Roles & Responsibilities
Faculty roles and responsibilities in supporting students with disabilities
As a faculty member at the 91¸£ÀûÉç, you play a vital role in creating an inclusive and accessible academic environment. Faculty collaboration is key to ensuring that students with disabilities have equal access to course content and learning opportunities.
Faculty responsibilities include:
- Implementing approved accommodations in a timely and effective manner
- Respecting and maintaining the confidentiality of students' disability-related information
- Understanding and clearly defining the essential elements and learning objectives of your course
- Considering alternative instructional or assessment methods if standard tools or formats create access barriers
- Recommending (rather than requiring) web-based tools or platforms that may not meet accessibility standards
- Upholding the academic rigor and integrity of your course content while providing equitable access
- Ensuring that all students demonstrate mastery of essential course outcomes, with or without accommodations
- Collaborating with Disability Services to determine equivalent alternatives when a specific course component presents an access barrier
- Including the required ADA statement in your course syllabus
Faculty should not:
- Deny, alter, or discourage the use of an approved accommodation
- Disclose or discuss a student’s accommodations with others, including classmates
- Ask students to disclose the nature of their disability
- Impose a deadline for students to submit their accommodation letters (e.g., requiring letters only at the start of the semester)
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