Preparation for Graduation!

Graduation audit State licensure – Department of Public Health Department of Education licensure ASHA certification

Graduation

Register to Graduate Students must register to graduate. Be sure to register for your correct time frame. Spring and summer graduation - February 24 If you have missed the deadline, please send an email from your MySCSU email account to both Cynthia Hicks at HicksC3@southernct.edu and Elizabeth Lopez at LopezE11@southernct.edu indicating you have missed the deadline. Please include your Student ID Number and Name. Subject Line: Missed Deadline and the Graduation term for which you are applying.

Flow of Graduation Audit Student applies for graduation Records office sends form to Program Director Program Director completes form w/conditions; sends back to Records Students will be informed of any outstanding issues. If everything is okay, student will not hear back.

Graduation Requirements Complete all courses on planned program, including any revisions (GPA must be 3.0 or better). Pass CMD 605 - Special Projects or successfully complete a thesis. Pass the ASHA national exam, Praxis II. Complete all observation & clinical hours. Complete all KASA areas; give copy of KASA to Program Director. Complete exit survey (link to be sent to students towards end of semester).

Thesis and Special Project Deadlines May 5, 2017 for spring graduation August 10, 2017 for summer graduation

Praxis II When to take Sending scores: CT State Department of Public Health R7051 ASHA R5031 SCSU Records R3662 Bring a paper copy of your score to Mrs. McMahon.

Graduation Will receive info about cap, gown, tickets, etc. Applying for the graduation ceremony is not the same as registering to graduate. Hooding ceremony Lyman Center

State licensure – Department of Public Health (DPH)

Procedure May begin to work in some settings prior to awarding of degree To begin working in the state student must : have a qualifying Masters or Ph.D. Degree OR: have completed all clinical clock hours and all academic course work Program Director sends letter to state upon student’s request if #2 above is met.

DPH License mandatory for all settings To apply for permission to begin Supervised Professional Experience (SPE), student sends directly to Department of Public Health (DPH): Application & fee Praxis II scores Transcript or letter from Program Director DPH sends form for SPE plan (also found online) which is submitted and may be implemented up to 6 weeks retroactively; DPH will send candidate starting date of SPE after receipt and approval of plan. Once SPE is completed, SPE Report is submitted in order to finalize licensure DPH certification information

States other than CT May be similar—may be different!!! Student must research what is needed for another state. May need letter similar to CT letter; if so, follow directions for CT Provide contact information for letter

CT State Department of Education Certification

Specific Requirements From Subject Received Size Categories Preston, Jonathan L. RE: Faculty position inquiry Wed 10:20 PM 21 KB Specific Requirements Completion of special education course and 6 semester hours in professional education Social/emotional/behavioral development and disorders modules 6 credit hours and at least 100 clinical hours of student teaching CT State Department of Education

Procedure Must have Initial Educator Teacher Certification in order to work in Connecticut public and certified private schools Complete packet and return to SCSU certifying officer, Mr. Bungert in Davis 103. DO NOT SEND MONEY. The application will not be certified until the degree has been posted. It will be returned to you after it is certified for you to mail.

Flowchart of Procedure Student completes application packet & sends to Certifying Officer (CO). DOE application is available online. Certifying officer sends audit request to CMD Program Director (PD) PD completes audit after degree is conferred & returns to CO CO sends signed, sealed application with cover letter to student

Renewal of Teaching Certification Once you receive your CT Initial Educator Certificate which is valid for a period of three years, you can renew the certificate up to five times, for a total of 18 years even if you have not worked as an SLP in the educational system.

ASHA Certification

Procedure Complete pages 1-3 of application. Send or bring the complete application to Program Director. DO NOT SEND MONEY!!! Program Director has sign off page and will sign & return all pages to student after making a copy for your file. http://www.asha.org/uploadedFiles/2014-SLP-CCC-Application- Standards.pdf http://www.asha.org/certification/SLPCertification/

ASHA Certification & Membership Send to ASHA: Transcript must be sent to ASHA Praxis II scores must be sent directly to ASHA Check NSSLHA to ASHA conversion; you have until August 31 following your graduation year to get this rate. Without conversion, you have 12 months from graduation to qualify for new graduate rate. There is no rush to apply. May wait until the end of your CF