TAPP Program Description

The Griffin RESA Teacher Academy for Preparation and Pedagogy (TAPP) is provided as a collaborative endeavor between the RESA and its member school systems. The Georgia Teacher Academy of Preparation and Pedagogy is a classroom-based teacher preparation option for individuals who have the basic qualifications to teach early childhood, middle-grades, secondary, or P-12 special education, but have not completed a teacher preparation program. 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 who did not complete teacher education requirements as part of their degree programs. Georgia TAPP equips teacher candidates with the skills to ensure a reasonable expectation of initial success in their classrooms and puts in place a supervised induction program that will help them move toward subsequent mastery of teaching.