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2026-2027 Protégé Application for Minnesota Mentor Program (MMP)

Protégé Application

Please complete this form to apply as a protégé for the 2026-2027 Minnesota Mentor Program. If you have any questions, please contact Ann Mayes at Ann.Mayes@brightworksmn.org or (612) 638-1527.

***Please share the following link with your supervisor so they are aware you are taking extra steps and requesting a low-incidence disability-specific mentor. Required Supervisor Recommendation link: 2026-2027 MMP Supervisor Recommendation for Protégés ***
This program is funded with a grant from the Minnesota Department of Education using federal funding, CFDA 84.027A, Special Education – Grants to States. The contents of this program do not necessarily represent the policy of the federal Department of Education, or the state Department of Education and you should not assume endorsement by the federal or state government.
1.Your name (First and Last)(Required.)
2.School Email(Required.)
3.Summer Email (include the email address where you can receive MMP updates, announcements, pairings in June, July and August)(Required.)
4.Phone/Text Number (to share with your mentor)(Required.)
5.Your home (not school) mailing address for Minnesota Mentor Program-related materials to be sent to:(Required.)
6.School District (where you will be/are employed) for 2026-2027(Required.)
7.Low-Incidence Disability Teaching Position for 2026-2027(Required.)
8.Indicate which region of the state that you teach in.
9.Indicate the categorical area of low-incidence disability for which you are requesting a mentor as a protégé:(Required.)
10.In what position(s) will you teach, or have taught, students with low-incidence disabilities (ASD, B/VI, DCD, D/HH, or P/HD)?

This information will help match you with a mentor.(Required.)
11.Indicate which Minnesota teaching license(s) you currently hold (at the time of this application).(Required.)
12.Minnesota License File Folder Number:

(If you don't know your file folder number, you can find it at Minnesota Educator License Lookup.)(Required.)
13.Indicate your License Tier. Find the Tier on your File Folder Number.(Required.)
For each category of students listed below, rate your level of experience in the low-incidence disability field that you are applying to be a protégé, using a scale of 0 to 4, with 0 indicating no experience and 4 indicating the most experience.
14.Birth-2 years (Part C - Early Childhood)(Required.)
15.Ages 3-5 years (Preschool)(Required.)
16.Kindergarten - Grade 5 (Elementary School)(Required.)
17.Grades 6 - 8 (Middle School)(Required.)
18.Grades 9 - 12 (High School)(Required.)
19.Post-school/Transition Programs - Up to Age 22(Required.)
20.Explain why you are requesting support from a mentor and what you hope to gain from participating in the Minnesota Mentor Program as a protégé.

For experienced teachers, explain what area of your field for which you are seeking mentorship. For example, If you've never taught preschool children and now have a new student on your caseload who's in that age range. Or, you have a blind student and have not taught Braille before.(Required.)
21.What challenges do you anticipate you will face as a protégé?(Required.)
22.If you know teacher in your region who will apply to be an MMP mentor, and the two of you would like to be matched together, please write their name below.

Note: If you and the mentor are teaching in the same low-incidence disability field and are in the same school building or district, we recommend that you work through your school / district to get support from that mentor.
23.Do you want to be matched with the same mentor that you had last year?

Note: If you already had the same mentor for the last two years, the MMP will match you with a different mentor to learn different aspects of the field and to expand your network.
24.Have you sent the 2026-2027 MMP Supervisor Recommendation for Protégés link to your current or new supervisor, special education director, or special education coordinator to complete on your behalf?

If not yet, we encourage you to send the link to them and request them to complete it for you. All application and recommendation links are on the Minnesota Mentor Program webpage.(Required.)
25.Have you participated as an MMP protégé last year or in past years?(Required.)
26.Please upload a copy of your current resume.

**This is required only for new protégés.**

(Note: If you participated as an MMP protégé last year or the year before, and your resume has not changed, you do not need to upload it again.)
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