Faculty Rights and Responsibilities for Implementation of Accommodations

Ensuring Educational Access at Wayne College

• It is the student’s responsibility to request classroom accommodations based on physical or learning disabilities.
• Student must register with the Disability Specialist in the Smucker Learning Center to request accommodations.
• Student must provide the Disability Specialist with verifiable documentation from the diagnosing physician/psychologist/psychiatrist before accommodations can be recommended.
• Accommodation letters will be e-mailed through the Student Testing and Accommodation Request System (STARS) to each of the student’s instructors describing the accommodations that may be implemented for the student.
• It is the student’s responsibility to request accommodation letters through STARS prior to the first week of class and to discuss these accommodations with instructors within the first two weeks of school.
• The Disability Specialist will work with students and instructors to implement accommodations requested by the student.
• Questions or concerns about student accommodations should be referred to the Disability Specialist in the Smucker Learning Center.
  

Faculty Rights and Responsibilities

• The instructor is not obligated to accept disability documentation from the student; it is the student’s responsibility to deliver the appropriate documentation to the Disability Specialist in the Smucker Learning Center.
• Students with disabilities are expected to meet the same course requirements as their peers.
• Instructors should include in their syllabi a statement encouraging students with disabilities to contact the Disability Specialist in The Smucker Learning Center.

Reasonable Accommodations

• Use of tape recorders in the classroom
• Note-taker in the classroom for the student
• Extended time to complete quizzes and exams
• Readers/Writers for tests
• Quiet testing room in The Smucker Learning Center
• Use of adaptive technology devices to assist in test-taking and reading
• Relocation of classroom to ensure accessibility

Faculty Members DO NOT Have the Right To:

• Ask students if they have a disability
• Examine the primary documentation of a student’s disability
• Discuss a student’s disability with other students, faculty, or staff
• Provide accommodations other than those listed on the accommodation letter