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Online Licensing is Now Available

The Center for Educator Licensing (CEL) is your one stop to apply for your first Minnesota license, renew an existing license, track the status of an application, or to view your clock hour record. Future enhancements to CEL will include the completion of all educator license transactions online. Apply for or renew your license.

Minnesota Educator License Look-up

Access current information on education license information for teachers in Minnesota. You may enter either the six-digit file folder number that appears on the license or the first and last name of the licensee.  View an educator's licensure record. 

High School Assessment and Accountability:  A Chance for Feedback

The Education bill that passed last month authorized the creation of a task force to develop recommendations for the next generation of high school assessments. The task force is comprised of leaders from K-12 organizations, higher education, business as well as other key stakeholders in Minnesota’s educational system. It is co-chaired by Dirk Mattson, Director of the Division of Research and Assessment, and Kent Pekel, Executive Director of the University of Minnesota’s College Readiness Consortium.

This group is inviting interested individuals to share their thoughts on some of the key issues the task force will address over the next seven months. View the survey where you can share your ideas with the task force.  All feedback received by July 15 will be read. The task force will release a set of preliminary recommendations in the fall of 2009 and collect additional feedback. Its final recommendations go to the Commissioner at the end of December.

Educator Licensing Winter 2009 Newsletter

This issue contains information regarding Licensure via Portfolio Workshop, Paraprofessional Credential, Request to Expedite Form, Science Licensure via Teacher Test, and more!  View the Newsletter.

Customer Service Comments

In Educator Licensing customer service is our top priority. Read the Educator Licensing Customer Service Standards for the expectations we have for your interaction with our office. We invite you to send any comments regarding the service provided by our office to mde.licensingcomments@state.mn.us along with the name of the staff member who assisted you.

Sign Up for the Advisory Panel Register

The Minnesota Department of Education needs qualified teachers and community members to serve on advisory panels that will help us develop quality tests for Minnesota students. Teachers who qualify for participation on a particular panel are put into an eligible pool similar to the process in jury selection. A random sample of eligible teachers who meet the criteria are invited to each panel. If the date of the panel does not work for you, simply decline and your information will remain in our system for future panel selection. Visit the Assessment and Testing section of the department Website or select this link to access the Advisory Panel Register.  

Financial Support for Certain Special Education Teachers to Take a Praxis II Exam

The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) is providing a one-time opportunity during the 2008-09 testing cycle for certain special education teachers who need to take a Praxis II content test in mathematics, language arts or science.  MDE will pay the registration and test fees directly to the Educational Testing Service (ETS) for one (1) of the specified Minnesota-adopted Praxis II content tests for individuals approved by MDE to participate.  Click here for more information.

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