Minnesota Student Teacher Grants: Designated Teacher Shortage Areas

Designated teacher shortage areas are a licensure areas that are identified by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board in coordination with the commissioner using data collected for the teacher supply and demand report under MN Statute 122A.091, subdivision 5. Only licensure areas within the following fields may be identified as a license shortage area:

English as a second language;
Early childhood;
Special education;
Career and technical education;
Science, technology, engineering, arts, and math, and
World languages

For 2022, the teacher shortage areas identified are:

Licensure Area	License Code
ACADEMIC AND BEHAVIORAL STRATEGIST	199810
ACCOUNTING 140100	140100
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION	10100
AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE	150110
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE	60200
ARABIC	60201
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS	190202
AUTO MECHANICS	170302
BANKING & FINANCE	140120
BILINGUAL/BICULTURAL EDUCATION	60301
BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED	190498
BUSINESS	140050
BUSINESS	140000
BUSINESS ED - SECRETARIAL	140700
CHEMISTRY	130301
CHINESE	60203
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY CAREERS	300000
COMMUNICATIONS/MEDIA OCCUPATIONS	171515
CONSTRUCTION CAREERS	300100
COSMETOLOGY	92602
CREATIVE DESIGN CAREERS	300400
DAKOTA	60222
DANCE	50800
DANCE AND THEATRE	50700
DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING	190497
DEVELOPMENTAL/ADAPTED PHYSICAL EDUCATION	190302
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES	199800
EARLY CHILDHOOD CAREERS	300500
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION	180150
EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION	190500
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE	130400
EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS	190200
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE	60206
FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES	90100
FRENCH	60208
GEN SEC/CLERICAL OCC WI SHORTHAND	140730
GREEK	60106
GERMAN	60209
HEBREW	60212
HMONG	60400
HMONG ECONOMICS	90000
HOSPITALITY SERVICE CAREERS	300600
JAPANESE	60214
KAREN	60403
KOREAN	60401
LATIN	60105
LAW ENFORCEMENT	92603
LIFE SCIENCES	130200
MANUFACTURING CAREERS	300200
MEDICAL CAREERS	300300
MILD TO MODERATE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED	199801
MODEL OFFICE	140505
MODERATE TO SEVERE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED	199802
NORWEGIAN	60215
OJIBWE	60221
ORAL/AURAL DEAF EDUCATION	190490
PHYSICAL SCIENCES: PHYSICS & CHEM	130300
PHYSICS	130302
POLISH	60216
PRE KINDERGARTEN ASSOCIATE	180104
RUSSIAN	60218
SCIENCE 5-8	130600
SCIENCE 5-8(Endorsement)	130601
SCIENCE 5-9	130500
SOMALI	60402
SPANISH	60219
SPEECH & THEATRE ARTS	50575
SWEDISH	60220
TEACHER/COORDINATOR WORK BASED LRNG	160000
TEACHER-COORD AG CO-OP PROG/NONFARM	19090
TEACHER-COORD TRADE & INDUS CO-OP PR	179090
TEACHERS OF COMPUTER, KEYBOARDING, AND RELATED TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS	149999
TECHNOLOGY	100100
THEATRE ARTS	50600
TRANSPORTATION CAREERS	300700
VISUAL ARTS	20000

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