Student Accommodation Updates
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Presenter: Kaela Parks
Summary
In this CTLE session, Kaela Parks, Dean of Inclusive and Accessible Education, provides key updates on student accommodation processes and accessible education teams at PCC. The presentation outlines the core areas supporting students and instructors, including Student Accommodation, Accessible Technology, Communication Access, Digital Inclusion, and Disability Culture.
The session walks through the three-step accommodation framework: self-disclosure, faculty notification, and collaborative implementation. Parks addresses common barriers students face during self-disclosure—such as documentation costs and social stigma—and highlights PCC initiatives like the Learning Evaluation Access Project (LEAP) designed to reduce these obstacles.
Faculty will also learn about essential campus tools and policy updates. Key features include Digital Navigators available to support all students with technology, campus-wide accessibility software like Read&Write, guidelines for working with ASL interpreters and captions, and important changes to Flex Plans, which are now instructor-defined to help balance course structure with flexible accommodations.
Presentation Slides: Student Accommodation Updates Presentation Slides
Learning Outcomes
After reviewing this post and presentation, faculty will be able to:
- Identify the roles and services provided by PCC’s Accessible Education teams.
- Navigate the three-step student accommodation process and support students through self-disclosure barriers.
- Connect students with support resources, including Digital Navigators and Read&Write software.
- Set up and customize instructor-defined Flex Plans to accommodate unpredictable student needs while preserving course integrity.
- Apply practical strategies for effective communication access, including live captioning and working with interpreters.
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