Teacher Qualifications
Experienced and energetic teachers who want to be challenged and who want to challenge their students will find our concurrent enrollment program one of the most rewarding experiences of their career.
Great concurrent enrollment teachers are lifelong learners committed to staying current through reading, research and ongoing professional development.
They value participation in a vibrant community of learners.
We pair each high school teacher with an St. Cloud State faculty member who ensures that requirements, learning objectives and prerequisites are met. They are the faculty of record and your colleague/partner.
Application Deadline: April 1
Applications to begin teaching for a future academic year are accepted through April 1 of that year.
Applications to replace current concurrent enrollment instructors are accepted at any time, but instructors must be approved by the department faculty and complete course-specific training prior to teaching a course.
Please note that many of our faculty members are not on contract over the summer months. Materials received after the deadline will be submitted, but you may not receive an answer until the end of August.
Qualifications
New high school instructors and instructors replacing current concurrent enrollment instructors are required to be approved by the St. Cloud State University academic department.Generally speaking, the high school instructor must have:
- A master's degree in the discipline they are teaching or a master's degree in another discipline plus 18 graduate credits in the discipline in which they are teaching
- Experience teaching in the relevant subject
- Experience teaching advanced courses and students
Each instructor's credentials are reviewed individually.
Help with meeting qualifications
- Pathway to 18: Concurrent Enrollment Credentialing
- We have a new and improved site and one stop customer service center available to support concurrent enrollment instructors in finding the graduate courses they need across the Minnesota State Colleges & Universities system. This include help with an application, help to register, and help through the whole process.
- Instructors partnered with St. Cloud State University's concurrent enrollment program (Huskies in the High School, formerly Senior to Sophomore) should reach out to the program director about tuition benefits of our partnered instructors.
- These programs may help teachers finance graduate degrees/credits.
Contact
Executive Director of Undergraduate Recruitment & Access
320-308-5535