The Center for
Educator Licensing (CEL) is now available!
The Center for Educator Licensing (CEL) is your one stop to renew all types
of existing licenses (including administrative, speech-language pathologist,
deaf or hard of hearing, school social worker, school nurse, and less than
five-year licenses), track the status of an application, or to view your
clock hour record.
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On
the MN Department of Education Website (https://education.state.mn.us/MIDMS/login.jsf?AppId=CEL) go to Teacher Support/Educator
Licensing. Select “New User” to set up your own profile.To
access your license account for the first time, you will be required to set up
a new user profile where you will be asked to create a user ID and password. This
information will be required to access your account in the future, please make
a note of it. Once you are through
the security screens, you will be asked for your file folder number and the
first six digits of the serial number from your most recently issued
license. If you do not
have this information, please contact Educator Licensing at 651/582-8691. Subsequent entries into your account
will not require this information.
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To
renew a five-year teaching or related services license, a
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To
renew a five-year administrative license, the designated administrator in your
district must verify electronically that you have completed at least 125 preapproved administrative clock hours.
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To
renew all other types of licenses, refer to the renewal conditions on your
current license.
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The checklist provided at the end of the application
process and all of the materials indicated on the checklist must be mailed or
delivered to the Educator Licensing office as a single packet. If
everything is checked as completed on the checklist, there is no need to submit any additional
material to Educator Licensing.
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All applications require processing fee(s). Payment is made
using VISA or MasterCard through a secure site at US Bank. You will also be required to provide the
three-digit security number which can be found on the signature strip on the
back of the credit card.
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Processing
of your application will not begin until online payment has been made and
confirmed as processed by US Bank and all materials indicated on your checklist
have been mailed or delivered to Educator Licensing.
If you
leave your computer idling for more than 30 minutes, you will need to login to
your CEL session again. If your computer
is idle for more than 60 minutes, your CEL session will expire and your new
application/renewal information will not be saved. Existing license information
will not be affected. When you return to
your license account after 60 minutes, you need to close the open browser
window that hosted the old session and begin a new session in a new browser
window.
Future enhancements to CEL will include the completion of all educator license transactions online. If you are making application for changes to an existing license, requesting a duplicate license or voluntary surrender, the appropriate forms are available for download on our website at:: http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Teacher_Support/Educator_Licensing/index.html Questions? Contact the Educator Licensing Division at mde.educator-licensing@state.mn.us or Nancy Farvour at nancy.farvour@state.mn.us
or 651/582-8773.https://education.state.mn.us/LicensingOnlineRenewal/login.jsp