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POSITION SPECIFICS​

The Office of the Vice Provost for Educational Equity invites applications for the position of a Student Disability Coordinator in Student Disability Resources (SDR). This position will be responsible for ensuring students with disabilities receive equal access to educational pursuits (e.g., classrooms, instruction, materials, media) through the provision of reasonable accommodations. This involves interacting with faculty and staff to implement accommodations while maintaining the integrity of courses, programs, or policies. This position acts in accordance with federal and state disability laws.

Position Responsibilities:

• Use expertise and analysis of individual student situations, observations, self-reports, and documentation to determine eligibility for services and appropriate accommodations

• Develop, monitor, evaluate, and adjust individual accommodation letters for students

• Provide ongoing student case management, follow-up, and support of accommodations, as well as related faculty support

• Administer and implement approved academic accommodations in collaboration with faculty and staff

• Deliver direct guidance to students on a range of issues such as academic progress, academic program policies, accessibility, and career plans in order to assist them in connecting with available resources and making appropriate choices and decisions

• Interact and collaborate with others including, but not limited to, SDR staff, faculty, academic advisers, and other university staff to troubleshoot and resolve student needs and concerns, interpret policies, and mediate complex and sensitive issues

• Maintain accurate and confidential student files, records, and correspondence

• Act as a resource to campus disability offices and SDR, as well as to the larger university community

Unique Aspects of the Job:

• Apply independent judgment and expertise in a student-centered position

• Respond to multi-dimensional matters involving students in crisis, at risk, with intersectional identities, or who have other urgent needs impacting academics, as well as provid