The Georgia Framework for Teaching was adopted in 2005 by the Georgia Department of Education (DOE), the Georgia Professional Standards Commission (PSC), and the University System of Georgia Board of Regents (BOR) as the state definition of quality teaching. Developed by partners of the Georgia Systemic Teacher Education Program (GSTEP) through extensive focus groups across the state, the Framework identifies knowledge, skills, dispositions, understandings, and other attributes of accomplished teaching. The six domains and associated indicators provide common language and definitions for all stakeholders who are interested in quality teaching. The extended Framework was developed by the Committee for Quality Teaching.

Guiding Principles of the Georgia Framework for Teaching

The following principles guided the development of the Framework:

• The Process Principle: Learning to teach is a career-long process.
• Support Principle: Successful engagement in the process of learning to teach requires support from multiple partners.
• The Ownership Principle: Professional teachers have ownership of their careers, which they create and design.
• The Impact Principle: Effective teaching yields evidence of student learning.
• The Equity Principle: All teachers deserve high expectations and support.
• The Dispositions Principle: Productive dispositions affect student learning, teacher growth, and school climate positively.
• The Technology Principle: Technology facilitates teaching, learning, community building, and resource acquisition.

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