Please contact Gail Orcutt, Licensure Coordinator, in 118 Armstrong Hall for questions in regard to the licensure process. The University recommends licensure to a state upon students' completion of a licensure program. Licensure does not occur automatically through graduation and the awarding of a diploma. Students need to make application for a Minnesota teaching license at the close of the term in which they graduate. The College of Education, 118 Armstrong Hall, coordinates the licensure process. In addition to meeting all program requirements, the PPST examination of skills in reading, writing, and mathematics needs to be successfully completed, as well as the Praxis II Pedagogy and Content examination. Minnesota state law requires that all candidates applying for initial licensure in this state be ongerprinted for national background checks. A conduct review statement will also need to be completed and signed. There is a $26 fee for the criminal background check. The fee for the issuance of a State of Minnesota teaching license is $57.
