Before beginning to fill out the FIRST YEARS application, please read the mentorship experience description very carefully. This experience is a required part of the certificate. It is not optional. It is very important that you and your employer realize that the time spent away from your setting will make you a better teacher, therapist or interventionist. We ask that in her/his letter of recommendation, your employer refer to this commitment and his/her support of the mentorship experience. The mentorship sites are assigned to students based on several factors -- availability of a willing and qualified mentor, location, and convenience for the student. We cannot guarantee a specific setting to any student.
Preliminaries
FIRST YEARS provides an online application form for students
wishing to enter the Certificate in Auditory Learning for Young Children
with Hearing Loss program.
To apply, you must use the following browsers: Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox.Recall that to qualify, you must 1) hold a baccalaureate degree in one of the following fields -- deaf education, audiology, speech-language pathology, early childhood special education or special education, 2) hold a license in the state of residence, and 3) have at least two years of experience in the field. Preference is given to those professionals with an active case load of children, birth - 8 years.
To complete your online application submission, you must have:
- a current email address;
- $77 application fee (non-refundable, payable by credit card (Visa/MasterCard) or check/money order);
- a "statement of purpose"* and (optional) résumé* to upload to your application;
- names and email addresses of 2 recommenders; and
- transcripts* from all post-secondary schools.
- * Acceptable upload formats:
.docx, .doc, .txt, .pdf, .rtf, .wps, .wrd. (If you use a word processing
application that creates another file format, save your document as Rich
Text Format.)
- Mail or fax in the proof(s) of licensure.
- Mail or arrange to have your school(s) mail in the official transcripts.
Step One: Registering for a MyUNC Guest ID accountPrint out these instructions to have for convenient reference while applying online.
To apply to the FIRST YEARS Certificate in Auditory Learning for Young Children with Hearing Loss, you will first need to create a MyUNC Guest ID account.
The email address you give on your Guest ID Account registration will be the Guest ID used for the online application.Besides the usual address information for the account registration, you will add "Supplemental Information - Add Academic Program/Plan." Select the following:
- School of Medicine
- SM Graduate Certificate
- Auditory Learning Certificate for Children with Hearing Loss
Step Two: Activating your MyUNC Guest
ID account
Before you can use your new UNC Guest ID, you must activate
it and set a new password. You may do so by clicking the link you
receive on the confirmation email.
For more information on the UNC Guest ID, see http://help.unc.edu/CCM3_007536
Notes:Your password must be at least 8 characters long and include one digit and one special character, e.g. snowcone3!, fyears2011#. If you forget your password, you can go here to reset it.
Step Three: Taking an advance look at
the online application program
Once you have activated your UNC Guest ID, you are ready to enter information
on your application form at the MyUNC portal.
Once you sign in with your Guest ID and password, click the "Apply online" button to begin the application process. At any time while in MyUNC, you may sign out, then re-enter at another time to continue the application process by selecting the EDIT option.
As you complete items on pages, SAVE before pressing CONTINUE to move to the next page. You may skip pages to fill out later by pressing CONTINUE.
Note: If you encounter any problems with the application, please contact us at webschool@earthlink.net.
- Part 1: New Application Information
- Your "major" will be the "Auditory Certificate, Auditory Learning Certificate for Children with Hearing Loss."
- Part 2: Application Directions
- Part 3: General Contact and Address Information
- Part 4: Honor Code and Community Standards
- Part 5: Schools
- For each school entry, click ADD. When finished, click SAVE then CONTINUE.
- Part 6: Work and Volunteer Experience
- For each entry, click ADD. When finished, click SAVE then CONTINUE.
- Part 7: Recommenders
- For each entry, click ADD. When finished, click SAVE then CONTINUE.
- Part 8: Statement of Purpose/Personal Statement
- Part 9: Overall Application Status
- If incomplete, the sections requiring completion will show up as links. You may sign in at later times to complete these sections.
- If complete, you will be given a verification and electronic signature option for final submission (as seen below).
After
you formally submit, you cannot change your application. Thus, please
double-check all sections of your application before submitting.
There is one exception: If you need to change the recommenders for any
reason, you may do so. Contact Seletha Shaw, as
below, if you need more information on this.
Now that you have read the instructions, you are ready to apply online!
First, create your MyUNC Guest ID account - https://acapps.unc.edu/account/registerStep Five: Sending in proofs of licensure and official transcriptsThen, login to MyUNC account to begin (or continue) the application process - http://www.unc.edu/myunc/
Mail or fax in your proofs of licensure and official transcripts to Seletha Shaw, as below.
Questions?
Feel free to contact:
- Ms. Seletha Shaw, Student Services Manager
Office of Student Services
Department of Allied Health Sciences
UNC-Chapel Hill
1033 Bondurant Hall CB# 7120
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7120
Ph: (919) 966-2343 Fax: (919) 966-8384
Email: seletha_shaw@med.unc.edu
