Forms
You
will need to fill out nearly all of the following forms, and all of which are student-initiated,
with deadlines in parenthesis. (All Graduate School forms
can be found here,
the schedule of required documents here,
and the Adobe Reader here.)
- Graduate
School Admissions Application (February 15 [International]
or May 1 for Fall Admissions; May 1 [International] or Nov. 1
for Spring Admissions)
- Patent
Agreement (end of first semester)
- FLF/FLS 630 Agreement (if necessary)
- Plans of Work (as necessary)
Graduation Process
You
will need to complete the following forms, etc., as you proceed
toward graduation:
- Curriculum Display/Plan
of Study Working Copy (Before registering for first semester; guideline for the first 15 credit hours; download and fill out in consultation with the Director of Graduate Programs)
- Masters
Plan of Graduate Work (After completing 18 hours of course work; download and fill out this form in consultation with your advisor; M licensure candidates also work with the FLL M Licensure Coordinator to prepare the FLL
M licensure Plan of Work, DOC or PDF; the Licensure
officer in Education approves the M licensure Plan of
Work)
- Request
to Transfer Credit (Prior to final semester before graduation; contact the Graduate secretary to initiate the process)
- Diploma
Request Form (During the first
month of the final semester; complete and return to the FLL Graduate Secretary)
- Request
for Option B Graduation Checkout (No later than 30 days after
the start of the final semester; download and submit to the Graduate Secretary)
- Culminating
Project Committee (no later than 30 days after
the start of the final semester; second page of the Masters Plan of Graduate Work Form; committee must be approved, the form signed,
and then turned into the Graduate
Secretary .)
- Culminating
Project (Two weeks prior to the Culminating Project Committee Meeting; the Culminating Project Committee form must be signed by the Culminating Project
Committee and turned in to the Graduate Secretary by the Friday
of the first
week of finals)
- Assessment
Portfolio (Prior to the Culminating Project Committee meeting; turned in and reviewed by the Culminating Project
Committee chair)
- Written
Exit Interview (To be filled out/submitted prior to the Culminating
Project Committee Meeting)
- Culminating
Project Review (Must be completed prior to the Thursday of the first week of final exams; contact your culminating project committee chair about scheduling
this meeting no later than one month before the end of the semester in which you plan to graduate; a formal meeting, approximately 60 minutes long, in which
you and the committee briefly discuss your culminating project,
ask and answer questions of the committee, discuss changes and
revisions, and talk about your future plans; you also have an
opportunity for follow-up to the written exit interview with any additional information you would like to add. Finally, hopefully, the committee members sign the pass/fail form! The form must be in the hands of the Graduate Secretary by the last day of finals.
M
Licensure
If you complete the course requirements for M licensure, after graduation follow
up with the FLL M Licensure Coordinator (MLC, currently Dr.
Despain) to fill out the requisite forms for the department,
university and NCDPI, in
order to complete the process.
The following items need to
be delivered FIRST to the FLL MLC, who will review and then turn them in to the Office
of Teacher Education.
- Check
written to "Licensure Section, NCDPI" (currently $55)
- Personal
Data Form 1
- Official
transcript showing MA degree (Note: There will be a delay of up to a month following graduation before the MA degree notation appears on the transcript; don't request an official copy to be sent to the FLL MLC until the notation appears at the bottom of your online transcript.)
- Official
transcripts from any institution from which you transferred credit for your MA degree.
- FLL
M licensure Plan of Work (DOC or PDF);
this form was originally submitted and approved after
18 hours of credit; completed by the FLL MLC showing completion
dates, grades, etc.)
Graduate Pay Request
If you are a public K-12 teacher but you only graduate with a 30-hour MA, you can still be eligible for graduate pay as long as the following requirements are true:
- You have the A (initial) license in French or Spanish
- Your graduate degree is in the field of your initial license
- At least 50% of your teaching responsibilities are in the area of your MA degree
Complete the following in order to receive the pay increase:
- Fill out as much as you can and then submit to your school or county licensure representative the Request for Authorization of Graduate Salary form (Form G) .
- Submit to your licensure rep. an official copy of your degree-dated transcript. (It takes up to 30 days for degree notations to appear on transcripts. Check your transcript online every few days until you see the degree notation appear at the bottom of the page, then request the transcript.
Once everything is submitted to and approved by DPI, it should then be worked out so that your pay will be effective back to your graduation date.
LINKS
CED Teacher Education Office
Michael Maher
Directory of Professional Education
Office
of Teacher Education
204 Poe Hall,
Campus Box 7801,
Raleigh, NC 27695-7801
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