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What is the Gifted Endorsement? 
How do I add the Gifted Endorsement to my certificate? 
Application - Group 
Application - Individual

What is the Gifted Endorsement? 

NGCSU offers the Gifted In-field Endorsement (PSC Rule 505-2-.12) which states:  "An individual with the Gifted In-Field Endorsement is in-field to provide direct instruction to gifted students only in the grade levels and fields of the base certificate(s). Direct instruction may be provided in resource classes, advanced content classes and/or cluster group classes." 

NGCSU's approach to offering the Gifted Endorsement:
NGCSU  is a partnering with Casenex, to offer the gifted endorsement program.  Each class will consist of three face to face meetings with the remainder of the course conducted online. The endorsement consists of the following three courses:

Summer
EDGE 5001  Characteristics of the Gifted
Fall
EDGE 5002  Curriculum for the Gifted
Spring
EDGE 5003  Methods and Assessment for the Gifted

Students may begin the program during the fall semester. The courses must be taken in order.

Application - Individual  
Please click on the above link to apply for this program for PLU credit. 

Application - Group
This application is for groups of 20 or more who wish to have NGCSU faculty offer the gifted endorsement at their school or district site.

How do I add the Gifted Endorsement to my certificate? 

You have to apply for it when you have completed the coursework. Grades and your degree (if applicable) have to be posted by the Registrar before anything can be processed.  Please follow the directions below.

Complete the entire Georgia PSC Certification Application, all three pages.  (This form is on the PSC website: www.gapsc.com )
 
Complete the PSC Approved Recommendation Form, first three lines only, stopping with your date of birth   (This form is on the PSC website: www.gapsc.com )
 
If you took the courses for college credit, complete the Transcript Request Form, marking the “delivery destination” as Teacher Certification. (This form is on the NGCSU website under Registrar’s Office.)  Place the Transcript Request form on the top of the packet before submitting to Registrar’s Office.  Send the entire packet to the Registrar’s Office, with the Transcript Request form on top of the packet.  They will issue an official transcript and forward your packet to the Teacher Education Department.
 
If you took the courses for Professional Learning Units (PLUs), complete the PSC Certification Application and the PSC Approved Recommendation form (stopping with date of birth), attach your PLU transcript(s) and mail your packet to NGCSU, Teacher Education, Attention Chris Parker, Dahlonega, GA  30597.
 
If you are applying for INITIAL certification, whether you took the courses for college credit or for PLU credit, you must attach copies of your PRAXIS 1/GACE basic and PRAXIS II/GACE Content test scores before submitting the packet UNLESS your scores are listed on the PSC website - www.gapsc.com.  Click the icon that reads “check certification status”,   enter your name and you will see the documentation the PSC has on file for you.  If your test scores appear there, you do not need to attach them to your packet.  If you exempted PRAXIS I or GACE basic but do not see it on the PSC website, you must attach evidence of any test scores used for exemption purposes.

If this is your first certificate, there will be no fee for processing your application.  If this is NOT your first certificate, the PSC will charge a $20.00 fee. If you hold or have held a non-renewable certificate, there will be a $20.00 fee to convert to a clear-renewable. If you are employed, you may submit the Georgia PSC Employer Assurance Form (found  on the PSC website) signed by the county superintendent or central office designee to exempt the fee.  This form may be sent directly to the PSC via mail or filed electronically by the county office.

We will mail your packet to the PSC UNLESS your school system wants to mail the paperwork in for you. If this is the case, YOU MUST FOLLOW ALL OF THE ABOVE STEPS.   Include a self-addressed envelope (postage is not necessary) and we will mail it to you to submit to your county office.  We cannot mail your packet to the county office.  We mail it to you and you submit it to them.  If your packet does not include the self-addressed envelope, we mail it directly to the PSC.  After about three weeks, you can track the status of your certification on the PSC website.
If you have questions, contact Chris Parker, Certification Officer, at 706-864-1852.