Online Clinical/Observation Registration

Please read all of the following information before you proceed.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR CLINICAL STUDENTS:

  1. The Office of School & Community Partnerships arranges clinicals in the following counties: Cabarrus, Catawba, Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell-Statesville, Kannapolis, Lincoln, Rowan-Salisbury, Stanly, and Union Counties. Students requesting clinicals in other counties should use the RIDE Distance Education Form or email oscp-coed@charlotte.edu.
  2. If you book a school in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, you MUST register as a volunteer. On the CMS website (www.cms.k12.nc.us) under the “Community” tab, click “Volunteer” then “Volunteering in CMS.” Students not registered as a volunteer will not be permitted to enter the classrooms. IMPORTANT: Be sure to select the school(s) you signed up to visit so your name will show on the schools’ approved list.
  3. If you book a school in LINCOLN COUNTY, when contacting Ms. Donna Turner, please indicate if your time in the school will total more than 20 hours.
  4. If you booked a school in MOORESVILLE GRADED SCHOOL DISTRICT, all students are required to complete the clearance process through the district’s Human Resource Department. You will contact Dr. April Kuhn at aprilkuhn@mgsd.k12.nc.us.
  5. If you booked a school in Gaston County Schools, all students are required to complete the clearance process. You will contact Melissa Buchanan at mmbuchanan@gaston.k12.nc.us with your specific requirements for clinicals. For example, how many hours are needed, observations only, teaching lessons, working with small groups, subject area/grade level.
  6. The contact person in all other districts may be emailed once the clinical portal opens.
  7. Search online for directions to your school site(s). Please do not call the school for directions.
  8. Dress professionally. Some schools have turned students away when they arrived in typical campus attire. Please refer to our “Professional Dress Code” policy on the OSCP Clinical page. https://oscp.charlotte.edu/clinicals
  9. Take your driver’s license or government issued photo ID.
  10. The confirmation page serves as permission to contact the selected school through the contact person listed.
  11. Print your confirmation page for your reference and take it to the school.
  12. The online clinical registration will open the first full week of September each fall semester and the second week of January each spring semester.
  13. Sign up for clinicals here.