Three (3) Year Pathway
We offers three (3) years of comprehensive support during your university student teaching AND through your first two years of certified teaching.
While completing your degree and earning your teaching certification CREATE…
Matches you with one of our trained mentor teacher from partner schools within Atlanta Public Schools
Places you in a cohort of 20+ new teachers
ADDITIONALLY, we provide a stipend and rally a community of like-minded educators to support your launch into the teaching profession. Read more below.
Year 1: Student Teaching
In year 1, GSU teacher-candidates receive the following supports:
- $8,000 Financial stipend
- Mentor Teacher in an APS school (Selected and coached by CREATE)
- University Supervisor and Coach (GSU/CREATE staff)
- Monthly CREATE cohort professional development (for placement credit)
- Monthly CREATE small group coaching (for placement credit)
- GACE Test reimbursements
- Resume & cover letter writing support
- Career coaching sessions- applications, interviews, demonstration lessons
- Exclusive access to the CREATE/APS hiring portal
- 5-week new teacher training academy (summer following graduation)
Year 2: Team-Teaching
In year 2, new teachers receive the following supports:
- $44,000* salary plus benefits
- Partner teacher from your current cohort
- Weekly instructional mentoring from CREATE-trained staff
- Bi-monthly mentoring from a School Base Mentor (Selected and coached by CREATE)
- Monthly CREATE cohort professional development
Year 3: Lead Teaching
In year 3, new teachers receive the following supports:
- Commensurate salary of a lead classroom teacher plus benefits
- Weekly instructional mentoring from CREATE-trained staff
- Complimentary spot in a 2-week Summer Resident Academy
- Bi-monthly mentoring from a School Base Mentor (Selected and coached by CREATE)
- Monthly CREATE cohort professional development
Eligibility
- Enrolled in Georgia State University’s College of Education and Human Development for the upcoming school year in one of the following programs:
- Bachelors of Science in Birth through Five
- Bachelors of Science in Elementary Education (P-5) and Special Education
- Bachelors of Science in Elementary Education (P-5) with ESOL Endorsement
- Bachelors of Science in Middle Level Education – ELA, SS, Math, or Sci
- Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) – Middle Level Education – ELA, SS, Math, or Sci
- Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) – K-12 ESOL
- Entering their final year of study, with the expectation of graduation in May.
- In good academic standing with GSU
- Willing to commit to 3 years in residency program, working in one of CREATE’s 17 partner schools within Atlanta Public Schools
Specialized Supports for New Teachers
Summer Residency Academy
Year 1 – new teachers attend a 4-day academy where they examine the crossroads between community activism and social justice teaching.
Year 2 – new teachers attend a 5-week academy where they work alongside experienced educators from partner schools in APS to practice and enhance best practices for team-teaching.
Year 3 – new teachers attend a 2-week academy where they complete an in-depth investigation into social, emotional, and ethical learning, reflect on their instructional practices from their Year 2 teaching experience while enhancing on these skills to ensure effectiveness within their upcoming school year.
Instructional Mentoring across Year 2 and Year 3
Across Years 2 and 3, new teachers receive intense, thoughtful and nurturing one-on-one instructional mentoring from CREATE staff that centers around building, strengthening and honing a series of core competencies including, but not limited to:
- Establishing and maintaining a culture of safety, respect and rapport for all students that validates and sustains each child’s home culture.
- Planning standards-based instruction and formative assessments for transfer and independence
- Uses a variety of instructional strategies to meet different student needs, develop student competencies, and achieve instructional purpose