Online Clinical/Observation Registration
Please read all of the following information before you proceed.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR CLINICAL STUDENTS:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The contact person in all other districts may be emailed once the clinical portal opens.
- Search online for directions to your school site(s). Please do not call the school for directions.
- 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
- Take your driver’s license or government issued photo ID.
- The confirmation page serves as permission to contact the selected school through the contact person listed.
- Print your confirmation page for your reference and take it to the school.
- The online clinical registration will open the first full week of September each fall semester and the second week of January each spring semester.
- Sign up for clinicals here.