Certification Only Programs
This page contains a listing of all of the programs that offer certification. To learn more about the certification process please check here.
Add-on Teacher Certification
Persons wishing to obtain the L-5 Educational Leadership certification in the State of Georgia must receive a passing score on the GACE Content Assessment in Educational Leadership: Administration and Supervision and completion of the Educational Leadership track of courses which include seven courses in a set sequence during three consecutive academic terms. For more information go to the Educational Policy Studies program page.
Health Occupations Education/Trade and Industrial Education
Georgia State University offers undergraduate courses to allow individuals from specific areas of industry, business, or health to become teachers at secondary schools based on occupational experience in the field and the minimum education level required for the field. Applicants to this program have qualified for the provisional (BT) teaching certificate and are required to complete an approved program for the professional renewable certificate. These programs lead to initial certification only. For more information go to the Middle Secondary and Instructional Technology program page.
Leadership Endorsement
Georgia State University offers preparation for school leadership endorsements in five specific fields of school leadership. They are: Director of Media Centers, Director of Pupil Personnel Services, Director of Special Education, Director of Vocational Education, and Instructional Supervision.All of these programs require appropriate teaching or school experiences and admission as a graduate student. Additionally, an applicant to one of these endorsement programs must have earned a master's or higher level certificate in the teaching or service field in which the leadership endorsement is being sought. For more information go to the Educational Policy Studies program page.
Preschool Handicapped Education
Georgia State University offers preparation for state certification endorsements in some specific areas of training, service, and leadership. Program applicants must be fully certified teachers. The Preschool Handicapped Education Track includes 9 semester hours of course work are required for endorsement in preschool handicapped education for professionals holding teacher certification in early childhood education, special education, or speech-language pathology. For more information go to the Educational Psychology and Special Education program page.
Applied Behavior Analysis
The certificate program in applied behavior analysis provides qualified graduate students the opportunity for training in the field of behavior analysis specific to its use in the fields of education and developmental disabilities.The curriculum for the Certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis has two purposes. Students will receive a comprehensive conceptual overview of the principles of applied behavior analysis of human behavior. In addition, students will acquire expertise in the design, implementation, and evaluation of behavior analytic interventions relevant to helping alleviate clinically significant problems. For more information go to the Educational Psychology and Special Education program page.
Reading
The Department of Middle-Secondary Education and Instructional Technology and the Department of Early Childhood Education offer graduate courses in literacy to give classroom teachers additional training to meet the literacy needs of students at the early childhood, middle childhood, or secondary school level. Courses that apply to Georgia's Reading Endorsement for classroom teachers focus on understanding readers and the reading process, linking assessment and instruction, and using instructional strategies in specific content areas. For more information go to the Middle Secondary and Instructional Technology program page.
Reading Recovery
The program for training in Reading Recovery prepares students to observe, assess, and address reading problems in children in the first grade, using assessment, observation, and early intervention procedures and teaching methods developed by Dr. Marie Clay. Two levels of training are offered: teacher training and teacher leader training.Teacher Training prepares teachers to observe, assess, and select children for Reading Recovery Services; to teach children using Reading Recovery methods and procedures; to make informed instructional decisions using records and materials unique to the program; to accelerate the progress of Reading Recovery children to meet the average level of reading achievement in each child's classroom; and to communicate with other teachers, principals, parents, and their peers about the effectiveness of the program and its impact in the school and community.Teacher Leader Training prepares teachers to implement Reading Recovery in their home systems or regions; to recruit, select, and train teachers in Reading Recovery observation and teaching methods; to select children for service and assess their progress in the program; to supervise Reading Recovery teachers; to evaluate and oversee teaching decisions using record-keeping materials unique to the program; to conduct public and professional awareness sessions for school systems and communities; to conduct research on the effectiveness of the program; and to teach children using Reading Recovery skills, procedures, and methods. For more information go to the Reading Recovery page in Early Childhood Education .
English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
The Department of Middle-Secondary Education and Instructional Technology of the College of Education and the Department of Applied Linguistic and English as a Second Language of the College of Arts and Sciences offer graduate courses in bilingual/English as a second language to give teachers additional training to work with non-English-speaking or limited-English-speaking students at the early childhood, middle childhood, and secondary school levels. For more information go to the Middle Secondary and Instructional Technology program page.
For information on graduate admissions, please visit the College of Education Office of Academic Assistance Website.