Several of the forms below are in Adobe Acrobat format. If Acrobat Reader is not loaded on your computer, you may download it directly from Adobe at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html.

Application for Admittance to the Licensure Program

• Application, suitable for printing
  On-line form, please complete and submit.
• Letter of Recommendation-Educational Studies: Faculty member from educational studies department, suitable for printing
  On-line form, please complete and submit.
• Letter of Recommendation-Major: Faculty member from applicant's major department, suitable for printing
  On-line form, please complete and submit

• Application Interview and Sample Questions
• Licensure Program Planning Form, suitable for printing

• Be sure to order a transcript (unofficial is fine) sent to the Educational Studies Department. Allow enough time for it to arrive by the application deadline of the term in which you wish your application to be considered by the Teacher Education Committee.

• When all application materials are in, you will be contacted to schedule your application interview. This informal interview is held a few days prior to the Teacher Education Committee meeting in which your candidacy will be considered.

Student Teaching Placement

These forms will be provided during winter or spring term, either in preparation for the spring Schooling and Community class (EDUC385) or as a part of the student teaching registration and placement process. Some may also be downloaded.

• Address Information
• Student Teaching Readiness Worksheet
• Personal Profile or your professional résumé
• Transcript, you must request this and have it sent to the educational studies department office.
• Teaching Philosophy
• Special Registration Form (for 13th Term)
• MPS Student Teaching Request Form, required if you will be student teaching in the Minneapolis Public Schools

License Application

These forms are available through the educational studies department and will be provided at a student teaching seminar late in the student teaching term. The Educator Licensing Division now provides for the application electronically of a first-time Minnesota educator license.

• Application to State of Minnesota for teaching license, includes the Conduct Review Statement and instructions for completion.
• Fingerprint card, available through the educational studies department.
• Fee: for license and fingerprint processing
• The Eductaional Studies Department will supply your official Praxis score reports and verification of course work. The Registrar will provide an official transcript.