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Position Summary
The Student Accessibility Coordinator provides support to students with disabilities, temporary medical conditions, and religious accommodation requests at all Crowder Campus locations. The Student Accessibility Coordinator ensures access to academic, facilities, housing, and dining services. This involves reviewing documentation, engaging in interactive discussions with students and Crowder College faculty and staff, and implementing accommodation plans.
Essential Job Duties
This professional position works with a diverse caseload of students to ensure adherence to appropriate policies, procedures, and legal guidelines while providing a welcoming and supportive environment for students and guests of the college. To determine student eligibility and appropriate accommodations that meet all applicable laws/regulations, this position:
- Reviews and interprets supporting documentation including medical, psychological, and psycho-educational assessments.
- Engages students in interactive discussions about their accommodation needs and collaborates with various college programs to implement appropriate and effective accommodation supports in a reasonable time frame.
- Maintains daily case notes and technical and confidential records in various informational and reporting systems.
- Provides ongoing support and communication to students and other stakeholders about accommodations.
- Supports students in accessing and using assistive technologies and auxiliary aids.
- Addresses student concerns proactively, with the ability to maintain appropriate professional boundaries from students and separate personal and student issues.
- Researches legal updates, industry standards, and best practices.
- Participates in developing department information, presentations, and promotional material, and participates in campus events, including resource fairs, workshops, and training sessions.
- Performs other related duties as assigned by the direct supervisor and student affairs leadership.
Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities- A Bachelor’s degree in education, special education, human services, disability services, psychology, social sciences, or other appropriate fields of study.
- Thorough knowledge of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and Title IX.
- Excellent verbal and communication skills.
- Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with students, parents, colleagues, outside educational partners, and other stakeholders within the community.
- Experience in reviewing medical, psychological, and educational evaluations is beneficial, as well as, experience with assistive technology.
Preferred Knowledge Skills & Abilities- A Master’s degree.
- Experience in higher education.
Information Technology Abilities- Ability to operate a personal computer within the Crowder College Network environment using the currently available Microsoft Windows operating system.
- Ability to perform basic Jenzabar functions.
- Ability to use E-mail and associated calendaring/scheduling applications.
- Ability to perform basic word processing using MS Word.
- Ability to perform basic spreadsheet functions using MS Excel.
- Ability to use other computer programs as needed.
Positions Supervised- None.
Working Environment:- Work is performed primarily in a standard office setting and may involve frequent interruptions and distractions.
- May require extended periods of time viewing computer monitor or standing.
- May encounter occasional exposure to inclement weather during travel.
- Normal college working hours but adjustment of hours involving evening and/or weekend work is required from time to time.
- Travel for professional development and services to students, at all Crowder locations, is expected.
- A neat appearance and appropriate business apparel are required.
- The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical:- Generally sedentary work involving sitting most of the time but will involve outdoor mobility within the campus and various sites (even in inclement weather) engaging in physical activities such as walking (sometimes long distances) when helping with student activities.
- Input, access and distribute information using computers.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, or crouch; and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
- The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Creative and Analytical Skills- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to devise or modify methods or processes to solve specific problems.
Language/Communication Skills- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing. Excellent interpersonal skills with a proven ability to relate to students, faculty, staff, administrators and the community.
- Ability to read, write, speak and understand English.
- Ability to effectively manage stakeholder inquiries and complaints.
- Effective telephone communication skills, including the ability to provide information verbally and with a friendly demeanor.
***CROWDER COLLEGE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MODIFY, INTERPRET, OR APPLY THIS JOB DESCRIPTION IN ANY WAY THE INSTITUTION DESIRES. THIS JOB DESCRIPTION IN NO WAY IMPLIES THAT THESE ARE THE ONLY DUTIES, INCLUDING ESSENTIAL DUTIES, TO BE PERFORMED BY THE EMPLOYEE OCCUPYING THIS POSITION. THIS JOB DESCRIPTION IS NOT AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE. THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP REMAINS “AT-WILL.” THE AFOREMENTIONED JOB REQUIREMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE TO REASONABLY ACCOMMODATE QUALIFIED DISABLED INDIVIDUALS.
