Georgia TAPP

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To prepare highly effective educators seeking alternative preparation to be compassionate and caring teachers equipped with a working knowledge of planning, instructing, assessing, and ethical professional practices

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    Register for an upcoming Georgia TAPP Cohort

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    The Georgia Assessments for the Certification of Educators (GACE) is a test required to certify teachers

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Overview

NWGA RESA is a Georgia Professional Standards Commission-approved Educator Preparation Provider. The Georgia Teacher Academy for Preparation and Pedagogy (Ga TAPP) is an alternative teacher preparation program for individuals who have completed a bachelor’s degree or higher but have not met the requirements for renewable teacher certification. Candidates are served through a blended (face-to-face/online model) to minimize teacher candidate travel and absences from the schools in which they teach. 

Georgia TAPP is not a degree-bearing program and is not intended to replace regular college teacher education programs. It is, instead, an alternative option for individuals who hold a bachelor’s degree or higher but do not have a teaching certificate. Georgia TAPP equips teacher candidates with the pedagogical knowledge and skills needed to ensure a reasonable expectation of initial success in their classrooms and requires a supervised candidateship/induction program that will help them move toward subsequent mastery of teaching.

Pre-Qualifications

  • Secure a job offer for a teaching position in a local system in the NWGA RESA area

  • Hold a bachelor’s degree (or higher) from an accredited college or university. If you are a CTAE candidate , please contact our office per your degree/work experience. 

  • Pass the content area GACE appropriate for the certification area desired and teaching position. Contact our office if you are confused about which GACE to take.

  • Special Education candidates must pass an additional GACE content before program completion.

  • Complete the Georgia Educator Ethics Assessment (GACE Test 360). Please select NWGA RESA as a score recipient.

  • Provide official transcripts from all colleges or universities

Application Process

  • The system’s Human Resource (HR) Director will recommend candidates for GaTAPP

  • The GaTAPP Application will be provided by the candidate’s Human Resources Department

  • Acquire the required documents listed on the candidate checklist and submit those to Northwest RESA

  • Register for the program and submit the program fee

  • Register to attend “The Essentials of Effective Teaching” course

Coursework

  • Comprehensive TAPP Registration

  • Essentials of Effective Teaching

  • Introduction to Educating Exceptional Children and Youth

  • Special Education Series course (if applicable)

  • Teaching Reading course (if applicable)

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