Mason Academic Accessibility Plans MAAPs Naomi MartinezJones Director
Mason Academic Accessibility Plans (MAAPs) Naomi Martinez-Jones, Director, Disability Services Jason Northrup, Assoc. Director, Disability Services Korey Singleton, Manager, Assistive Technology Initiative April 11, 2018
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Statement of the Problem 1. Timely access to instructional resources – Example Issue #1, Students w/ visual impairments • Student with total blindness enrolled in STEM courses – Braille production costs since Fall 2015 - ~$80 k+ • Weeks/Months needed to convert instructional resources into accessible formats – Example Issue #2, Accessed to captioned media for Deaf/Hoh students # OF STUDENTS # OF FACULTY # OF COURSES W/ CAPTIONED VIDEO # OF VIDEOS Fall 2016 25 87 93 19 127* Spring 2017 29 111 113 21 291** Fall 2017 22 97 104 8 170# Spring 2018 18 85 86 9 59## SEMESTER * - Videos from 4 faculty members made up 87 of the 127 requested videos ** - Videos from 3 faculty members made up 194 of the 291 requested videos # - Videos from 1 faculty member made up 103 of the 140 requested videos ## - Videos from 3 faculty member made up 46 of the 59 requested videos
Statement of the Problem cont. 2. Coordination among campus stakeholders and consistent access to accommodations – Relevant Guidance – Resolution Agreement, Office of Civil Rights (OCR) Case No. 11 -16 -2083 – George Mason University (October 2016) 3. Classroom Management situations and support
Existing Solutions • Training Issues – Limited faculty training on how best to support these student populations • Course-specific Issues – Classroom management? – Type of course content (e. g. , STEM vs. social sciences, F 2 F vs. fully online, etc. ) • Instructional Resource Issues – Accessibility support (i. e. , documents, videos, websites) – Supplemental applications
Proposed Solution(s) • Create MAAPs (Mason Academic Accessibility Plans) for students with unique and challenging academic needs ICT Accessibility Training Approach in recent DOJ/OCR Settlements Whole Institution (Top-down) P r o p o s e d M a s o Approach/Risk-Specific Targeted n (High-Risk/High-Impact) A p
Proposed Solution(s) • MAAPs Initiative involves the following: 1. Identify students (DS) 2. Identify degree programs and academic courses students are enrolled in (DS) 3. Identify Academic Advisors and Dept. Chairs (Academic Council) 4. Work with Dept. Chairs to identify and train faculty 5. Present support and training resources • Creating and identifying accessible instructional resources (c/o ATI, DS, Library, and ODL) • Annual DS training for academic departments 6. Establish remediation timelines 7. Semi-annual follow-ups/check-ins
Next Step(s) • Need Academic Council’s assistance with. . . 1. Identifying Academic Advisors and Dept. Chairs (Academic Council) 2. Facilitating meetings with academic advisors, instructional faculty, and department chairs 3. Ongoing support and open lines of communication
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