Disability Services - Northern Virginia Community College
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Adjunct Faculty Orientation
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Dean of Students
Dr. Athos Brewer
CA 315
703-323-3382
Oversees all student services units
Overloads, signs dual enrollment forms after counselors
Care Team
Handles campus disciplinary procedures, but not police
matters
Mr. Raymond Jones, Judicial Officer/Counselor
[email protected]
Student Services Center
Mr. Tho Le, Acting Campus Registrar, CG 206
Online application assistance
Registration assistance for special exceptions
Transcript requests and graduation applications
handled in Central Records Office. Faculty advisors
(not students) may contact Ms. Alethea Hamilton,
College Registrar, [email protected] when issues
arise with graduation applications. Students may
contact the CRO at [email protected]
Student Support Services
Dr. Marilyn Deppe, Coordinator, CA 113: Oversees
Work Study, Veteran’s Office and Campus Financial
Aid Office
Veteran’s Office: Mr. Romy Sarmiento, Veteran’s
Office, CA 114, 703-323-3145
Financial Aid Office: CA 113
Phone (703) 323-3556
VTDD (703) 323-3744
[email protected]
Financial Aid
Grants
College Work Study
Loans
Scholarships
http://www.nvcc.edu/finance/
Ms. Joan Zanders, College Financial Aid Director
College Financial Aid Office: (703) 323-3199
Counseling
Dr. Ellen Fancher-Ruiz, Coordinator
CA 112, 703-323-3200
Academic Advising, undeclared students
Referrals for students needing personal counseling
College Success Skills classes
Career and Transfer Career Center
Student Activities (soon to be moved to Coordinator of
Student Success)
Summer faculty advising is done in the Academic
Assistance Center, CG 224, Dr. Joyce Bryant, Coordinator
Student Activities
Many student organizations on campus
Social, cultural and educational events
throughout the year.
Student Government Association
Annandale Campus Coordinators: Michelle
Green (703) 323-3484 and Calvin Haney (703)
764-0122, CF 230
Athletics and Intramurals
Men’s Basketball
Women’s Basketball
Men’s Soccer
Men’s Lacrosse
Women’s Volleyball
Coed Ice Hockey
Contact: Brian Anweiler, Coordinator of College-Wide
Student Activities, 703-845-6206
International Students
NOVA Office of International Student Services, 703-
323-3423, [email protected]
Annandale Campus International Student Center, CA
113, 703-323-2272, Dr. Michael Tucker, Coordinator
Disability Services: CA Bldg, 112
Counseling Office
Students may receive accommodations for
documented disabilities
703-323-3200
CA 112
Ms. Susie Ko
Ms. Vicky White
Ms. Kimberly Heck
Referrals
NOVA Cares and Care Teams:
http://www.nvcc.edu/faculty-andstaff/novacares/faq.html
Counseling Office
Dean of Students
Campus Police, 703-323-3111
Emergency call boxes on campus
Dr. Patricia Lunt, College Special Assistant, 703-3232136
PTK Honorary
Campus Organization
PTK Honor Society
12 earned credits, a declared major and a 3.5 GPA
Many schools offer PTK scholarships
Dr. JoAnn Credle, Faculty Advisor
Career and Transfer Center
CA 105
Career counseling, job referral
Employer visits to campus
Transfer information and assistance
Transfer workshops, fairs and visits
Transfer: 703-323-3211
Transfer Counselors Kimberly Wright and Jennifer
Nelson
Career: 703-323-3144
Career Counselors
Marius Jones (A-L) 703 323 2236
TBA (M-Z) TBA
Cooperative Education
CA 105
Students gain credit through work experiences or
internships
Jared Moffett, 703.323.3719 or [email protected]
Annandale Campus Pathway Office, CG 222
College/university transition program targeted to at
risk students
Partnership includes NOVA, George Mason and most
local school districts
Kerin Hilker-Balkissoon, Director
Fran Troy, Coordinator, campus programs
703-323-3359, [email protected]
Dual Enrollment
Young people who are high school juniors
(including home schooled) may take classes at
NOVA.
