DCSD TAPP is a classroom-based teacher preparation option for individuals who have the basic qualifications to teach but have not  completed a teacher preparation program. In addition to equipping teacher-candidates with the skills to ensure success in the classroom, we strongly believe all teacher candidates must have the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary for working with the diverse student population of DeKalb County. Potential teacher-candidates must also decide if teaching is the right career for them. Potential teacher-candidates are reminded that in addition to program acceptance, an offer of full-time employment in a DeKalb County Schools is required. The checkpoints below will guide you through program requirements.

A disposition is habit of mind and emotion that one displays over a length of time; it is evident through a person's behavior and relationships with others. Please take some time to complete the disposition self-assessment in order to decide if teaching is the right profession for you.

• IF NO, STOP here. Without at least a Bachelor’s degree with a preferred minimum 2.70 GPA, you are not eligible for participation in the DCSD TAPP program.

• If yes, please continue.

This also includes the successful completion of student teaching.

• IF YES, STOP here. You are not eligible for participation in the  DCSD TAPP program.

• If no, please continue.

GACE- Georgia Assessment for the Certification of Educators

• Potential candidates are required to pass the GACE Code of Ethics 360 assessment.
• Potential candidates are required to pass a GACE content assesment.
• Potential candidates interested in Special Education are required to pass the following:

GACE 081/082 AND GACE 087 OR 088 for Interrelated 

GACE 083/084 AND GACE 087 AND 088 for Adapted Curriculum (Those in a self-contained classroom)

Professional level test scores are preferred.

• IF NO, STOP here. Without at least two-years remaining on your teaching certificate, you are not eligible for participation in the DCSD TAPP program.

• If yes, please continue.

• IF NO, STOP here. Without an offer to teach in the DeKalb County School District, you are not eligible for participation in the DCSD TAPP program.

• If yes, please continue.

Michelle Thompson, Ph.D.           

Email:  Michelle_O_Thompson@dekalbschoolsga.org  

OR                                 

Kirsten King-Fulton Ph.D.      

Email:  Kirsten_King@dekalbschoolsga.org