Georgia educator certification

Instructions provided in handout dated 2012-08-23 from Principal Julie Martin:

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.

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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 Georgia Professional Standards Commission website at www.gapsc.com.

Check a teacher's certification status by using this link. [1]. Enter his or her first and last name in the appropriate boxes and click submit.