For Questions About...

Name

Phone

Email

Your academic schedule, prerequisites, transfer credit, graduate school forms, the ASHA KASA form

Your Advisor

Heather Clark

828-262-7044

clarkhm@appstate.edu

Angela Losardo

828-262-2223

losardoas@appstate.edu

Billy Irwin

828-262-8313

irwinwh@appstate.edu

Exit Interviews, State credentialling

Donna Brown

828-262-6053

browndm@appstate.edu

Your clinic assignment, practicum options, clinic clock hours, internships

Mary Ruth Sizer

828-262-6071

sizermr@appstate.edu

Graduate assistantships, status of your student academic file

Eveline Watts

828-262-2183

wattsem@appstate.edu

Approximate Time Frame

Event/Activity

What You Need to Do

Early First Semester of Graduate School

Sequence of Study, Intro to ASHA KASA

Meet with your advisor to develop a plan to meet any ASHA certification requirements not addressed by your sequence of study

Plan Clinical Observations

ASHA requires 25 hours of clinical observation as a condition for clinical certification. If you did not complete the required observation as part of your undergraduate program, you'll need to do so during your first semester of graduate school. More information about observation opportunities will be provided at orientation.

Late First Semester of Graduate School

Grad School Forms: Admission to Candidacy and Program of Study

Obtain forms from the Graduate School Forms Page . Complete the forms using your sequence of study as a guide. Meet with your advisor if you have questions about completing the forms. Sign and submit the form to your advisor for approval. Your advisor will then obtain necessary signatures and submit the form to the graduate school. You will be notified by the graduate school when the forms have been approved.

Near the end of each semester

Submit schedule to Clinic Coordinator

Blank schedule forms will be placed in your workroom box. Indicate on the schedule form the time/days your classes will meet the following semester. Your clinical practicum assignment will be made based on the schedule you provide.

Near the end of each semester enrolled in clinical practicum

Clinic Hours Meeting with the Clinic Coordinator

Each semester you enroll in practicum you will meet with the clinic coordinator to review the clinic hours you earned and identify areas of knowledge/skill still needed to meet certification requirements.

Beginning of the final semester before internship (or before)

Apply for internship

Internship information

Beginning of final semester before internship

Program Change Forms

• Meet with your advisor to complete program change forms required by the graduate school.
• Meet with the program coordinator to review graduation and certification standards
• Make plans to take the Praxis II exam. When registering for the exam, have scores sent to ASU (code 0215) and the NC Board of Examiners (code 7757) as well as other agencies you wish to receive scores.

Beginning of internship semester

Graduate Application

Submit graduation application (available from graduate school website) by designated due dates.