Georgia Master Teachers First Grade

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First Grade Applicants

The Master Teacher application process involves the applicant, principal, and other people in the employing school system. Basically, the applicant is responsible for preparing files in electronic format, the principal and/or the Local School Review Team needs to review and sign the application form, and the School System Review Team needs to review and process your application. Please allow sufficient time for your principal and Local System Review Team to process and submit your application before the PSC deadline of January 31, 2009.

Follow the procedures below to prepare and process all the required documents.

Applicant's Process:

School's process:

Notify your principal that you intend to apply for Master Teacher Certification.

Step 1:

Download and complete: Personal Information form.

Step 2:

Download and complete: First Grade: Monitoring Student Progress Explanation of Data Template.

Step 3:

Download and complete: Monitoring Student Progress Roster for 2007-2008 (one each for Math and Reading).

Step 4:

Download and complete: Monitoring Student Progress Roster for 2008-2009 first semester (one each for Math and Reading).

Step 5:

Download and complete: Formative Benchmark Assessments form

Note: Completed assessment forms need to be scanned and saved for upload.

Step 6:

Download and complete TWO Student Performance Templates (one each for Math and Reading).

Step 7:

Access the: Evidence of Professional Responsibilities form as a guide for evidence to submit to the Local School and/or System Review Team for their verification.
Download and complete: Application Verification form.

Step 8:

Access the Checklist for Monitoring Student Progress Documentation to self-assess and/or have a peer assess your application for completeness, accuracy, etc. This form is used for reference only – do not submit.

Step 9:

Access the Documents and File Names for Upload form as a checklist for all documents and file names.

Submit all documents and electronic files in Steps 1-7 to your principal. All documents should be saved using the file name(s) listed in Step 9.

1.	Principal reviews Evidence of Professional Responsibilities form and signs the Application Verification form.

2.	Application must be forwarded to the Local System Coordinator for additional review by the Local System Review Team.

3.	The Local System Review Team reviews all application materials and decides if the application should be forwarded to the PSC. Local System Coordinator obtains the remaining signatures for the Application Verification form.

4.	The Local System Operator submits all application materials for all approved candidates to the PSC using the Master Teacher Data Manager on www.gapsc.org

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Last updated 11/07/2008