GaPSC Webcast Series

Welcome to the Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GaPSC) Webcast Series. Offered is a broad menu of specific, separate webcasts designed to meet the needs of prospective educators (teacher, leadership, and service fields), practicing educators, school districts and schools, educator preparation providers (EPPs), educational organizations, and other audiences.

The content is focused on proactively addressing the identified needs of educators and those who support and prepare educators, making it easier to navigate our policies and processes, and enhancing awareness of GaPSC services. The series is currently divided into the four segments reflected in the banners below, with each segment consisting of multiple webcasts.

Please select each segment banner below to access multiple webcasts for each area of interest. We hope this series is informative and helpful.

Agency Introduction

About GaPSC

Learn more about the agency, what it does, how it functions, and whom to contact if you need assistance.
About GaPSC - Agency Introduction

Certification

Provides an overview of the Certification Division, including its history, functions, organization, and more.
Certification

Educator Preparation

Provides an overview of the Educator Preparation Division, including its functions, educator preparation program review and approval, monitoring, outreach, and more.
Educator Preparation

Ethics

Provides an introduction to the Educator Ethics Division, including a high level overview of the investigative process, how to file an ethics complaint, and more.
Educator Ethics

P-20 Collaboratives

Provides an overview of the development of Georgia’s P-20 Regional Collaboratives and describes how you can get involved in your local P-20.
P-20 Collaboratives

Assessment

Provides an introduction to Educator Assessment, including the types of assessments, how they are developed, preparation information, where to find resources, and more.
Assessment

The Rulemaking Process

Outlines GaPSC’s official rulemaking process including the importance of rules (policy), why rules change, rulemaking steps, possible rules actions, and how to provide input.
The Rulemaking Process

Prospective Educator Candidates

Prospective Teachers

Are you thinking about becoming a teacher or know others who are? Teaching is a critically important and very rewarding profession.

There are many pathways to teacher certification in Georgia, which are explored in the webcast links below. Learn about your options and investigate these paths based on your specific situation.
The Art of Teaching

Prospective Educational Leaders

Are you ready to move into a leadership position? Educational leaders are vital to student success. Learn more about becoming an educational leader in Georgia, including Georgia’s two-tiered preparation and certification model, program considerations, highlights, and requirements, and a list of steps to begin your journey.
Prospective Educational Leaders

Prospective Teacher Leaders

Are you a teacher seeking a path for professional growth that allows you to stay in the classroom while supporting other teachers and also improving student learning in your school? Learn more about the importance of teacher leaders, the roles they have in schools, and how to become a teacher leader.
Prospective Teacher Leaders

Prospective Service Field Educators

Are you interested in working in education but in positions other than teaching or leadership? Learn about options service fields offer such as School Counselor, Media Specialist, Curriculum Director, Technology Specialist, and others. Learn how to begin, how to find preparation program providers, program information, and more.
Prospective Service Field Educators

Foundations

Assessment

Provides an overview of each assessment, who takes it and when, what it covers, preparation and registration information, and more.
GACE Assessments Overview

Ethics

What is the Ethics Investigative Process?
Ethics Investigative Process

Practicing Educators

Certification Upgrades

Certificate Upgrades

Endorsements

Endorsements