Must test into the college level on English
placement test
Math placement test may be required depending
on course
Dual Enrollment Forms (125-207 and 125-208) are
online http://www.nvcc.edu/forms/
WHY PROVIDE
ACCOMMODATIONS?
In Post-Secondary Education:
No qualified individual with a disability, on the basis of a
disability, may be
• excluded from participation in,
• denied benefits of, or
• otherwise be subjected to discrimination
Under any program, service, or activity which
• is operated by a public entity (ADA) or
• which receives or benefits from federal financial assistance (504)
WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
Students who have a documented chronic disability
that substantially limits them in one or more major
life activities and who are otherwise academically
qualified
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WHAT DO FACULTY PROVIDE?
Appropriate academic accommodations and auxiliary
aids and services necessary to afford a student with a
disability an equal opportunity to participate in the
school’s programs and services
Complete confidentiality in regards to the student’s
disability
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HOW DO FACULTY DO THIS?
Review the Memorandum of Accommodation (MOA)
provided to you by the student
Discuss any questions or concerns regarding the
accommodations with the student
Contact the counselor that has signed the memorandum
with additional questions
Note: You may not ask the student any specific
information regarding the nature of the disability. The
counselor will provide the additional information on a
need to know basis
WHAT DO FACULTY NOT PROVIDE?
We do not provide an accommodation that would
fundamentally alter the nature of the course
We do not compromise on requirements that are
essential to the course or program
We do not provide an accommodation that creates
an undue financial or administrative burden
WHAT IF THERE IS NO MOA?
If a student does not have an official College
memorandum, accommodations should never be provided
Disability Services Counselors are trained to review
documentation and determine if accommodations are
appropriate and which ones to provide
Refer the student to the Counseling Center to learn more
about the required medical documentation, to pick up an
intake packet (also online), or to schedule an appointment
with a Disability Counselor to discuss eligibility
Refer students to the DS website for additional
information: (http://www.nvcc.edu/currentstudents/disability-services/index.html)
WHAT IF THE STUDENT DOES NOT HAVE CURRENT
DOCUMENTATION OF THEIR DISABILITY?
Unlike K – 12th grade, postsecondary schools are not
required to pay for medical or psychological
documentation of a disability
Postsecondary schools are only required to provide
accommodations to allow for equal access, if the student
provides documentation to support the need for
accommodations
The student will have to pay for updated evaluations, if
they do not have current documentation
Disability Counselors can provide vendor resources for
students
WHAT ELSE SHOULD FACULTY
CONSIDER?
Some students may be unaware of whom to speak
to and what to do if they have a disability
A statement should be included on your syllabi
referring students to a Disability Services
Counselor
Equal accessibility also includes handouts,
electronic material, websites, blackboard
assignments, and materials presented during
lecture (i.e. videos)
When in doubt, please contact a Disability
Counselor
Statement on your Syllabus
The College is committed to the goal of providing each
qualified student with an equal opportunity to pursue a
college education regardless of disability. Efforts will be
made to meet reasonable requests for services to students
with disabilities eligible under Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA). A student with disabilities is
encouraged to contact a counselor for Disability Services in
the Student Services or Counseling Center of their home
campus to discuss possible accommodations. A
Memorandum of Accommodation from the counselor must
be presented to the professor in order to receive
accommodations.
ADDITIONALLY
Possible status as a minor does not factor in the
college’s process for determining eligibility for
accommodations
Students are subject to the same rules and policies as
all students attending college
Higher education is not bound by a student’s IEP
from high school
Information on NOVA website
Information for students: http://www.nvcc.edu/faculty-andstaff/novacares/faq.html
Information for faculty: http://www.nvcc.edu/faculty-andstaff/disability-resources/Disability_Services_at_NVCC_for_faculty.pdf
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
http://www.nvcc.edu/faculty-and-staff/disability
resources/index.html
http://www.ldonline.org/
http://www.health-resource-center.org/
http://www.washington.edu/doit/Faculty
http://www.fln.vcu.edu/ld/ld.html
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