残疾相关缺勤-教员信息
学生如何有资格获得这种住宿?
教育服务 professional staff will meet with the student requesting the accommodation, 审查支持性文档, and conduct an interactive conversation about the student's disability and the impact on attending classes. When Disability-Related Absences (DRA) are deemed reasonable and a student is eligible for this accommodation, the student will be expected to communicate with the professor to establish a DRA Agreement. This agreement stimulates a conversation between the student and instructor to determine the number of absences a students can afford without disrupting the integrity of the course as well as how the student should expect to make up any missed assignments or exams.
The Office of Civil Rights provides the following guidelines to be used in considering whether attendance is an essential element of a course:
- Is there classroom interactions between the instructor and students and among students?
- 学生的贡献是学习的重要组成部分吗?
- Does the fundamental nature of the course rely on student participation as an essential method for learning?
- To what degrees does a student’s failure to attend constitute a signification loss to the educational experience of the other students in the course?
- 课程描述和教学大纲是怎么说的?
- 关于出勤的课堂实践和政策是什么?
Considerations to keep in mind when implementing Disability Related Absences as an accommodation:
- The accommodation does not cover non-disability-related absences (such as flu, planned trip, 等.)
- 额外缺勤的人数通常很少
- 学生缺课时不需要提供医生证明
- 补考和缺课, 当合理的, typically have a short extension window (make-up 评估 can be done in EAS when scheduled)
- Student must communicate the need for a disability-related absence and adhere to the identified acceptable time frame and delivery method to turn in missed assignments, 材料, 评估, 等.
- DRA accommodation is NOT retroactive and will not apply to any absences or late/missed work prior to the Professor receiving the completed DRA Agreement
- 在某些情况下, DRA usage and assignment completion may be too great for the student to recover from, so allowing the student an incomplete with an audit condition may be reasonable.
延期日期
我们期望并鼓励学生在最后期限前完成作业. 学院有权制定加班政策. 然而, if a student has a disability that may occasionally impact their ability to complete assignments at the scheduled time, 作业延期被认为是一种合理的安排. 当被认为是一个合理的住宿, Extension Dates for Assignments will be listed on the Faculty Accommodation Memo. 此调整不具有追溯力.
在以下情况下，这种安排被认为是合理的，并被推荐:
- An assignment was not listed on the syllabus initially and is given to students one week or less to complete
- The assignment deadline is listed on the syllabus but the student did not get the necessary information to complete the work in the expected timeframe
- An unexpected medical or physical episode interferes with the student’s ability to complete the work in the expected time frame
Considerations when determining reasonable extensions of assignment deadlines:
- 作业的目的是什么? 有必要在考试前完成吗? 在讨论之前?
- 教学大纲对截止日期有什么规定? 交迟交的工作?
- Are students required to actively participate in class discussions/activities?
- 学生们应该如何(在课堂上)相互交流, 课外小组活动, (电邮或D2L)?
- 课堂上的材料是按顺序学习的吗? 每周的学习内容是否建立在前一周学习内容的基础上?
- Are there other lab or class sections the student could attend to catch up on missed material?
- 学生有可能在这门课上“超前学习”吗?
- 错过的作业可以通过电子邮件或讨论板上交吗?
When notified of the accommodation on the FAM, faculty are asked to consider whether or not such an
accommodation would be reasonable for the class and the assignment(s) in question. It is recommended that the student receive 1-3 additional days as an accommodation but the faculty should engage in dialogue with the student to delineate the preferred communication process for when the student needs to notify the faculty of a needed extension, 典型宽限期, 以及任何不能延期的重要任务.
在作出最终决定时需要考虑的要点包括:
- Assess the average time all students are expected to spend on the project relative to the deadline and whether the disability situation necessitates an extension beyond this deadline
- Assess if it is feasible to assign the project to the student with the disability in advance of other students while keeping the deadline consistent
- The accommodation does not have to be implemented if it becomes a fundamental alteration to the course-it is highly recommended to consult with EAS before making that decision
教育服务 recommends each degree group create a standard policy in regards to courses to encourage consistency and a agreeable precedents. 然而, 最终, it is at the individual professor's discretion to establish the attendance and make-up policy for each individual course. EAS is happy to schedule a time to review and assist in the creation of a degree-focused plan for accommodating disability-related absences.