MAT Current Students - Licensing

Licensing Contact Information

Staff Contact - If you have any questions or need assistance, your staff contact is:
Bill Binkelman
Licensure Certification Officer
wbinkelman@hamline.edu
651.523.2466

Bill is responsible for processing all licenses - initial, additional and administrative - and forwarding application documents to the Minnesota Department of Education. He is also the lead staff person for all state-required tests toward licensure. Bill has been serving students at Hamline for over 15 years.

Licensing Requirements

The requirements for approval of your full professional 5-year Minnesota teaching license are:

• Successful completion of student teaching and seminar (passing grade in Piperline)
• Completion of an exit interview with your Hamline student teaching supervisor
• Passing grade of B- or better in all license-required courses
• Passing scores for all state-required license tests*
• Verification that Hamline is in possession of all transcripts from non-Hamline institutions which contain equivalent license-required coursework (if applicable)
• Submission of your EdTPA and acknowledgement received from Pearson of its successful upload

* Contact Bill Binkelman for the most up to date information on which tests are required.