Georgia Master Teachers Special Education

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Special Education 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: Special Education Monitoring Student Progress Explanation of Data Submitted Template

Step 3:

Download and complete: Monitoring Student Progress Roster 2007-2008

Step 4:

Download and complete: Monitoring Student Progress First Semester 2008-2009

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: Student Performance Templates – one for each subject taught, not to exceed four.

Step 7:

Access the Evidence of Professional Responsibilities form as a guide for evidence;
Download and complete: Application Verification form.
In addition, download and complete: Co-Teaching Professional Responsibilities form if applicable.

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 Application Verification form. If applicable, principal also signs the Co-Teaching Professional Responsibilities 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