Your Support Matters
Recognizing and supporting students with disabilities is vital to creating an inclusive educational experience. Your support, awareness, and empathy matter to those around you and by displaying these characteristics, we can create opportunities for full participation in all aspects of students’ lives.
Accommodation Notification Letters
Notification letters have begun being sent. The letters will notify faculty of prescribed accommodations. Letters do not disclose the diagnosis or disability-related limitations. It is essential to respect the student’s privacy and autonomy. If a student does not choose to disclose their disability(ies), do not push for information or make assumptions. Private meetings are best when discussing accommodations, learning about the student’s strengths, and how best to support the implementation of prescribed accommodations.
Accessible Furniture
With the support of FD&O, AEC places accessible furniture in classrooms. The furniture is strictly for student use. As faculty you will know the student and furniture assigned; aid the University by ensuring the student has priority use of the furniture during class time and that the furniture remains in the classroom until the end of the semester.
Glean
Students prescribed Glean for note-taking services sign an agreement each semester. Agreements align with faculty rights in support of University Policy S12-7.
- Glean is for the use of the lecture sections of class, not private settings. Classrooms and/or lecture halls are public University spaces.
- The Faculty Notification Letter provides faculty with a notice.
- The audio recordings captured by the program are not disseminated and are solely for the use of the intended student.
- Sharing of any portion of the recording would require consent from the AEC, who would enlist faculty feedback before providing approval.
Glean may, at times, not be appropriate due to the sensitive nature of a course subject or cause a fundamental alteration of course requirements. In those cases, faculty would notify AEC and together an equally effective alternative would be identified. Visit AEC’s Notetaking Services site for additional security and accessibility compliance information.
Please note: If faculty have concerns that a particular accommodation would fundamentally alter the academic course/program, they can discuss those concerns with AEC—not the student—as part of the interactive process. However, failing or refusing to provide or implement AEC-approved accommodations is inconsistent with CSU and SJSU policy and creates risk to the University (and to the individual), including for claims of disability discrimination.
