Faculty Resources

We work with faculty and staff to ensure all programs, services, and facilities are accessible and usable by disabled students. If there is ever a question or need for clarification on any matter related student accommodations or services, please do not hesitate to contact our office. We appreciate your continued support!

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MyDRC Faculty Portal

In the MyDRC Faculty Portal you can:

  • List all students who have requested accommodations for your classes
  • View your student’s list of accommodations
  • Fill out Test Proctor Forms
  • Upload exams
  • Check students’ scheduled exams, and if they are completed
  • Find assigned Notetakers, and view their uploaded notes.

Universal Design

BC and the nearby UW’s Do-It program have a variety of options to help you with accessibility and universal design including:

Instructor Responsibilities

For All Faculty:

There are some general responsibilities for all faculty, regardless of whether you have a student registered with the Disability Resource Center:

  • Include the DRC’s statement in your syllabus and share this information when you discuss your syllabus on the first day of class.
  • Refer students who disclose having or think they have a disability to the Disability Resource Center. A student may come right out and state they have a disability, they may indicate they had a 504 or IEP Plan in primary school, or they may indicate they’ve always struggled with a particular subject and aren’t sure why. These are all good times to refer a student to our office.  Some tips for referring students:
    • The more explicit a student is about having a disability, 504 or IEP Plan the more explicitly you can refer them to us. Let them know the Disability Resource Center is the office that handles accommodations for Bellevue College!
    • If a student talks more generally about struggling, or they come from a culture with lots of stigma around having a disability, it may be best to list us as one of a few programs that could offer support – such as the Academic Success Center and Multicultural Services.
    • Pay extra attention to your tone, facial expressions and body language when responding as many students can be sensitive or anxious to how people view them upon learning they have a disability.
    • Offering to accompany or refer students to the our office can be a great way to show them you are not judging them and support them connecting with us. Students in general can experience anxiety when coming into any new office and asking for support and depending on the student’ s disability, they may experience more than most.
  • Proactively make your course as accessible as possible! Accessibility and universal design techniques help all students but particularly reduce barriers for disabled students. Bonus – there will be less work if a student requests accommodations as you will already have them built into your course. 

For Faculty who receive a Letter of Accommodation:

There are additional responsibilities for faculty if they have a student with accommodations:

  • Read through the Letter of Accommodation and click the links for any accommodations that are new to you.
  • Contact your student’s Access Specialist if you have any questions about the accommodations. If you have a student with an accommodation you think may fundamentally alter your course, this is a great time to reach out! We can partner on ensuring access without fundamentally altering the course – and ensure the DRC, instructor, and student are all on the same page about accommodations for that particular course.
  • Implement accommodations requiring instructor action.

Employee (Non-Student) Accommodations

Requests for Faculty and Staff accommodations are made through Human Resources. To find more information, including who to contact, visit HR’s Reasonable Accommodations website.