Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 505 - PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS COMMISSION › Chapter 505-2 - CERTIFICATION › Rule 505-2-.40 - In-Field Assignment

Current through Rules and Regulations
			 filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
Purpose.
The assignment of
			 educators to positions for which they have been prepared and certified
			 (in-field) is essential for providing the best possible educational programs
			 for the children and youth of Georgia. It is the responsibility of the local
			 unit of administration (LUA) to assure that personnel assigned to certificated
			 positions hold appropriate Georgia certification and are assigned only within
			 the field (subject area) and grade level associated with the certificate held
			 for each assignment during the school day.
(2)
Certification/Curriculum Assignment
			 Polices (CAPS).
All Georgia state-approved curriculum courses have been
			 reviewed jointly by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GaPSC) and
			 the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) to determine the certificates which
			 are considered in-field for each approved course. This information is available
			 through the Certification/Curriculum Assignment Policies (CAPS) found on the
			 GaPSC web site at
www.gapsc.com
.
(3)
Endorsements.
Endorsements
			 recognize additional expertise that supplements base certificates and enables
			 the holder to be assigned in-field in these additional endorsement areas.
			 Specific information on endorsements is found in GaPSC Rule
			 505-2-.14 ENDORSEMENTS.
(4)
Areas Not Requiring Specific
			 Certificates.
Several areas of assignment do not require a specific
			 field in order to meet in-field requirements, although a certificate in some
			 field is required. These fields include:
(a)
			 Computer Science - An optional Computer Science Endorsement (6-12) is available
			 to provide strengthened and enhanced competency levels for teaching computer
			 science skills in grades 6-12. However, at the discretion of the employing
			 Georgia LUA, an educator with a professional, valid teaching certificate in any
			 field is in-field to teach computer science in grades P-12. Note: This use of
			 the term computer science relates to general computer labs, etc., but does not
			 include the technology education courses associated with Career, Technical and
			 Agricultural Education outlined in GaPSC Rule
			 505-2-.90 CAREER AND TECHNICAL
			 SPECIALIZATIONS.
(b)
			 Hospital/Homebound - At the discretion of the employing LUA, an individual with
			 a professional, valid teaching certificate in any field is in-field to teach
			 hospital/homebound students in grades P-12. However, if a student is absent
			 from school for twenty (20) consecutive days or more, a "highly qualified"
			 teacher must be identified for the core academic subject(s) and must be
			 available as the student's "teacher of record" for content instruction. The
			 "highly qualified" teacher(s) must supervise content instruction through the
			 use of a collaborative model.
(c)
			 In-School Suspension - Because in-school suspension is typically short term,
			 the student's regularly assigned content teacher is considered the "teacher of
			 record" and would be expected to supervise instruction through the use of a
			 collaborative model. At the discretion of the employing Georgia LUA, a licensed
			 Paraprofessional or an educator with a professional, valid certificate in any
			 field is in-field to teach in-school suspension students in grades P-12.