Candidates for Minnesota licensure are required to take the appropriate Minnesota
Teacher Licensure Examination (s)(MTLE).
Additionally, candidates must submit passing scores on the National Evaluation Series (NES) Essential Academic Skills Test and on all areas of the Minnesota
Teacher Licensure Examinations (MTLE).
Alternate route candidates for teacher certification in Minnesota must pass the same exams as traditional - route educators, the National Evaluation Series (NES) Essential Academic Skills Test and the Minnesota
Teacher Licensure Examinations (MTLE).
Not exact matches
In most professions, eligibility for advanced certification is determined by three coordinated «screens:» graduation from a nationally accredited professional program, successful performance on a written
examination (in teaching, most frequently the National Teacher Examination), and state
examination (in teaching, most frequently the National
Teacher Examination), and state
Examination), and state
licensure.
After graduation, you will be required to complete a
teacher preparation program in course and fieldwork to prepare for your teaching
licensure examination.
State
licensure and certification policies, however, often fail to include all of the dimensions of knowledge necessary for good teaching.5 According to the American Federation of
Teachers, or AFT, most
licensure examinations have been widely considered to be «insufficiently rigorous, limited in scope and unconnected to practice.»