Teacher Support and Coaching Endorsement

Share your passion for education while supporting teacher development and forming the next generation of impactful professionals.

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Why Earn a Teacher Support and Coaching Endorsement at Georgia Southern?

Accessible program featuring 100% online course content.
An affordable and efficient way to expand your professional opportunities.
Learn from expert faculty mentors with years of classroom experience.
Make a difference by empowering teachers early in their careers.
6 credit hours to completion.

Leverage your expertise to invest in the quality of future classroom instruction. In the GaPSC-approved Teacher Support and Coaching Endorsement program at Georgia Southern University, you’ll get equipped to mentor and support pre-service, induction-phase and experienced educators as they train and grow their skills and effectiveness.

Through the fully online coursework, you’ll study the theories and best practices of mentoring and coaching and learn to develop actionable plans for mentee support. In the field experience component, completed in your current school setting, you’ll have a chance to implement your new knowledge and receive feedback from experienced teacher trainers.

Upon program completion, you’ll have the tools and real-world framework to step into new roles and extend your impact beyond your own classroom.

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Where our graduates work:

Public schools in Georgia
Private schools in Georgia

What our graduates do:

Clinical supervisor
Department head
Field experience supervisor
Induction coach
Lead teacher

What You’ll Learn

This endorsement program consists of a two-course sequence.

In the first, Introduction to Teacher Support and Coaching, you’ll examine mentoring and coaching theories, explore best practices, and learn to support teachers who are learning or honing their craft.
The second course is a field-based internship, during which you’ll demonstrate and apply the knowledge, skills and dispositions of supportive supervision.

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Internship

The program culminates in a field-based experience that allows you to practice key support and mentoring skills while receiving feedback from your clinical supervisor and program faculty. Your internship will be tailored to your certification area for maximum career relevance.

About the Clinical Practice Experience

A faculty member passes out internship forms to students in Georgia Southern's Teacher Support and Coaching Endorsement program

Want to Learn More?

Explore essential information about our Teacher Support and Coaching Endorsement program, including application details, accreditation status, and licensing disclosures. Gain insight into the program’s credibility and requirements to help you start your journey toward success with the knowledge you need.

The Teacher Support and Coaching Endorsement program is open to those with a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution.

You must hold a valid Level 4 or higher Professional, Advanced Professional or Lead Professional teaching certificate, leadership certificate, Life certificate or service certificate. Educators admitted to the program holding leadership, Life or service certificates must have held a Professional teaching certificate.

To apply, please submit:

An online application to the College of Graduate Studies. (There is a $50 non-refundable application fee.)
A recommendation to serve as a Teacher Support and Coach (TSC) from a local unit of administration or school administrator. The recommendation form can be found here. Have the recommender submit the form directly to gasc@georgiasouthern.edu.
A completed “Disclosure and Affirmation Form” that addresses misconduct disclosure, the Code of Ethics for Educators and tort liability insurance. (This is included within the online application.)

International transcripts must be evaluated by a NACES-accredited evaluation service and must be a course-by-course evaluation and include a GPA.

Application Deadline

Students are admitted to begin the program only in the summer term. The application deadline is April 15.

Your application and all required documents must be received by the deadline.

Program Contact Information

Graduate Academic Services Center
gasc@georgiasouthern.edu
912-478-1447

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At Georgia Southern, enjoy the flexibility of fully online courses that fit within your busy schedule as an educator. Online instructors weave interactive experiences into each lesson, ensuring you engage at a deeper level.

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Federal law requires colleges and universities to make certain disclosures to prospective students of these programs. These disclosures include information on the University’s authority to operate outside of Georgia, complaint processes, adverse actions and refunds.

For required disclosures in general with regard to online programs offered by the University, visit the Office of Legal Affairs website.

The Teacher Support and Coaching Endorsement program is approved by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GaPSC).

The College of Education anticipates that graduates of the Teacher Support and Coaching Endorsement program will seek a certification upgrade. The program listed above leads to a Georgia Certificate Upgrade only. Visit the Georgia Professional Standards Commission for more information.

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