Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 505-2-.46 - Military Support Certificate
(1)
Summary: The Military Support certificate identifies and supports
transitioning military veterans and their spouses, allowing completion of
certification requirements on a modified timeline. Once requirements are met,
the appropriate certification will be issued to the individual.
(2)
Definitions.
(a) The term veteran(s) is used to describe
active, retired, and transitioning service members.
(b) A Military spouse is an individual
married to an active or transitioning service member.
(3)
Induction Requirements (See
GaPSC Rule
505-2-.04 INDUCTION CERTIFICATE).
(a) Military Support Induction certificates
are not issued. Military members and military spouses must meet the
requirements for issuance of an Induction certificate as outlined in the
Induction Certificate rule.
(4)
Provisional Certificate
Requirements (See GaPSC Rule
505-2-.08 PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATE).
Individuals submitting documentation of meeting the veteran and military family
member definition or those enrolled in the Troops to Teachers program have a
modified timeline for completion of requirements:
(a) Initial Issuance.
1. Hold a bachelor's degree or higher from a
GaPSC-accepted accredited institution, unless Georgia does not require a
bachelor's degree for the specific field. Minimum degree requirements are
defined in the applicable teaching or service rule.
2. Pass the GACE Educator Ethics
Assessment.
3. Individuals seeking
certification in Career and Technical Specializations must meet eligibility
criteria outlined in GaPSC Rule
505-2-.90 CAREER AND TECHNICAL
SPECIALIZATIONS.
4. Individuals
seeking certification in Healthcare Science must meet eligibility criteria
outlined in GaPSC Rule
505-2-.87 HEALTHCARE
SCIENCE.
(b) Year Two
Issuance.
1. Attain a passing score on the
GACE content assessment. If no GACE or other GaPSC-approved content assessment
is available for the certification field requested, the individual is exempt
from this requirement.
(i) For Special
Education certificates, the pre-requisite requirement is the special education
academic content concentration(s), which must be verified through an academic
degree major or the appropriate GACE content assessment(s). The appropriate
Special Education GACE content assessment must then be passed before conversion
to a Professional certificate.
2. Verify enrollment in a GaPSC-approved or
GaPSC-accepted educator preparation program leading to certification in the
Provisional field held by the educator.
(c) Year Three Issuance.
1. Continued enrollment in a GaPSC-approved
or GaPSC-accepted educator preparation program leading to certification in the
Provisional field held by the educator.
(d) Completion Requirements.
1. Verify completion of a GaPSC-approved or
GaPSC-accepted, state-approved educator preparation program in the
field.
2. Have passed the GACE
Educator Ethics assessment.
3.
Complete any outstanding industry testing/licensure requirements for Career and
Technical Specializations or Healthcare Science as outlined in the appropriate
rules.
(5)
Professional Requirements (See GaPSC Rule
505-2-.05 PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE).
(a) The Standard Professional Military
Support certificate is issued to individuals meeting the requirements outlined
in (13)(b) below.
(6)
Non-Renewable Requirements (See GaPSC Rule
505-2-.09 NON-RENEWABLE PROFESSIONAL
CERTIFICATE).
(a) The
Non-Renewable Professional Military Support certificate is not issued. Military
members and military spouses may be issued a Non-Renewable Professional
certificate at the request of an employing LUA to individuals meeting the
eligibility criteria outlined in GaPSC Rule
505-2-.09 NON-RENEWABLE PROFESSIONAL
CERTIFICATE.
(7)
Implementation.
(a) Teachers
currently enrolled in the Troops to Teachers program and employed by a Georgia
LUA must be issued a Military Support Induction certificate beginning October
15, 2018.
(8)
Certificate Upgrade.
(a)
Individuals holding Military Support certificates are eligible to upgrade their
certificate with the exception of the Provisional certificate by meeting the
requirements outlined in GaPSC Rule
505-2-.33 CERTIFICATE UPGRADE.
Individuals holding a Provisional certificate are not eligible to upgrade to a
higher certificate level until conversion to the Induction or professional
certificate and meeting requirements outlined in GaPSC Rule
505-2-.33 CERTIFICATE UPGRADE. Initial
issuance of the Induction certificate level will be determined as outlined in
GaPSC Rule
505-2-.02
CLASSIFICATION.
(9)
Conversion.
(a) Individuals
holding the Military Support certificate may apply to convert the certificate
to the professional certificate upon meeting all certification requirements.
(10)
Validity.
(a) The Military
Support Provisional certificate is issued with one (1)-year validity periods
for completion of requirements.
(b)
The Military Support Professional certificate is valid for five (5)
years.
(11)
Renewal.
(a) The Military
Support certificate is non-renewable.
(12)
Assessments.
(a) The assessments required for the Military
Support certification fields are outlined in GaPSC Rule
505-2-.26 CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE
ASSESSMENTS.
(13)
Call to Active Duty.
(a) Any Georgia educator who holds a Military
Support, Provisional, Induction, Non-Renewable Professional, Permit, or Waiver
and is called to active duty while that certificate is valid shall have that
previous certificate re-issued with new, full validity dates under the
following conditions:
1. The educator was
employed by a local unit of administration (LUA) when called to active
duty.
2. The educator is employed
by a Georgia LUA within the same year or the year following active military
duty.
3. The certificate is
requested by a Georgia LUA.
(b) Any Georgia educator who holds a
renewable professional certificate and is called to active military duty while
that certificate is valid shall have that previous certificate renewed for the
full five (5)-year validity, even if renewal requirements have not otherwise
been met, under the following conditions:
1.
The educator was employed by a Georgia LUA when called to active
duty.
2. The educator or an
employing Georgia LUA applies for the renewal. The application packet must
include a copy of the military orders showing start and end dates of the active
duty period.
3. If the certificate
expired during the period of active duty, the new validity date shall be the
first day of the month following the end of active duty, provided receipt of
the renewal application and the end of active duty are within the same fiscal
year (July 1 - June 30). If the renewal application is received after the end
of the fiscal year in which active military duty ended, the renewed certificate
will have a beginning validity date of July 1 of the fiscal year in which the
application was received. If the certificate did not expire during the period
of active duty, the new validity date shall be July 1 following the expiration
date.
(14)
In-Field Statement (See GaPSC Rule
505-2-.40 IN-FIELD ASSIGNMENT).
(a) An individual holding the Military
Support certificate is in-field to serve in positions as indicated by the
certificate or license type and teach specified Georgia curriculum courses
aligned to the field of certification. Each state-approved curriculum course,
with specified certificate fields that are designated as in-field, may be found
under Certification/Curriculum Assignment Policies (CAPs) on the GaPSC web site
at www.gapsc.com.
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