The Georgia Teacher Academy for Preparation and Pedagogy (GaTAPP) is a job-embedded teacher preparation option for individuals who have the basic qualifications to teach early childhood, middle grades, secondary, CTAE, or P-12 education but have not completed a teacher preparation program or earned professional certification. The program is not intended to replace regular college teacher education programs. It is, instead, an alternative option for individuals who hold a bachelor’s degree or higher but did not complete teacher education requirements as part of their degree programs.

 GaTAPP equips teacher candidates with the skills to ensure a reasonable expectation of initial success in their classrooms and puts in place a supervised candidateship/induction program that will help them move toward subsequent mastery of teaching. 

ALL GaTAPP programs are job-embedded and serve teachers who are employed as classroom teachers.

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The application window for Comprehensive GaTAPP is open! The window is open from October 1, 2025, through June 20, 2026. Use this link to apply: https://metroresa.smapply.io/prog/GaTAPP2026

The application window for GaTAPP Express is now open! The window is open from October 1, 2025, through April 15, 2026. Use this link to apply:
https://metroresa.smapply.io/prog/Express2026

The application window for GaTAPP Elementary Education One Year Add-On is now open! The window is open from March 1, 2026, through July 15, 2026. Use this link to apply:
https://metroresa.smapply.io/prog/OYPFall2026