The Georgia Educator Ethics – Program Exit comment contingency be taken before to a execution of a impending special education teacher’s preparation module in sequence for that clergyman to acquire an initiation certificate and start teaching.
The GaPSC also requires destiny special preparation teachers to pass a edTPA calm pedagogy assessments applicable to their preferred specializations. A smallest measure of 38 is compulsory for any of a following special preparation tests:
- General Curriculum (P-12) Consultative
- Adapted Curriculum (P-12) Consultative
- Deaf Education (P-12) Consultative
- Behavior Disorders (P-12) Consultative
- Learning Disabilities (P-12) Consultative
- Physical and Health Disabilities Consultative
- Visual Impairment (P-12) Consultative
- General Curriculum/Early Childhood Education (P-5)
- Preschool (Ages 3-5) Consultative
Those meddlesome in adding an educational calm thoroughness (math, science, amicable science, denunciation humanities and/or reading) should take a applicable edTPA examination for that as well.
In further to a above edTPA assessments, impending special preparation instructors contingency pass a GACE tests suitable to their area of study. The following tests need a smallest measure of 220 for induction:
- For Special Education General Curriculum, Behavior Disorders and Learning Disabilities certifications: GACE 081 and 082 – Special Education General Curriculum (grades P-12)
- For Adapted Curriculum certification: GACE 083 and 084 – Special Education Adapted Curriculum (grades P-12)
- For Deaf Education certification: GACE 085 and 086 – Special Education, Deaf Education (grades P-12)
- For Special Education, Early Childhood certification: GACE 003 and 004 -Early Childhood Special Education General Curriculum (grades P-5)
For a 5 educational calm concentrations – math, science, amicable science, denunciation humanities and reading – acceptance is accessible for grades preschool by 5 around GACE 003 and 004. For grades preschool by eight, destiny teachers should use a following:
- GACE 087 – Special Education Reading, English Language Arts, and Social Studies
- GACE 088 – Special Education Mathematics and Science
The following certifications do not need a GACE calm assessment: Physical and Health Disabilities, Visual Impairment and Special Education Preschool.
