Georgia Educator Preparation

1. Georgia Educator Preparation Putting Students First Georgia Professional Standards Commission Fall 2015

2. Raising Expectations • Transformations • Partnerships • Data-informed Improvements • Looking Forward

4. Improving student growth & learning is our top priority! What do the numbers tell us? • 34% of 3rd graders are reading at grade level • GA ranks 28th nationally on ACT • 2014 grad. rate -72.5%

5. "Every system is perfectly designed to achieve exactly the results it gets.” Dr. Don Berwick

6. Changing our Systems Higher expectations for students Better prepared educators Higher expectations for educators Higher achieving students Transformations aimed at improving the preparation of educators are well underway.

7. Transformations Pre-service educators spend more time in schools—meaningful time • Year-long residencies • Co-teaching • Professional development schools • Performance-based Educational Leadership

8. Transformations • Stronger emphasis on knowledge of ethics and ethical decision making • Pre-Service Certification for those in teacher preparation programs • Rigorous programs for career-changers • Certification assessments assure new educators are ready to enter the profession

9. Why Focus on Ethics? • GaPSC receives hundreds of ethics complaints every month • We are taking preventive action • Critical need for tools to help educators make ethical decisions before the damage is done • Program providers are incorporating more instruction on ethical decision making

10. Pre-Service Certification • Holds pre-service teachers accountable to the GA Code of Ethics • Assures Schools/Districts a background check has been passed • Required for those seeking field placements & internships in your schools • GA and out-of-state programs

11. GaTAPP • Currently there are 19 GaTAPP Programs across the state. • Seven programs doubled their numbers this year making our total number of 2015-2016 new candidates 900. • GaTAPP is currently preparing and coaching over 1000 candidates to meet demands in high-needs schools and subjects.

12. GaTAPP • GaTAPP teachers must pass the same assessments as traditional candidates Plus • Demonstrate Proficient performance on 24 Competencies of Effective Teaching • Meet performance expectations of TKES • Pass the edTPA in their 2nd or 3rd semester of teaching (based on hire date) • What is edTPA?

13. edTPA – Education Teacher Performance Assessment • A performance-based assessment of teaching completed during student teaching (traditional) or in the 2nd or 3rd semester for GaTAPP teachers. • A passing score is required to earn an Induction certificate (traditional programs) or to complete a GaTAPP program.

14. edTPA involves extensive use of portfolios and unedited videotaping in Georgia’s P-12 schools – scored by a highly trained external evaluator. • GACE measures content knowledge, edTPA measures the ability to teach the content.

15. With edTPA: • New teachers have detailed information on their strengths and areas for growth; • Employing districts have the information necessary to inform individualized induction/PL programs; and • Program providers know how to improve programs and structures of support for pre-service teachers. A similar, portfolio-based assessment is under development for educational leadership programs.

16. Seamless Transition • The transition from pre-service to in-service is smoother than ever before… • Alignment of pre-service standards (InTASC) to TKES/LKES • Alignment of pre-service assessments to TKES/LKES • GACE, InternKeys, and edTPA • edTPA results inform PLPs

17. Transforming… educator preparation is a TEAM SPORT! • Silos are coming down • Partnerships are strengthening across the state

19. The Power of Partnerships • Preparation of your future workforce • Year-long residencies & co-teaching • Site-based courses and Professional Development Schools • GaTAPP coaching, candidate support • Ed leadership residencies • Induction support • Professional Learning • Building capacity for Teacher Leadership

20. P-20 Collaboratives • GA has been divided into 9 regions • Each region is centered around a group of preparation providers and contains all P-12 partners in the region and RESAs • Meet twice a year to identify areas of focus • Provide opportunities for professional learning for all stakeholders • Allow for dialogue to powerfully impact student learning

21. Data-informed Improvements • Prep. program effectiveness will be determined partly by performance in the field • Preparation Program Effectiveness Measures (PPEMs) • 50% from TKES/LKES • Inform program improvement • Inform the public about program quality

22. What’s Coming? • New Educational Leadership Programs • Alternative preparation programs for school leaders—piloting three programs • Expanded options for the Educator Ethics Assessment • Professional learning reform

23. Although these transformation efforts are targeted toward long-term impact, we are already seeing positive outcomes, as exemplified by one candidate who wrote, “It's comforting to know that it (edTPA) is in fact making me a better teacher.”

24. Questions?

25. Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.“Perelman

26. Contact Us *E-mail is the best way to reach Educator Preparation staff!