Teacher Licensing
When to Apply for your License
- Initial License
Applications may be submitted to the Certification Officer (Wyman 203)
at any time after the completion of ALL requirements for
the degree or for a certification-only program. This
includes completing your certification portfolio and receiving a grade
on your transcripts for student teaching!
- To see if your portfolio and final grades have been posted to
your transcripts access your unofficial transcripts on eSIS.
- Make a copy of your license application. When
applying for teaching jobs, some districts will accept a copy of the
license application prior to receiving your license.
Institutional Endorsement
or “How long does it take
to process my application?”
Before the Certification Officer
can sign the license application and send it to DPI, your degree must
be posted on your transcripts. This
is completed in the Registrars office, Graduate students and special
students do not have a degree; they only need all grades to be recorded
on their transcripts.
·
The Registrar sets the final degree based on:
Completion
of Student Teaching
Recorded
Final Grades
When all requirements are completed. All applications are
signed, recorded and forwarded to DPI as soon as possible. Depending
on the number of applications, submitted processing time in the college
can be up to 4 weeks. Candidates with incomplete applications or who
have not completed their program, will have their applications returned.
Processing time at the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) is approximately
8-12 weeks. Minnesota typically takes about 10 weeks.
Wisconsin Verification of Program Completion Form
Once
the student’s license application has been signed
and sent to DPI, a “Verification of Program Completion” form
can be sent to the student for use in applying to school districts. District
Administrators in Wisconsin have been notified to accept the “Verification
of Program Completion” form
as evidence that a recent graduate qualifies for a license.
· The form may be requested from the Certification Office
(Wyman 203) by:
- Including
a self-addressed, stamped envelope with the license application or
Submitting
a written request to obtain the certificate.
- The
completion form cannot be prepared and signed until all grades are
in and the Registrar has posted
the degree. It may take several days from the time a request
is submitted before the completion
form is ready to be picked up. Please call the office to verify
it is ready to pick up
before
making a special trip to campus.
For Initial Wisconsin Certification/License
- Obtain license application form
from the Wisconsin Dept of Public Instruction website http://dpi.wi.gov/tepdl/licguide.html
- The form (PI-1602-IS)
can be printed and filled out by hand or the information can be filled
in on the computer and then printed. Please
print the application on plain white paper – not a colored
paper or heavy resume paper. Return completed license
application, $100 processing fee payment, and any other required
materials such as fingerprint cards (if applicable) to the Certification
Officer (Wyman 203).
- Fingerprint cards for WI licensure are available
in the Dean's office (Wyman 203) or can be ordered through the Department
of Public Instruction’s by calling 1-(800) 266-1027. The Fingerprint
cards can be competed at any law enforcement agency in either MN or
WI.
- Payment can
be in the form of a personal check, money order, or credit card. Cash
is not acceptable. If
you wish to pay with a credit card (MasterCard or Visa only), fill
in the account number and expiration date and sign the cover sheet.
- Wisconsin license applications need to be sent directly to the state
from the university. When submitting a Wisconsin license application,
please include the check made out to DPI, or the form to use a credit
card, and completed fingerprint cards.
- Include
a self-addressed stamped envelope if you need a Verification of Program
Completion
certificate for an employer.
See an example of a competed application
For Initial Minnesota Certification/License
- Go to the MN online application system http://education.state.mn.us/mde/index.htm
- Complete the online application NOTE: ONCE YOU HAVE SUBMITTED
AN APPLICAITON ONLINE YOU ONLY HAVE 60 DAYS TO COMPELTE IT!
- Fingerprint cards for MN licensure are available in the Dean's
office (Wyman 203), or can be ordered through the Minnesota Department
of Education’s
Web site http://education.state.mn.us/.
- After you complete the on-line
application, print and send the VERIFICATION OF COMPLETION OF A STATE-APPROVED
LICENSURE PROGRAM form
(ED#02414-01) to the college’s Certification Officer. Please
include a self-addressed stamped envelope for us to return the completed
form to you.
For Other Out-Of-State Applications
Make direct contact with the
Department of Education in that state. The University of Kentucky
College of Education (www.uky.edu/education/tep/usacert.html)
maintains a website that attempts to collect the teacher certification
requirements for all 50 states.
- Follow procedures outlined; if you need
an institutional endorsement, please send the appropriate materials to
the college's Certification Officer.
- To receive institutional endorsement
on a license application, please send it to the address below.
License requests or questions are
to be sent to:
Michael
Martin Certification Officer
University of Wisconsin - River Fall
College of Education and Professional Studies
410 S. Third Street
River Falls, WI 54022
Useful Links
Click
here to find certification information for all 50 states!
Wisconsin Licensing
Go
to the Wisconsin DPI web site
Wisconsin
License Applications are here
DPI
Licensing Codes
Check
the status of your license application with DPI
Minnesota Licensing
Go
to the Minnesota Department of Education Web site
Minnesota
testing requirments
Powerpoint presentation of "Applying
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