Teacher Licensing 1 Timing of Awarding Degrees Note: Walking - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Teacher Licensing 1

Timing of Awarding Degrees … Note: Walking tomorrow does NOT mean your degree has been awarded … According to the Registrar’s Office: • Grades are due from Faculty on or before December 27 th • Because of the Holiday Break, grades will start to be posted the first week of January by the Registrar’s Office On or around the 18 th (possibly later), the Registrar’s Office • begins to send emails to students letting them know that their degree has been awarded and to expect their diploma in the mail • You can also check your degree audit … • Your degree award date will be December 20, 2018 2

Tiered Licensing … 3

PELSB a/k/a Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board https://mn.gov/pelsb 4

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Overall Tips and Information … • If this is your initial license, you will need a fingerprint card, and your fee will be $90.25 (“PELSB”) • If you are adding a field to your existing license, your fee will be $57 (“PELSB”) • Do NOT use your CSP email … please note that once the system is on-line, you will only be able to use a Gmail account so it may make sense to use one now • I will order an official CSP transcript for you • It is not “quicker” to get a substitute license … • You may download the Application and complete your portions whenever you want, but I cannot send in your packet until your degree has been awarded. 6

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Timing of Your License Being Issued … • CSP processing … 3-4 days • By statute, PELSB is required to issue your license within 30 calendar days after BCA background check is completed … • PELSB no longer offers “expedited” processing • You will be notified by email … • License Lookup to check status 8

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Teacher Job Sites https://edpost.stcloudstate.edu ~ https://www.educationminnesota.org/resource s/find-a-job/job-search-sites 11

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Tier 3 • You are responsible for the following Sections: – 1 – 3 – 4 – 5A (be sure to sign and date!) and 5B (if you answered “Yes” to Questions 1-4 in 5A) • I am responsible for Section 7, obtaining the certifying officer signature and obtaining your transcript • Disregard Sections 2, 6 and 8 13

Tier 4 … • If you currently hold a valid teaching license and are adding a field, you will be using the Tier 4 Application (and completing Section 2) … NOTE: you must pass your required tests to add a field. By rule, you cannot have more than one tier of licensure … • Out-of-Field Permission Request – completed by the District 14

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Tier 2 • You are responsible for the following Sections: – 1 – 3 – 4 – 5A (be sure to sign and date!) and 5B (if you have answered “yes” to Questions 1-4 in 5A) • I am responsible for Section 6, obtaining the certifying officer signature, and obtaining your transcript • Disregard Section 7 • The School District where you have a job offer is responsible for Section 8; please have the District do so and then send me the entire Application … 16

With respect to Tier 2 … … it’s designed to get teachers licensed even if they haven’t passed their required content/pedagogy tests. However, you MUST have a job offer. If your job offer is with a private school, Tier 2 is NOT available. Tier 2 is available only to public schools (including public charter schools)! If you have a job offer from a private school, you must pass your required tests and apply under Tier 3! 17

What I will need from you … • If this is your initial license, your completed finger print card, check for $90.25 (“PELSB”), and the entire Application • If you are adding a field to an existing teaching license, your check for $57 (“PELSB”) and the entire Application 18

PELSB Contact Information 651/539-4200 x2 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 19

Anne Heilman heilman@csp.edu 651/641-8200 College of Education Concordia University 1282 Concordia Avenue AD-313 St. Paul MN 55104 20