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Georgia Professional Standards Commission application documents

Which documents does Georgia require from an out-of-state teacher?

The state, institution, employer or testing provider may need to send some records directly.

Open Rule 505-2-.21: Certification by Interstate Reciprocity
Official state guidance State makes the decision Checked 2026-08-01

Core application evidence

Requirement

Published guidance lists the MyPSC application, lawful-presence evidence, official transcripts, an out-of-state certificate or program verification, assessment scores and experience verification as applicable.

Which application this evidence supports

Georgia uses interstate reciprocity to evaluate a comparable out-of-state professional certificate, preparation, degree, experience and special Georgia requirements.

What can change this answer

Three years of successful full-time out-of-state experience is a key boundary between the Professional and Induction routes, while field comparability and unmet Georgia-specific requirements can change the issued certificate.

Conditions to resolve before sending records

  • Three or more qualifying years can support a Professional certificate; less than three can lead to an Induction certificate
  • Missing content-knowledge or literacy requirements may result in a one-year certificate with deficiencies
  • Georgia issues only comparable fields and reciprocity applicants do not qualify for Provisional certification in the reciprocity field

Send identity documents and background records only where the state agency instructs. TeachPassport does not receive them.

Official sources

Check again by 2026-11-01