Alternate Routes to Teacher Certification in the State

• Georgia Teacher Alternative Preparation Program (GA TAPP) (A)
• Master's Degree Level Initial Preparation (E)
• Permitted Personnel (H)
• Post-Baccalaureate Non-Degree Preparation Programs (D)
• Post-Baccalaureate Non-Degree Preparation Programs for Transitioning Military Personnel (K)
• Teach for America (K)

State Contact for Alternative Routes

Where can I get certified to teach through an alternate route in the state?

• - Georgia Southern University TAPP
• - Middle Georgia RESA TAPP
• - North Georgia College & State University TAPP
• Albany County - Albany State University, GA TAPP
• Augusta - Master of Arts in Teaching
• Augusta County - CSRA RESA/Augusta State University TAPP
• Clayton County - MRESA/Clayton State University
• Columbus - Georgia Teacher Alternative Preparation Program
• Dearing - CSRA RESA GA TAPP
• Decatur - DeKalb's Alternative Preparation Program
• Eastman - Teacher Alternative Preparation Program
• Ellijay - One Year Supervised Practicum
• Griffin - Griffin RESA TAPP
• Kennesaw - Alternative Teacher Preparation
• Newnan - One Year Supervised Practicum
• Rome County - Northwest Georgia RESA - Rome
• Roswell - One Year Supervised Practicum
• Winterville - Georgia Teacher Alternative Preparation Program
• Valdosta - ACT-MED - Alternative Certification for Teachers for teachers working on provisional certificates and ACT-MAT is a 14 month program for full time students with internships during the day and classes in the evening.
• Statesboro - One Year Supervised Practicum Charter Conservatory
• Macon - Wesleyan - Bibb County TAPP
• Atlanta, - Georgia Teacher Alternative Preparation Program (GATAPP)
• Grantville - West Georgia RESA Teacher Alternative Prepartion Program (TAPP)

Statistics

• Status of States Concerning Alternatives to Approved College Teacher Preparation Programs for Certifying Teachers
• Numbers of Teaching Certificates Issued to Persons Who Completed an Alternative Route, by State
• Race/Ethnicity and Gender of Alternative Teacher Certification Candidates
• Age of Alternative Teacher Certification Candidates
• Primary Activity Prior To Entering Alternative Teacher Certification Routes
• Types of Communities Alternative Teacher Certification Participants Teach In
• Employment and Cost of Alternative Teacher Certification Programs
• Numbers of Newly Hired Teachers, by State
• Numbers of Total Teachers Employed by State
• Numbers of Persons Who Completed an Approved College Teacher Preparation Program, by State
• Numbers of Emergency Teaching Licenses Issued, by State
• Numbers of Temporary/Other Teaching Licenses Issued, by State

Information

• Home page for the Georgia Professional Standards Commission
• Institutions of higher education that have developed alternative teacher preparation programs leading to a teaching license
• States with which the state has reciprocity of teacher licenses
• Institutions of higher education that have any teacher preparation programs leading to a license to teach