Accessibility
Reasonable and appropriate accommodations will be made available upon request for persons with disabilities. Accommodation requests must be specifically relayed at least two weeks prior to the start of the program.
You must notify both the School of Professional Studies and the UNC Charlotte Office of Disability Services with accommodation requests and notify them of your status as a School of Professional Studies student.
School of Professional Studies Contact: Registration Center
Email: ceregistration@charlotte.edu
Phone: 704-687-8900
Disability Services Contact: Kristin Kolin
Email: kjkolin@charlotte.edu
Phone: 704-687-0039
When calling the Office of Disability Services, please indicate the School of Professional Studies course you are taking.
For evacuation information, please visit the Disabilities Services website.
Allergies
UNC Charlotte’s Youth Programs is committed to offering a safe educational environment for all students, including students with food allergies. Food allergies can be life-threatening. Please refrain from your student bringing anything with nuts or containing nut-derived ingredients. This includes the purchase of any items containing nuts.
Guardian Considerations
Please Note: For your student’s safety and their overall educational experience in class, it is necessary that they have the ability to converse in and understand English.
Please Note: High School-level classes are considered college-preparatory and/or career-readiness class programs for teens. Often through guest speakers and class or peer-driven discussion, we may discuss societal and social issues. Students’ opinions and perspectives may differ from those of their peers and/or guest speakers; we encourage open discussion during class. We seek to establish a class environment where all voices are heard and opinions are respected.
Please Note: We rely on guardian discretion to select class topics that are best suited for their child individually. Be sure to consider your child’s interests, personality, and developmental level when choosing the right class.
Please Note: We rely on guardian discretion for appropriate dress in class. We ask that our participants dress in a way that allows them to engage in class activities and remain safe while doing so. Please refrain from wearing discriminatory terms, logos, pictures, cartoons, or slogans. Specific dress requirements may occur depending on the class activity. This will be communicated in advance to guardians by our instructors.
Payment Policies & Deadlines
Workshop deposits are non-refundable and non-transferable and will hold your child’s space in the class until 14 days before the start of the class when the balance is due.
If the remaining balance is not paid in full by the invoice deadline, your child’s seat in the class will be canceled and offered to another student on the waiting list.
In order to be fair to all our valued students and parents, no exceptions can be made to this policy.
Payment refunds (except for the non-refundable deposit) will be made up to 14 days before the start of a class for cancellations. After that time, no refunds can be made. When classes are full, we can put you on a waiting list. We occasionally have drops, so sometimes a space opens up in a “full” class. Please be sure we have your current email address, so you will receive updates from us.
Pricing
$95/workshop for a full Saturday. $45 nonrefundable, nontransferable deposit which will be put towards the registration fee.
Deposits
Workshop deposits are non-refundable and non-transferable and will hold your child’s space in the class until 14 days before the start of the class when the balance is due.
If the remaining balance is not paid in full by the invoice deadline, your child’s seat in the class will be canceled and offered to another student on the waiting list.
In order to be fair to all our valued students and parents, no exceptions can be made to this policy.
Refunds/Cancellations
Payment refunds (except for the non-refundable and non-transferable deposit) will be made up to 14 days before the start of a class for cancellations. After that time, no refunds can be made. When classes are full, we can put you on a waiting list. We occasionally have drops, so sometimes a space opens up in a “full” class. Please be sure we have your current email address, so you will receive updates from us.
Registration
Don’t miss your opportunity to register before seats begin to fill for your class of choice.
Registration Options
- Register online. This is the fastest, easiest registration option – no wait times and you can complete your student online profile and emergency medical information prior to registration opening. Register by creating your family account and adding your students before selecting courses.
- Register by phone by calling our Registration Center at 704-687-8900.
University Policy: For security reasons we CAN NOT accept credit card/debit payments by fax, email or mail.
You can choose to pay the entire amount now or to pay just the non-refundable deposit now. Full payment for each class is due 14 days before the class starts.
Student Safety and Medical Profile
Get a head start on your student’s registration by creating a family account, adding your students, AND completing their emergency and medical information profile prior to registration.
When you create your student’s emergency and medical profile, you will be asked to provide required information to help us keep your child safe and healthy during their class experience.
This information includes emergency parent/guardian contacts, health concerns, and food allergies if applicable, medical contact information, date of birth, and any special needs or tips our staff should know in order to keep your child safe and provide an effective learning environment. Please be prepared to provide this information during the registration process, as we will be unable to register a child without this.
Scholarship Opportunities
Currently, there are no designated scholarships or unit-based giving for Youth Programs through the UNC Charlotte Foundation; however, this is something we are exploring for the future. Several community-based organizations in the Charlotte area including Communities in Schools and the Bruce Irons Foundation have sponsored individual students in past years.
Our deposit option does allow parents to pay for registration in installments. Balances are not due until two weeks prior to each class week.
Sick Child
One of our top priorities is safety and that includes preventing communicable illnesses between students. If your student has a communicable illness, please keep them home. If a student is dropped off at class and a communicable illness is suspected (symptoms may include a fever, pink eye, vomiting, diarrhea, head lice, etc.), you will be notified to pick up your student immediately. Youth Programs adheres to North Carolina state recommendations for childcare facilities that guardians (or other authorized adults) must pick up their sick student within 30 minutes of notification.
No full or partial refunds are available for incidences of illness including a positive COVID test the week of class.
Please see the Niner Nation Cares website at ninernationcares.charlotte.edu as it serves as an informational resource for students, faculty, staff, and visitors to understand ways to stay safe along with health protocols in place on campus. This website is continually updated and should be checked regularly.
Technology Policy
Studies have shown the social development benefits that take place when students “unplug” from technology during their class experience.
We understand the need for some of our students to carry a mobile device with them for safety and security purposes. While we do allow the use of mobile devices during specific times, we discourage students from bringing any valuables, including mobile devices. Our staff have mobile phones and contact information of all parents and guardians and we can arrange for contact with your student at any time.
If a student does choose to bring a mobile device, we require that all students adhere to the following technology guidelines as part of our Niner Character Promise.
- As with any valuable brought to class, there is a risk assumed by the student and their family of theft or damage to the device. In bringing a mobile device to class, the student and family assume all liability.
- The mobile device may only be used by the student during non-classroom hours/breaks such as lunchtime and at drop-off/pick-up. If a student needs to use their mobile device to contact a parent or for another emergency during classroom time, they must notify staff.
- If a student is using a mobile device during classroom hours, the instructor has the authorization to hold the device until approved break times. Additionally, Instructors or staff have the discretion and authority to ask their students to place devices in a centralized area in the classroom during instructional time.
Waitlist
As a general rule, we provide 24 hours for participants to enroll in an open spot. Once the window passes, the spot will be given to the next participant on the waitlist. Please ensure we have updated email addresses on file in order to receive notifications from us.
Participants with family accounts are not able to join a waitlist. Instead, they must use the student’s individual account. Also, due to limitations in our system, we are unable to enroll waitlisted participants through a family account. It must be done through the individual participant’s account.
Please call our Registration Center at 704-687-8900 for further assistance.
