Change is in the Air: Partnering with Disability Services to Make Life Easier

DISABILITY SERVICES B 209 TOMMA LEE FURST KYM KLEINSMITH LORI CORRIGAN

Disability Services needs your help DS is due for program evaluation – Not being done formally – We still want to grow and change DS Mission Statement (partial) – 4. Provide leadership to the campus community in the area of disability services. – 5. Communicate with the campus community to provide information and resources about disability- related issues and compliance.

Disability Services needs your help DS Mission Statement – Without an “official” program review, we turn to you – How can we partner to follow our mission, work more efficiently, help you and help students?

General Focus Today: 1.Partnership between faculty/staff and Disability Services. We need your input and value your voice. 2.Using technology to simplify communication (and our lives).

Specific Topics Covered: 1.The Disability Services page on website 2.Faculty – Accommodation forms—going electronic – Delivering tests to DS electronically – Online tests and extending time for individual students 3.Staff (SA/EM) 4.Library 5.College-wide – Disability Services newsletter – Disability Services Angel page – Pregnancy issues 6.Other?

#1: Disability Services Page on RACC’s Website Let’s look at: What information/resources are there? What information/resources should be added?

#2: Faculty Accommodation Forms: Current accommodation form Student hands it to you You sign and date receipt You keep the form

#2: Faculty Change is coming: Electronic accommodation forms – Sent to your – Sent with “receipt” required – No student handing you form – Advantages and disadvantages?

#2: Faculty Delivering tests to DS staff for students who get extra time Current method—hand delivery

#2: Faculty Change is coming: Electronic delivery of tests – By (MS Word or PDF) – We could print and file test – May need it early; scan to Kurzweil – Our copy may not match your copy when printed

#2: Faculty Extending time for tests may become something you do more often. Angel My Math Lab Mastering __________ IFT 110 (SNAP) Other places where you need to extend time?

#2: Faculty Extending time for tests may become something you do more often. Can we simplify: Getting your password for tests? Knowing if you change your password? Assuring test will be open when student arrives in B 209? Contacting you for help in the moment?

#3: Staff (SA/EM) You have a copy of yellow step-by-step info sheet for students with disabilities. – Have you used this? What else do you need? How can we help you interact with students with disabilities?

#4: Library Change is coming: We’d like to install Kurzweil on at least one computer in the library. Kurzweil is text-to-speech software. How else can we help you work with students with disabilities?

#5: College-wide partnership DS Newsletter Sent via , once per semester. Take a look:

#5: College-wide partnership About the DS newsletter: Have you read it? What format would be easiest to read? What is MOST relevant or helpful info to include? What is LEAST relevant info to include?

#5:College-wide partnership Consider a DS Angel page: Are you on Angel overload? Would a DS Angel page get lost among the others? Would you use it? If you used it: – What information should be there? – Would a discussion board be useful? – Would you read additional articles?

#5:College-wide partnership Students and pregnancy issues Title IX issue – No discrimination based on pregnancy alone Pregnancy and medical issues – Documentation housed in DS

#6: How else can we help make your life easier (as you work with students with disabilities)? Your suggestions for us: What resources do you need?

Thank you for your input. Your voice is important to us. Please complete the brief eval form. Feel free to suggest other topics of interest.