Georgia Professional Standards Commission Presentation

In the presentation, changes to Standard 8 are discussed, which has been moved to Standard 10 as "Breach of Contract." The magic date for resignations has been changed to June 15, with specific reasons documented for resignations after that date. School systems are reminded of their obligations under the contract, and sanctions are outlined for educators and school systems in violation of the new standards.

• Georgia
• Professional Standards Commission
• Education
• Standards
• Contract

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1. Georgia Professional Standards Commission GSSA Presentation October 18, 2017

2. Big Issue Standard 8-Abandonment of Contract 2

3. Process Had state-wide Task Force Presented proposed changes to numerous organizations Provided opportunity for public feedback to Commissioners Received 4 letters-2 pro and two con New rules take effect January 1, 2018 3

4. Changes Standard 8 has been eliminated and moved to Standard 10-Professional Conduct Now referred to as Breach of Contract and not Abandonment Magic date has been changed to June 15 PSC will not sanction certificate of educator if resignation is submitted by June 15 4

5. After June 156 Reasons Documented spousal transfer which requires unreasonable commute Documented health problems of family member or educator which results in educator being unable to fulfill contract obligations Documented promotion in the field of education which meets the following 3 criteria 5

6. Criteria Increase in Job Responsibility Increase in Job Prestige Reasonable increase in Salary Must meet all 3 criteria unless movement from classroom to service area. Ex. Media, Technology, Instructional Coach, Guidance, etc. 6

7. After June 15continued School Systems issues at will employment contract to educator School District fails to fulfill its obligation in the contract such as not providing reasonable instructional support as requested or needed Payment of Liquidated Damages will be considered a release from contract 7

8. Sanctions Educators (Superintendent, HR, Principal) in School/Systems providing a contract to an educator after June 15 without a letter of release from current school system may be subject to sanction School systems who believe Standard 10 has been violated by an educator trying to employ an educator under contract and not released should file complaint against the individual as well as the employee 8

9. Suggestions Call employing school system and work out agreement Have candidate provide you with letter agreeing to release When making recommendation to board, list recommendation as pending-awaiting release from school system 9

10. Other Issues Evaluations Professional Growth Plans or Professional Development Plans Opportunity for Remediation Conduct with students Paraprofessional training 10

11. Statistics 11

12. Year Denied Revoked Voluntary Total Surrender FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 25 42 23 33 25 13 18 18 14 18 26 56 20 93 72 76 54 71 67 58 92 86 99 81 86 101 22 17 26 16 27 28 20 25 28 26 29 24 166 37 140 131 125 103 123 108 96 135 128 143 136 158

13. Sanctions Issued by PSC Sept. 2016-Sept. 2017 Legal Compliance-44 Conduct with Students-157 Alcohol and Drugs-47 Honesty-111 Public Funds and Property-23 Remunerative Conduct-4 Confidential Information-2 13

14. Sanctions Issued by PSC Sept. 2016-Sept. 2017 Abandonment of Contract-33 Required Reports-25 Professional Conduct-78 Testing-32 Total-556 14

15. Ethics Cases Opened in Last Ten Fiscal Years 2000 1801 1800 1579 1563 1600 1441 1408 1354 1400 1289 1287 1277 1200 1064 1000 800 600 400 200 0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

16. New Cases Opened in FY2017 by Job Role Cases as Percent of Educators in Role 2 1.68 1.5 1 0.59 0.47 0.43 0.5 0 Any Teacher Role Any Service Role Any Parapros Adminstrative Role

17. Newest Commissioners Danielle Bruce-middle school teacher from Morgan County Chris Erwin-business representative from Banks County Jackie McDowell- college representative from Berry College Beth Townsend-elementary SWD teacher- Cherokee County Katrina Young-BOE representative from Rockdale County 17

18. Available for Presentations Code of Ethics Fraud How to conduct investigations National Model Code of Ethics Other requests will be considered 18

19. Contact Information paul.shaw@gapsc.com 404-232-2635 19