About the Board
Mission
Ensuring all Minnesota students have high quality educators in their schools.
Vision
To ensure equitable education practices through high licensure standards, quality educator preparation programs, and community partner engagement.
Board Dashboard
The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB) is responsible for licensing teachers and overseeing teacher preparation programs in Minnesota. Additionally, PELSB is tasked with collecting educators' employment, licensure, and assignment data from all school districts. This dashboard highlights some of the Board’s key activities and metrics for different initiatives.
For race and ethnicity data, please visit the Board’s DEI webpage.
Teacher Data
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Tier 1 |
Tier 2 |
Tier 3 |
Tier 4 |
Total |
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Licensed Teachers |
1,143 |
3,273 |
14,578 |
93,866 |
112,860 |
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Special Education Licensure Fields |
Coming soon |
Coming soon |
Coming soon |
Coming soon |
Coming soon |
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Elementary Education |
211 |
827 |
6,132 |
44,874 |
52,044 |
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Science Licensure Fields |
63 |
235 |
1,070 |
10,701 |
12,069 |
|
CTE Licensure Fields |
105 |
75 |
24 |
552 |
756 |
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Source |
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Terminology |
Teacher: The individual providing instruction in a public school or charter school and is required to hold a license aligned to a particular subject matter. Licensure field: Authorizes a teacher to provide instruction in particular content area (Note: A teacher may be licensed in multiple fields, such as physical education and health.) |
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Licensure Data
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Number |
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Applications received |
Coming soon |
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Licenses issued (FY22) |
11,759 |
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Tier 4 |
792 |
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Tier 3 |
3,993 |
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Tier 2 |
1,407 |
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Tier 1 |
867 |
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Substitute |
4,700 |
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Applications denied |
Coming soon |
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Renewals processed (FY22) |
23,596 |
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Source of Data |
2020-2022 Biennial Report to the Governor regarding Board Activities |