Bibb County School District

 Re-certification/Renewal Requests  

Certificate Renewals are processed annually beginning in the month of November for those with certificates expiring in the upcoming year.  The re-certification process is detailed below:

1. HR distributes renewal packets to the schools.  Renewal packets are submitted to the School Principals via email.  Packets include a re-certification list of educators and paraprofessionals with certificates expiring on June 30^th of the upcoming year, a Background Authorization form, a Verification of Lawful Presence Affidavit and login/registration instructions for MyPSC to submit personal affirmation questions (PAQs).
2. Schools will distribute renewal documents and instructions to those employees on the list provided in the renewal packet.  Employees will initial as having received their renewal paperwork.  
3. Return completed renewal paperwork.  Employees will return completed renewal forms to their School Principal or their designee.  The School Principal will collect completed packets for all staff members listed and return completed forms to the Human Resources Department via pony mail.  Employees no longer located at the school should be noted on the list provided and a copy of the list returned with the completed paperwork.  

Once completed packets are received by Human Resources, receipt is documented, completion of PAQs is verified and the renewal request is made to GaPSC via expresslane.  Background Authorizations are sent to Campus Police for retrieving background information.  Employees with information found in their background are referred to the Executive Director of Personnel. The HR Certification Administrator processes renewals for certificated and paraprofessional employees.

The Certification Office is responsible for caring for the following certification
and human resources needs:

Certification Upgrades

  The following are needed to process most certification upgrades:

Your official college transcripts reflecting degree date
and major (Digital transcripts will not be accepted by the
PSC unless they are sent by email directly to me at
certifications@bcsdk12.net or through the mail to
484 Mulberry Street, Ste 501, Macon, GA 31201

Completed PSC Update Application (link below - GaPSC Forms)
Please send your completed forms to Human Resources for
further processing.

Certification Field Additions

  The following is needed to process most certification add-ons:

Completed PSC Update Application (link below - GaPSC Forms)
Please send your completed forms to Human Resources for
further processing.

Certification Renewals

Initial Certification

Certification Conversions

Loan Forgiveness Forms

You may Google "Teacher Loan Forgiveness" to obtain the most current application.

Certified New Employee Processing

State and Federal Certification Reporting

*Please be sure to register for your MyPSC account if you've not already
done so (https://mypsc.gapsc.org/Home.aspx), as it is crucial for timely
communication regarding your certification with the Georgia Professional
Standards Commission.

GaPSC Current Georgia Educators

Understanding your Georgia Certificate

http://www.gapsc.com/CurrentEducator/CurrentEducator.aspx

GaPSC Certificate Upgrades

http://www.gapsc.com/Commission/policies_guidelines/pg_certificate_Upgrades.aspx

GaPSC Routes to Initial Certification

http://www.gapsc.com/ProspectiveEducator/routesToInitialCertification.aspx

GaPSC Public Certification Lookup

http://www.gapsc.com/Certification/Lookup.aspx

GaPSC Approved Programs

http://www.gapsc.com/EducatorPreparation/ApprovedPrograms/EducationApprovedPrograms.aspx

GaPSC Forms

http://www.gapsc.com/Certification/FormsAndApplications.aspx

GACE Testing Information

http://gace.ets.org/

MyPSC

https://mypsc.gapsc.org/Home.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fdefault.aspx

Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GaPSC)

http://www.gapsc.com/