Professional Development for Georgia Teachers
High-quality, straightforward, and cost-effective online courses for Georgia Teachers. Let us show you how we can help you improve your teaching effectiveness, maintain your teaching certificate, and advance your teaching career.
Credit Courses for Georgia Teacher Certificate Renewal
Georgia educator certificates (e.g., Standard Professional, Performance-Based, Advanced Professional, etc.) are generally valid for five years before requiring renewal. To renew, most educators either have their employing district verify ongoing professional learning, or if not working in a GA school, complete a renewal option such as 6 semester hours of coursework, 10 Georgia PLUs (Professional Learning Units), 10 CEUs (Continuing Education Units), or other options offered by the state (see below).
What’s Required for Georgia Teacher Certificate Renewal
If Currently Employed by a Georgia Local Unit of Administration (LUA):
- Your employer verifies that you engaged in ongoing professional learning (participation in the LUA’s professional learning community) during the school year the certificate expires.
If NOT Currently Employed by a Georgia Local Unit of Administration (LUA):
- Complete 6 semester hours of accredited professional development courses. (This is equivalent to 10 PLUs, 10 CEUs, or 100 BFTS hours) (What we recommend)
- Requirements for a currently valid certificate must be completed within the current validity period; for an expired certificate, within the 5 years preceding the renewal application.
OR
- Maintain a performance-based designation or other exempt designation (See gapsc.com for a full listing).
Acceptable Credits for Georgia Certificate Renewal:
Georgia recognizes multiple continuing education credits and courses for renewing teacher certificates.
- Accredited Semester Credits: Teachers may complete 6 semester credits from accredited colleges/universities related to teaching or teaching areas. This must include an official transcript and letter grade. (what we recommend)
- CEUs/Contact hours: 10 PLUs, 10 CEUs, 100 BFTS hours, or have a valid NBPTS.
- Note: 6 semester credits = 10 PLUs, 10 CEUs, or 100 BFTS hours.
Important Terminology:
Semester Hours = Semester Credits, Grades B or better
CEUs = Continuing Education Units. Issued by a GaPSC-accepted accredited college/university or by an IACET (International Association for Continuing Education and Training) or IDA (International Dyslexia Association)-authorized provider; proper CEU transcript/certificate required.
PLUs = Professional Learning Units. Awarded by a GA state education agency, RESA (Regional Educational Service Agency), a Georgia LUA, or a Ga PSC-approved college/university (only LUAs with approved programs may issue PLUs).
BFTS training = BFTS = Bright from the Start (Georgia DECAL). Trainings.
How Model Teaching Can Help
Model Teaching offers online, graduate-level courses designed for Georgia certificate renewal. Our partnered courses provide semester credits that you can use to meet the 6-credit GA requirement. Model Teaching’s university partners are all regionally accredited, and all coursework will provide semester credits (semester hours), including access to an official transcript from that academic institution for submission to Georgia for your renewal. Pick courses from our diverse course menu in your teaching area to earn your required credits, or choose one of our build-your-own credit course bundles (6 credits) and pick any courses from our full menu at your own pace to earn your credits.
How Our Courses Work
Quick FAQs
All Model Teaching university partners are regionally-accredited universities that offer our courses in partnership for graduate-level, academic, and/or post-baccalaureate credit. Georgia accepts Model Teaching credit courses to fulfill the full 6-credit requirement. You will not be required to complete CEUs, PLUs or BFTs hours, only the required semester credits. Also, most states and school districts allow teachers to earn this type of credit as part of advancing in the salary scale. Please check with your district’s policies regarding continuing education for salary advancement prior to enrolling.
We recommend choosing any of our regionally-accredited university-partnered courses or course bundle packs. These courses are offered in partnership with regionally accredited universities and include an official transcript.
We highly recommend any of our Build Your Own Credit Bundles, as this is the most cost-effective way to earn credits in bulk.
Once you have completed your courses and processed your credits, our university partner will notify you via email that your transcripts are ready, and you may request them. When requesting them, you can choose to have the transcripts sent directly to the GA PSC, to yourself, or both.
Please refer to our course menu for a listing of graduate-level courses. Within each course page, you will have access to a syllabus that you may download.
To read a live list of running reviews from teachers currently taking our courses, please visit: https://www.modelteaching.com/latest-course-reviews
Salary Advancement Courses For Georgia Teachers
Model Teaching partners with regionally-accredited universities across the country to provide graduate-level courses to thousands of K-12 teachers and educators every year. Generally, school districts across the country provide various salary scale advancement opportunities to teachers that often includes participation in graduate-level professional development. Our university-partnered, graduate-level courses are an excellent and cost-effective way for you to earn the continuing education academic credit you need.
