Teacher Preparation: Additional Licensure

For candidates wanting to add an additional teaching license to their current Tier 3 or Tier 4 Minnesota teaching license.

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About the Program

In October 2018, Lakes Country Service Cooperative (LCSC) was approved by the Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing & Standards Board (PELSB) as the first alternative teacher preparation provider under Minnesota Statute §122A.2451. In addition, LCSC was awarded a $150,000 Alternative Teacher Preparation Grant from the Minnesota Office of Higher Education to build career and technical education (CTE) licensure programs for incumbent teachers to obtain additional CTE licenses or endorsements.

We now receive more than $500,000 in annual funding from grants, donors, and a state legislative appropriation to fund teacher licensure and teacher preparation. Most candidates are able to participate in our program at no cost to them as individuals.





State Licensing Board Approved

We offer an efficient, affordable, attainable, results-oriented, and competency-based licensure program that is a clear pathway to obtain a license, yet nimble enough to provide individualized programs of study based on the identified needs of each licensure candidate. Our program is different than post-secondary instruction. There are no grades or tuition fees. Candidates do not have to spend thousands of dollars in expensive academic textbooks. Everything we do is practical and practitioner based, teaching skills and knowledge in a hands-on and real environment. Each module and project is applicable and immediately useful in the classroom. And we offer all these high-quality experiences on-demand to candidates without the traditional confines of the academic year.

Recruitment & Admission

We recruit teachers through a vast network of partners. Principals, Perkins coordinators, service cooperative leaders, professional organizations, and more recommend our program to teachers. We schedule a meeting with candidates needing licensure support (click here to schedule), and map out their needs and program options.

Advising & Mentoring

Each admitted candidate is appointed an advisor/mentor who will stay engaged with the candidate throughout the program. Candidates work with their advisor/mentor to determine their individualized licensure program needs and design a sequence of modules and field experiences to learn necessary content.

Individualized Learning

Candidates work through our program’s modules asynchronously, at their own pace, with support from their advisor. Candidates complete their program through a variety of experiences including, but not limited to, intensive professional development, asynchronous online instruction through our learning management system, earned certifications and industry credentials, and other forms of demonstrated proficiency via a portfolio.

Review & Recommendation

We consider the content phase of a candidate’s program complete when the candidate has completed each of the four to six modules approved by the MN Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB) to fulfill the standards of each license they are seeking. See below for a list of the modules in each licensure program. Following completion, we recommend the candidate to PELSB for licensure.

Program Options

Core Skills for
Teachers of CTE*
(8710.8000)

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  • COR1: State and Federal Laws, Policies, and Data Practices
  • COR2: CTE Curriculum and Course Development
  • COR3: Safe and Appropriate Methods of Instruction
  • COR4: Career Development Theory and Practice
  • COR5: Management of Learning Environments

*Core Skills is required for all CTE Careers licenses

Construction
Careers
(8710.8020)

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  • CTN1: Safety & Health Standards of Regulatory Agencies
  • CTN2: Technical Reading, Writing, and Math
  • CTN3: Construction Knowledge Skills
  • CTN4: Construction Careers Training
  • CTN5: Construction Management Fundamentals

Manufacturing
Careers
(8710.8030)

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  • MFG1: Subject Matter Knowledge and Application
  • MFG2: Safety and Health Standards
  • MFG3: Manufacturing Careers and Training
  • MFG4: Manufacturing Processes
  • MFG5: Legal and Ethical Implications in Manufacturing

Transportation
Careers
(8710.8080)

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  • TSP1: Academic and Scientific Principles of Transportation
  • TSP2: Understanding Safety and Environmental Issues
  • TSP3: Legal & Ethical Responsibilities
  • TSP4: Decision Making Models and Problem Solving in Transportation
  • TSP5: Transportation Careers and Training
  • TSP6: Technology in Transportation Systems

Teacher Coordinator of
Work-Based Learning
Endorsement
(8710.4825)

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  • WBL1: Central Concepts, Inquiry, History, and Context
  • WBL2: Customizing the WBL Experience
  • WBL3: Implementing the Infrastructure
  • WBL4: Guiding Partnerships

Communications
Technology
Careers
(8710.8010)

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  • We do not have a formal, approved program for Communications Technology Careers. Instead we use PELSB’s portfolio process, assisting candidates with the Core Skills for CTE teachers and using an industry-recognized credential or professional certification aligned to the licensure area and other requirements to prove proficiency and earn the license.

Medical
Careers
(8710.8040)

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  • We do not have a formal, approved program for Medical Careers. Instead we use PELSB’s portfolio process, assisting candidates with the Core Skills for CTE teachers and using an industry-recognized credential or professional certification aligned to the licensure area and other requirements to prove proficiency and earn the license.

“I feel like this is the magic piece that has been missing from my career for a long time. I just did not understand what I needed and I would not have had the bandwidth to go back to school while I was raising a family and working full time.”

Teacher at Hopkins Public Schools