paid teacher residents in classrooms led by experienced cooperating (host) teachers, allowing candidates to earn enhanced standard teaching certificates while gaining hands-on experience. This model strengthens instructional capacity, improves educator effectiveness, and increases student access to high-quality teaching. School systems participating in the PREP Residency Preservice Program must comply with statutory requirements outlined in Texas Education Code (TEC) §21.902, §21.904, §48.157, which outline residency program standards and requirements and funding provisions.