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(a) Appointment. The chief justice shall appoint one or

more judicial officers from each district to serve as training

judges for two-year terms.

(b) Assignment. Training judges may be assigned to

magistrate judges in any judicial district.

(c) Role. The role of the training judge is to provide

training, assistance, and mentorship to a magistrate judge. The

training judge also assists in the evaluation of a magistrate

judge’s performance.

(d) Duties. A training judge shall maintain contact with a

magistrate judge to whom the training judge has been assigned

as prescribed by the presiding judge, the presiding judge’s

designee, or the administrative director. The training judge

must gather information about the magistrate judge’s work

performance including, but not limited to, observing the

magistrate judge on the bench, listening to court proceedings,

reviewing case files in which the magistrate judge has

performed work, and communicating with others at the court

and in the community about the magistrate judge’s

performance. The training judge shall provide training and

assistance to the magistrate judge based upon the training

judge’s assessment of the magistrate judge’s needs or as

directed by the presiding judge, the presiding judge’s designee,

or the administrative director. The training judge shall provide

information to the presiding judge, the presiding judge’s

designee, and the administrative director for the purpose of

evaluating the magistrate judge’s performance.