Employment trainingDaily living skillsGodly focusEducational enrichment

EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM

Jennifer A. Graves, DirectorThe Union EDGE Program

School of Education, Union University1050 Union University Drive

Jackson, Tennessee 38305731.661.5382

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EXCELLENCE-DRIVEN | CHRIST-CENTERED | PEOPLE-FOCUSED | FUTURE-DIRECTED

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Employment training | Daily living skillsGodly focus | Educational enrichment

Union EDGE is a comprehensive program for highly motivated young adults who have a documented intellectual and/or developmental disability (IDD). This is a two-year certificate program for students ages 18-26 who have completed high school. The Union EDGE program is a residential or non-residential program designed to aid in career development and employment skills. Students will audit college courses, participate in life skills classes, work in on-campus and off-campus internships, and experience the full range of college life. Exiting students will receive a certificate of completion along with their personal portfolio.

WHAT IS THE PROGRAM?

HOW TO APPLY?The application period for Fall 2017 opens October 1 and closes February 28. Interviews for applicants are scheduled after the completed application has arrived in our office. Applications are considered complete when we receive the Application for Admission with the $50 application fee made out to “The Union EDGE Program” (this is non-refundable).

Once an application has been received and reviewed, the applicant will be contacted to set up an interview day and time. We begin scheduling interviews in January.

Please submit all application materials and direct questions to Jennifer Graves

(see contact information on back)

Application can be downloaded at uu.edu/EDGE

The program fees are $7,750 each semester, plus room and board for residential students. Union EDGE students may seek the TN STEP UP Scholarship that is equivalent to the Hope Scholarship. Union EDGE is an approved Comprehensive Transition Program through the US Department of Education. This means that students may qualify for federal grants. All students are required to have a case open with the Tennessee Department of Vocational Rehabilitation and may receive additional funding.

WHAT ARE THE COSTS?

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