Roles and Responsibilities for Faculty/Staff with Students Registered with Student Accessibility Services

  • Official Letters of Accommodation are generated through Student Accessibility Services using Accommodate and apply to the semester they are dated for, accommodations are not retroactive to before the date listed on the letter
  • Students may choose not to use some or all of their approved accommodations in your course, or may choose to use accommodations sporadically; this is OK, it is the student's choice
  • Implementing reasonable accommodations in a timely manner
  • Maintaining confidentiality
  • Knowing the essential components of your course
    • Consider alternate instructional and evaluation formats if some tools are not accessible
    • Always recommend, rather than require using web-based tools that might not be accessible
  • Maintaining the rigor and the fundamental nature of course content
  • Requiring students to demonstrate knowledge of essential course content
  • Determining the equivalent substitutions for course components when barriers occur
  • Including an ADA Statement in the course syllabus
  • Deny an approved accommodation
  • Keep a Letter of Accommodation beyond the conclusion of a course
  • Share information about a student's accommodation with other students
  • Ask a student to identify their disability
  • Require students to submit accommodation letters by a specific deadline at the beginning of the semester
  • Encourage all students, several times each semester, to take advantage of the Support Services available to them, including but not limited to: Tutoring Services, The Writing Center, The Math Center, their Completion Coaches, The Counseling Center, their Academic Advisor, and Student Accessibility Services.
  • If you are unsure how to approach a student who may be struggling due to an undisclosed disability, please contact us, we are here to assist you.

Students, regardless of disability, must follow university policies and procedures, including the Student Conduct Code. Waivers, changes in course requirements or grade changes are based on university policies and procedures.