Georgia Professional Standards Commission

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Georgia Professional Standards Commission
Title II, Part A Orientation Workshop Dublin,
GA October 4, 2006

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• TOPICS
• Power of the PSC Homepage
• PSC Service Center
• Rules
• Special Education
• Middle Grades
• Social Studies
• Foreign Language
• Paraprofessionals

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POWER OF THEPSC HOMEPAGE

• www.gapsc.com

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ROUTES TO CERTIFICATION

• Traditional
• Alternative

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NEW Test-Based ROUTE

• TO BE ELIGIBLE
• Have passed Praxis I, Praxis II and appropriate
  Praxis PLT or corresponding GACE tests and
• Have a degree in the certification 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

• DURING VALIDITY PERIOD OF NONRENEWABLE
  CERTIFICATE
• INITIATE 1-Year Supervised Practicum
• Complete the Appropriate Special Georgia
  Requirements
• Be Recommended by employing school system.

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PSC SERVICE CENTER

• www.gapsc.org

• If you need access to something in www.gapsc.org,
• your Superintendent or his/her designee should
  send
• an email request to support_at_gapsc.org providing
• your Full Name,
• your Phone Number and Email address, and
• what you need access to in the Service Center

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REVIEW OF TIMELINES
As required in NCLB, by end of school year
2005-06 As of September 1, 2006, to be
considered in-field in Special Education,
personnel may serve in Consultative mode with
appropriate base Special Ed certificate.
To serve as Teacher of Record in
an Academic Content Area, the Special Educator
must have the appropriate Content Area and
Cognitive Level on the certificate.

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REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIAL ED CONTENT CONCENTRATIONS
Until August 31, 2006
Recommendation
of Approved Provider, OR Content
Assessment(s), OR
Course Work 15 semester hours
25 Georgia PLUs
(content), OR



HOUSSE (for
qualifying veteran teachers)
After September 1, 2006

Recommendation of Approved Provider, OR
Content Assessment(s), OR




HOUSSE (for qualifying veteran
teachers)

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TIMELINE SPECIAL EDUCATION CONTENT COURSE
APPEAL PROCESS
Ended August 31, 2006
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REQUIREMENTS FOR MIDDLE GRADES CONCENTRATIONS

• Until June 30, 2006
• Recommended By Approved Program Provider, OR
• Complete Content Courses, OR
• Pass Content Assessment
• After July 1, 2006
• Recommended by Approved Program Provider, OR
• Pass Content Assessment

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TIMELINEMIDDLE GRADES CONCENTRATIONS COURSE
APPEAL PROCESS

• Ended June 30, 2006

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REVISION TO FOREIGN LANGUAGE RULES
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ROMAN-BASED
NON-ROMAN BASED
ALPHABET
ALPHABET
French (GACE) Arabic
(ACTFL) German
(GACE) Chinese (M) (ACTFL) Italian
(ACTFL) Hebrew (ACTFL) Latin
Praxis II (GACE) Japanese
(ACTFL) Portuguese (ACTFL) Korean
(ACTFL)Spanish
(GACE) Russian (ACTFL) Swahili
(ACTFL)
Greek (Classical) American Sign Language
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PARAPROFESSIONALS

• Rules
• July 1, 1991 through October 14, 2002
• Renewal Required 20 Clock Hrs. Job-Related
  Training After Initial 30 Clock Hrs. During 1st
  Year of Employment
• As of October 15, 2002
• Renewal Required 6 Sem. Hrs. OR 10 SDUs

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PARAPROFESSIONALS
RULE
505-2-.11 (Effective Sept. 1, 06)
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PARAPROFESSIONALS
RULE 505-2-.11
(Effective Sept. 1, 06)
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WHAT ARE YOUR QUESTIONS ?
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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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