Fulton County School System
In-Service Requirements

There are three general in-service requirements

1. All certificated personnel must earn a minimum of six semester or 10 quarter hours credit during each 5-year period of employment. Credit can be earned by taking graduate level courses, approved staff development (SDU) courses, or approved equivalency activities (those hours earned for inservice that do not carry college or staff development credit).

2. All management and certified personnel must complete three semester or five quarter hours of college level or SDU training designed to improve their effectiveness and efficiency in the use of computers in their areas of responsibility. You must complete this training before the end of your third year of employment. Staff Development provides computer training for employees through the Staff Development Center and the local schools.

3. All teachers must take the 2-SDU course, Reading Strategies, within three years of employment. Veteran teachers have until 2004.

Additional inservice requirements
for middle school teachers

1. Interdisciplinary teachers who do not have middle school certification must complete five hours annually toward middle school certification.

2. Special area teachers (special education, art, physical education, industrial arts, foreign languages, family resource management, etc.) and media specialists must complete a course in Nature and Curriculum Needs of the Middle Grades Learner within one year of employment.