Editing Georgia educator certification

==Inquire==

Find a Georgia educator's (teacher's) '''certification status''':

# Go to [http://www.gapsc.com/Certification/Lookup.aspx Georgia Professional Standards Commission's '''Check Certification Status''']
# Enter his or her '''first and/or last name''' in the appropriate boxes
# '''Submit'''

==More==

Instructions provided in handout dated 2012-08-23 from [[Ms. Martin|Principal Julie Martin]]:

<blockquote>Specifically, you have the right to request the following information about each of your child's classroom teachers:

* Whether the teacher has met the Georgia Professional Standards Commission requirements for certification for the grade level and subject areas in which the teacher provides instrucation;
* Whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through wich Georgia qualifications or certivication criteria have been waived;
* The college major and any graduate certification or degree held by the teacher;
* Whether the student is provided services by paraprofessionals, and if so, their qualifications.</blockquote>

[Emphasis added]

<blockquote>If you would like to receive any of the information listed above for your child's teacher, please '''contact Mrs. Kimberly Y. Cooper, Teacher Quality Analyst at 678-676-0349''' in the Division of Human Resources. For additional information regarding the federal "highly qualified" teacher requirements and Georgia policies, please visit the [http://www.gapsc.com/ Georgia Professional Standards Commission website at www.gapsc.com].</blockquote>


[[Category:DeKalb County Schools]]
[[Category:Georgia]]