Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 505 - PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS COMMISSION
Chapter 505-3 - EDUCATOR PREPARATION RULES
Rule 505-3-.30 - Speech Education Program
Universal Citation: GA Rules and Regs r 505-3-.30
Current through Rules and Regulations filed through March 20, 2024
(1) Purpose. This rule states criteria for approving initial educator preparation programs that prepare individuals to teach speech in grades 6-12, and supplements requirements in GaPSC Rule 505-3-.01 REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR APPROVING EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROVIDERS AND EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS and in GaPSC Rule 505-3-.03 FOUNDATIONS OF READING, LITERACY, AND LANGUAGE.
(2) Requirements.
(a) To receive
approval, a GaPSC-approved educator preparation provider shall offer an
educator preparation program described in program planning forms, catalogs, and
syllabi addressing the following standards:
1.
The program shall prepare candidates who are familiar with basic communication
concepts and theories;
2. The
program shall prepare candidates who can identify various communication media
and discuss the changing nature of media and the ways in which different media
enable and constrain communication;
3. The program shall prepare candidates who
know and apply critical skills associated with communicative arts, including
characterization of the relationship between the critic and the critical
object, identification of the social value of criticism and application of
various stances to a variety of communicative acts;
4. The program shall prepare candidates who
apply principles of responsible communication, including consideration of
philosophies of communication that assign central importance to concepts of
free speech, ethics, and their impact upon communicative acts;
5. The program shall prepare candidates who
model practical communication skills related to public speaking, oral
interpretation, group decision-making, television and radio, film, print,
interpersonal, and organizational communication;
6. The program shall prepare candidates who
can direct student co-curricular activities such as debate, forensics, radio
management, and film society;
7.
The program shall prepare candidates who can enforce the rules of parliamentary
procedure; and
8. The program shall
prepare candidates who know the history of theater, and can plan, conduct, and
direct plays in schools.
(b) The program shall prepare candidates who
meet the Secondary (6-12) standards for the teaching of reading as specified in
GaPSC Rule
505-3-.03 FOUNDATIONS OF READING,
LITERACY, AND LANGUAGE (paragraph (3) (e)).
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-200.
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