CLASS Program - Accommodations Policies
Accommodations can only be provided by the CLASS office if your instructor is informed. Disclosing that you are working with CLASS to your faculty can be of great benefit to you during the semester as it will open lines of communication between you, your specialist and your instructors.
You do not need tell your instructors specific information about your disability, only that you have been found eligible for accommodations through CLASS. If you choose to share details regarding your disability with your professors, you and your Specialist can work together on how to initiate that conversation. One example of the benefits it can provide you is that it can lead to a helpful discussion of your academic strengths and challenges.
There are two forms that are completed for each course for which you are requesting accommodations:
Professor Letters
You officially disclose that you have a disability through the Professor Letter. This letter confirms your connection with CLASS and indicates which accommodations you are eligible to receive for each specific course.
After you receive the letters from your Specialist, you should:
- Present the letters to each of your professors the next time you have class with them.
- Ask them to sign it right then so you can take the copy back. (Don’t leave the letters with them to sign later.)
- Give the professor the top white copy of the Professor Letter for their records.
- Return the signed yellow copy to the Accommodations Specialist or a lab worker in Foss 17A (Groves Lab). These signed letters need to be returned to the Groves Lab before you can receive accommodations.
Proctor Requests
For each test or quiz that you want to take in the Groves Lab, you will fill out an Online Test Proctor Form (directions and a link to the form).
It is your responsibility to make sure that all forms are completed and signed by your professors, and that the copies are returned to the Groves Lab. This is an important aspect of student independence and self-advocacy.
Getting textbooks in alternative format (such as CD or CD-R)
The Center for Learning and Adaptive Student Services (CLASS), Augsburg College, 2211 Riverside Avenue CB#57, Minneapolis, MN 55454; (612)330-1053, class@augsburg.edu www.augsburg.edu/classprogram
