Faculty Responsibilities

Responsibilities of Administrators, Faculty and Staff
1. Faculty will provide a classroom atmosphere that is inclusive and non­discriminatory for students with disabilities.

2. Faculty will review the Individual Student Plan (ISP) with the student.

3. When a student requires testing accommodations and will be writing the test in the CSD Test Room, faculty will complete their portion of the “Testing Accommodation” form. It is the student’s responsibility to pick up the form, fill in the student’s portion, bring it to the professor for completion and signature, and return it to the CSD. Faculty will pick up the completed test in the College Test Centre, room C142 or C210, Ottawa campus.

4. For final exams, the same process will be followed as with accommodations for tests. A “Final Assessment Form” will be available from the CSD prior to the Final Assessment period.

5. Faculty will consult with the Centre for Students with Disabilities on questions concerning academic accommodations.

6. Faculty will allow recording of classes by students with disabilities when such recording is necessary to provide equal access to course material. (The student may be required to sign an agreement protecting copyright and can be asked to turn off the recorder during discussions of a sensitive nature.)

7. Faculty and staff will cooperate with the CSD in providing authorized academic accommodations and/or support services for the student in a fair and timely manner.

8. Faculty will encourage students with disabilities to identify themselves privately to the professor. Faculty will protect student confidentiality by providing time during office hours. Student confidentiality must be respected.

9. Faculty and staff will maintain the student’s rights regarding confidentiality and will not disclose personal disability-related information unless the student has provided written authorization to the faculty or staff member.

10. Faculty and staff will promptly inform the Centre for Students with Disabilities of any disability-related issues/concerns.

Mandated Services
Academic accommodations are legally mandated services, such as:

  • extended time on exams and test (generally time-and-a-half, although some students may have double time)
  • distraction-reduced test space
  • reader and/or scribe for tests
  • computer for essay examinations
  • access to class notes by a peer note taker or computerized note taker

Auxiliary Aids
Auxiliary aids are services, equipment, and procedures that give students with disabilities access to learning and activities in the classroom environment, such as:

  • sign language interpreting
  • assistive listening devices, which amplify sound
  • real-time captioning of lectures
  • adaptive technology
  • a lab assistant