GEORGIA PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS COMMISSION

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GEORGIA PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS COMMISSION CERTIFIC
ATION 101
GASPA New Member Orientation December 5, 2007

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HIGHLIGHTS Commission
Makeup PSC Commission Organization Certificatio
n Facts Who Must be Certified? Power of the PSC
Homepage PSC Service Center Other Things Worth
Mentioning Contact Information
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COMMISSION MAKE-UP Appointed by
Governor 9 Classroom Teachers 2
Administrators 2 Higher Education Faculty 2 Local
BOE Members 3 Business Leaders
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PSC COMMISSION

• DIVISIONS
• CERTIFICATION
• EDUCATOR PREPARATION
• ETHICS
• SUPPORT SERVICES
• TEACHER RECRUITMENT
• COMPUTER SERVICES
• RESEARCH
• TEACHER ASSESSMENT

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CERTIFICATION DIVISION
Phil Blackwell, Director
Kelli Young, Program Director Dianne Holt,
Certification Coordinator
INFORMATION SPECIALISTS
(Primary Telephone Contact)
9 Staff Positions
[phone], Press 1, then Press 1
1-800-869-7775 (outside Metro area)
EVALUATORS 13 Staff Positions
SCANNERS 6 Staff Positions
TEACHER RECOGNITION 3 Staff Positions
www.gapsc.com
www.gapsc.org
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CERTIFICATION FACTSFY 2007

• Certified Educators in Georgia
• Total Certificates Maintained
• Certificates Issued
• Documents Scanned
• Certification Phone Calls
• Certification Cases Backlogged Aug 1st

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WHO MUST BE CERTIFIED IN GEORGIA?

• Georgia law requires certifying all professional
  educators in all public schools.
• The Professional Standards Commission requires
  all paraprofessionals to be certified.
• Currently, substitute teachers do not have to be
  certified.

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CERTIFICATE DESIGN STRUCTURE
CATEGORIES (2)
RENEWABLE NON-RENEWABLE
Clear Renewable TITLES (7) Non-Renewable
Professional (N) Performance-Based (PB)
Intern (I) International Exchange
(X) Life (D) Waiver (W)
TYPES
(6) Teaching (T) Service (S) Leadership
(L) Parapro (PARA) Technical Specialist
(TS) Permit (P)
Technical Specialist (TS) New type, only for
specified areas within Trade Industry and
Healthcare Science Technology Education
Permit (P) Limited, based on experience,
specified requirements and assessments
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CERTIFICATE TITLES
CLEAR RENEWABLE


Full Professional All Requirements
Completed NON-RENEWABLE
Completed Initial
Requirements Up to five years to satisfy
remaining requirements and convert to Clear
Renewable Test-Based Route with one-year
supervised practicum INTERN

Completed Initial Requirements for TAPP
Two years (up to three) to
satisfy remaining requirements and convert to
Clear Renewable
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CERTIFICATE TITLES continued

• INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
• Issued for three years only Can be re-issued
  with one year break by returning to home country
• WAIVER
• Issued in accordance with Georgia Administrative
  Procedures Act 50-13 one-year validity ONLY is
  not a highly qualified certificate

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CERTIFICATE TYPES
Early Childhood P-5, Middle Grades 4-8, Secondary
6-12, All Grades P-12 All Grades
P-12 All Grades P-12 Secondary 6-12 All Grades
P-12 All Grades P-12

• TEACHING...
• SERVICE.
• LEADERSHIP..
• TECH SPECIALIST..
• PARAPRO..
• PERMIT.

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GENERAL INITIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelors Degree from PSC-approved accredited
  college
• (See USDOE Website link at http//www.ope.ed.gov/a
  ccreditation/ )
• 2.5 Overall Grade Point Average
  (If Bachelors is
  highest degree held, and was awarded within ten
  years of application for certificate)
• Basic Skills Assessment (Reading, Writing, and
  Math)
• Content Assessment (in teaching field)

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CERTIFICATE LEVELS
Rule 505-2-.02
HS / GED 1 Bachelors 4 Ed
Specialist 6 Associates 2 Masters
5 Doctorate 7
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DEGREES -- LEVELS
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DEGREES -- LEVELS
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SPECIAL GEORGIA REQUIREMENTS

• CONTENT ASSESSMENT Praxis II / GACE.
• SPECIAL EDUCATION COURSE Intro course, all Sp
  Ed exceptionalities T,S (Media Specialist
  Counselors), L, TS, P. NBPTS will exempt course.

• RECENCY OF STUDY/EXPERIENCE Within 5 years
  preceding the date of certificate application.
• STANDARDS OF CONDUCT Code of Ethics
  Background check required for renewal.
• COMPUTER SKILL COMPETENCY Course or Test-Out.

• TEACHING OF READING AND WRITING For ECE, MG,
  MR, LD, BD, Interrelated, Interrelated/ECE.
  DELETED

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POWER OF THEPSC HOMEPAGE

• www.gapsc.com

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RULE 505-2-.24 STANDARD RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS
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U.S. DOE TEACHER-TO-TEACHER WORKSHOPS
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COMPUTER SKILL COMPETENCY REQUIREMENT

• HB 1187 and HB 972
• InTech course OR PSC-approved course OR
• Test-out option available at each school site
  upon request
• Effective as of the June 30, 2006 ending
  certificate validity date, if missing computer
  competency, employer MAY request a 1- year
  Non-Renewable Certificate

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GACE COMPUTER SKILLS COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT

• All Superintendents contacted by NES with
  information (Uses same NES platform as
  Parapro)
• Not given on scheduled test dates
• Cost is 35
• RESAs and ETTC center in process of approval
• NES Contact Pam Eisermann at pamela.eisermann_at_ne
  sinc.com

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ROUTES TO CERTIFICATION

• Traditional
• Alternative

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OUT-OF-STATE EXPERIENCE
EXEMPTION (HB 590 in 2003)

• MUST HOLD, OR HAVE HELD, PROFESSIONAL CERT
  COMPARABLE TO GEORGIA FIELDS

• MUST HAVE 3 YEARS OF SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCE
  WITHIN 5 YEARS OF DATE OF APPLICATION FOR GA
  CERTIFICATE

• EXEMPT ALL EXCEPT COMPUTER SKILL COMPETENCY
  AND STANDARDS OF CONDUCT

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TEACHER ALTERNATIVE PREPARATION PROGRAM (TAPP)

• Two-year program beginning with 3 to 4-week
  summer workshop
• Developed by local partnerships between school
  systems, RESAS and colleges/universities
• Coordinated by the Professional Standards
  Commission
• Initiated in 2001 at 18 sites
• Expanded to 19 sites

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INTERN CERTIFICATE (I)
Initial Eligibility

• Bachelors Degree or higher (PSC-approved
  institution)
• 2.5 GPA (cumulative bachelors only)
• Basic Skills Test passed
• Not previously certified in GA or other state
• Georgia Employment
• Completed satisfactory GCIC (state-background
  check)
• NOTE FBI check for employment requirement

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NEW Test-Based ROUTE

• TO BE ELIGIBLE
• Have passed Basic Skills, Content for field and
  appropriate Pedagogy assessments and
• Have a degree in the field or in a related field
  and
• Have a job offer from an employing GA school
  system and
• Have the Non-Renewable Professional certificate
  requested by employer

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NEW Test-Based ROUTE

• TO COMPLETE DURING VALIDITY PERIOD
• During first teaching year, INITIATE 1-year
  supervised practicum and
• Complete appropriate Special Georgia Requirements
  (within 5 year period) and
• Be Recommended by employing school system.

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