Master Teacher Certification

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Master Teacher Certification

• November, 2006
• Clayton County Board of Education

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What is Master Teacher Certification?

• It is designed to achieve Governor Perdues goal
  of providing statewide recognition to certified
  public school teachers with at least three years
  of teaching experience in Georgia who
  consistently demonstrate excellence in the
  classroom through gains in student achievement.

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Requirements for Master Teacher Certification

• Clear, renewable teaching certificate
• Three or more years of teaching experience in a
  public school (Must be in your fourth year of
  teaching now)
• Recommended by your principal for implementing
  appropriate professional practices
• Evidence of student achievement

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Who can apply?

• This year in addition to classroom teachers there
  are special areas for EIP, Gifted, Instructional
  Coaches, ESOL and Special Education personnel
• If you applied last year and received a letter
  stating that you cannot apply this year, you must
  wait until the date that PSC provided you to
  apply again.

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How do I get the information?

• www.georgiamasterteachers.org
• Follow the links for the area that best fits your
  circumstances
• Some grades/subjects will involve both CRCT
  information and Non CRCT information

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Areas on Website

• Kindergarten (No CRCT)
• K-5 Non-CRCT subjects
• 1st Grade (No CRCT)
• 2nd Grade (CRCT)
• 3rd Grade (CRCT)
• 4th and 5th Grade (CRCT)
• Grades 2-5 Departmentalized CRCT plus No CRCT
• 6-8 Grade (CRCT)
• 6-8 Grade Non-CRCT
• 6-8 Grade CRCT and Non-CRCT
• 9-12 Grade (No CRCT)

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Areas on Website

• EIP
• Augmented CRCT (Additional Documents Augmented
  Professional Responsibilities, Additional items
  on Explanation Template and Checklist)
• Augmented Non-CRCT (Additional Documents
  Augmented Professional Responsibilities,
  Additional items on Explanation Template and
  Checklist)
• Pull Out and Reading Recovery (Non-CRCT)
• Self-Contained and Reduced Class Size (Regular
  1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.)
• ESOL
• Collaborative Model
• Pull Out Model (Non-CRCT)
• Self-Contained

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Areas on Website

• Gifted
• Advanced Content Class (6-12) (Links to all
  categories of 6-12)
• Cluster Grouping (K-12) (Links to all categories
  K-12)
• Collaborative Teaching (K-12)
• Mentorship or Internship (9-12)
• Resource (k-12)
• Special Education (All Resource and
  Self-Contained)
• Instructional Coaches

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Applications

• Part I Personal Information Sheet
• Part II
• Templates for two years if CRCT
• Templates for last year and first semester this
  year for Non-CRCT and the explanation form for
  data and other supporting documents as requested
• Part III Verified by principal signature
• Part IV signed by principal

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CRCT Subjects

• Step 1Download, review and complete Personal
  Information Summary
• Step 2Download and complete the 2004-2005
  Student Roster (CRCT Tested Subjects)

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CRCT Subjects

• Step 3Download and complete the 2005-2006
  Student Roster (CRCT Tested Subjects)
• Step 4Download, review and complete Professional
  Responsibilities with Evidence Checklist and
  gather appropriate evidence for local review only

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Non-CRCT Subjects

• Step 1Download, review and complete Personal
  Information Summary
• Step 2Download and complete 2006-2007
  Pre-Test/Benchmark/Post-Test template (data from
  first semester of the current academic year -
  2006 to 2007)

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Non CRCT

• Step 3Download and complete 2005-2006
  Pre-Test/Benchmark/Post-Test template (data from
  first and second semester of the prior academic
  year - 2005 to 2006)
• Step 4Download and complete the Explanation of
  Non-CRCT Assessment Data Submitted template and
  gather required elements
• Step 5Download, review and complete Professional
  Responsibilities with Evidence

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Why Should I Apply?

• Recognition
• Future jobs (Academic coach, for example) will be
  dependent upon Master Certification
• It will make you proud!

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What is the Process?

• Applications sent to Bonnie Moreland
• Applicant Personal Information form, Part I and
  Part IV of the application sent by courier to
  Bonnie with the principals signature
• (When you email, put your name and Master Teacher
  in the subject line (Bobbi Ford Master Teacher,
  for example)
• CRCT areas Email both years of student rosters
  on the template provided
• Non CRCT areas Email template with benchmarks
  (pre/post/3 mid semester benchmarks) for last
  year and for the first semester this year.
  Include the Explanation of Data form.

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Process

• A system level committee will review and make
  recommendations
• Application sent to the PSC
• PSC evaluates evidence
• If evidence of student growth warrants, Master
  Teacher certification will be applied to current
  teaching certificate
• Master Certification is, at present, good for two
  years

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Timeline

• Window for Master Teacher is November 1 January
  31.
• You may begin applying at any time, but Bonnie
  Moreland must have your application by January 15
  in order for the committee to verify your
  experience in Georgia, review your application
  and analyze evidence of student achievement and
  then send to the PSC by the January 31 deadline..
• The PSC will identify Master Teachers by the end
  of March

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Further Information

• WWW.GeorgiaMasterTeachers.org
• Bmoreland_at_clayton.k12.ga.us
• jhubbert_at_clayton.k12.ga.us
• bford_at_clayton.k12.ga.us