Georgia Master Teachers Instructional Coach

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Instructional Coach 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.

Introduction:

In order for students to learn at higher levels, it is believed that teachers must also perform at higher levels. The assumption underlying the Instructional Coach application process is that the coach has an impact on student achievement as a result of assisting teachers in the improvement of professional practices. The steps in the application process require the coach to:

analyze student performance data to determine the professional practices necessary for improved learning
develop a coaching and support plan likely to improve these professional practices
present data showing the impact of the plan on the teacher performance of these practices
link the change in professional practices to an improvement in student learning

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: Coaching/Support Plan

Step 3:

Download and complete: Assessment of Professional Practices

Step 4:

Download and complete: Individual Plans for Teacher A and Teacher B

Note: You will also scan two Assessment of Professional Practices for each teacher.

Step 5:

Download and complete: Case Study Results.

Note: You will also scan and submit Student Achievement Data.

Step 6:

Download and complete: Coaching Practices Verification Form (Only if coach at more than one school) and submit toyour prinicipals for completion.

Step 7:

Access the Evidence of Professional Responsibilities form to gather evidence for submission to the Local School Review Team for their verification.
Download and complete: Application Verification form.

Step 8:

Download and use: Checklist for Information and Explanation of Information Submitted for Instructional Coach 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 to be Submitted by Instructional Coach for upload 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 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 update: 9/15/2012