Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 505-2-.09 - Non-Renewable Professional Certificate
(1)
Summary: The Non-Renewable certificate allows individuals to
become employed under certain conditions while completing certification
requirements.
(2)
Requirements. The Non-Renewable Professional certificate may be
issued at the request of an employing local unit of administration (LUA) to
individuals in the following scenarios:
(a)
One (1)-Year Non-Renewable.
1. Georgia
educators who do not meet renewal requirements.
2. Completers of a GaPSC-approved service
field or leadership program who have satisfied all program requirements with
the exception of the content knowledge assessment(s), and have obtained a valid
recommendation from the educator preparation provider (EPP).
(i) Georgia educators who are adding a
service or leadership field to an existing certificate in any field are not
eligible for a One (1)-Year Non-Renewable certificate. All program and
assessment requirements must be met to receive professional certification in
the service or leadership field.
3. Out-of-state educators applying by
reciprocity who hold or held a professional out-of-state teaching certificate,
have at least three years of successful teaching experience, but who have not
met Georgia content testing requirements.
4. Out-of-state educators applying by
reciprocity who hold or held a professional out-of-state service or leadership
certificate, but who have not met Georgia content testing
requirements.
5. Out-of-state
educators applying by reciprocity who have completed an approved out-of-state
service field or leadership program and have obtained a valid recommendation
from the educator preparation provider (EPP), but not met Georgia content
testing requirements.
(b) Three (3)-Year Non-Renewable.
1. Georgia educators who hold a valid
renewable professional certificate in any field, but are assigned to teach in a
field in which they do not meet certification requirements.
2. Individuals who have not met certain
requirements for renewable professional certification in a service field, as
outlined in the individual service field rules, excluding Audiology, Curriculum
and Instruction, Instructional Technology, Speech and Language Pathology, and
Teacher Leadership (See GaPSC Rules
505-2-.140 AUDIOLOGY through
505-2-.149 TEACHER
LEADERSHIP).
3. Individuals
assigned to work in a leadership position while completing a GaPSC-approved
Tier I or Tier II certification program in Educational Leadership.
(3)
Fields of
Issuance.
(a) Non-Renewable
Professional certificates may be issued in all teaching, service, leadership,
and endorsement fields at the request of an employing Georgia local unit of
administration (LUA).
(4)
Restrictions.
(a) The standard validity period may be
decreased by the number of years an individual has held a Three (3)-Year
Induction, Supplemental Induction, or Non-Renewable certificate, including a
Waiver certificate, for which requirements were not met.
(b) Individuals assigned to work in a
leadership position may be issued a three (3)-year Non-Renewable Professional
Educational Leadership certificate. If an individual is required to hold both
Tier I and Tier II certificates, the local unit of administration (LUA) may
request a three (3)-year Non-Renewable Performance-Based Professional
certificate extension after completion of requirements for a Professional Tier
I certificate in leadership as outlined in GaPSC Rule
505-2-.153 EDUCATIONAL
LEADERSHIP.
(5)
Conversion. Specific requirements that must be completed to
convert the Non-Renewable Professional certificate to renewable professional
status will be printed on the certificate and outlined in correspondence
accompanying the certificate. Additional information may be found on the GaPSC
web site at www.gapsc.com.
(6)
Renewal.
(a) Non-Renewable Professional certificates
may not be renewed or extended. An individual who has previously held a
Non-Renewable certificate that was not converted to a renewable professional
certificate is not eligible for any further Non-Renewable certificates in any
field.
(b) Individuals who have
previously held a Non-Renewable Professional certificate, but did not utilize
the certificate for one (1) or more full academic years, may be eligible for an
extension of the Non-Renewable Professional certificate upon the request of a
Georgia employing local unit of administration (LUA). Non-Renewable
Professional certificates are not issued for partial academic years, and may
only be extended for the number of full years for which the educator can
document that the certificate was not used.
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