Long-term substitute teachers should be reported to the Georgia Professional Standards Commission if they meet the following criteria:

• First, the long-term substitutes are teachers that taught in a classroom for four (4) consecutive weeks or more during the school year at in a Title I or non-Title I school. If arrangements have been made for the use of long-term substitutes later in the school year, these persons should also be include in the annual long-term substitute report.



• Second, long-term substitutes are teachers that are teaching a core academic subject. In Georgia, the core academic subjects include English, reading, language arts, mathematics, science, foreign language, civics and government, economics, history, geography, visual arts, music, band and chorus.



• Third, long-term substitutes teachers were the sole "teachers of record" and there were no regular teachers under contract for the classes. Reports on long-term substitutes should not include persons substituting for regular teachers who are simply away temporarily and expected to return, such as teachers on medical or maternity leave. The long-term substitute situations that should be identified and reported are those in which the school system was not been able to hire a teacher for the class and had to use a long-term substitute.

Long-term substitutes should be reported to the Professional Standards Commission for teachers employed in Title I and non-Title I schools who meet all three criteria: The person is teaching a core academic class for a period of four (4) consecutive weeks (20 consecutive school days) or more and is in a classroom that does not have a regular teacher on contract.

Long-term substitutes must be reported on HiQ2 at http://www.gapsc.org/