Ga TAPP - GA Teacher Academy for Preparation & Pedagogy

e Highly Qualified teachers in Georgia’s classrooms:

- Candidates have a major or its equivalent in the teaching field
- Candidates employed by a Georgia accredited school system and accepted into a GaPSC approved Educator Preparation program with an intense induction component

Framework for the Program:
- Candidate Support Team trained in Coaching Standards and GaTAPP Assessments
- School-based Administrator
- School-based Mentor
- Provider Supervisor
- Content Specialist (May be dual role for existing member)
- Individualized based on Candidate Performance Assessment Data
- Job-embedded Clinical Practice

Georgia Professional Standards Commission Approved Providers:
- Reviewed and approved by the same process as all Educator Preparation Programs in Georgia;
- Meet the Georgia Standards for the Approval of Professional - Education Units and Educator Preparation Programs (Georgia Standards 2008);
- Operate programs at the Provider level.