Information for Faculty
Letters to Professors
Accommodation letters are uploaded to Starfish as soon as students are approved for disability accommodations. The Starfish system will send an e-mail notice to students to confirm their letters have been uploaded to the system and will be uploaded to faculty based on their semester schedule. When appropriate, notification is also sent to a student's field placement supervisor.
The original accommodation letter will remain in Starfish for each subsequent semester unless accommodations were revised. If revised, a revision date will be noted on the accommodation letter.
Accommodation letters are confidential and indicate eligible accommodations for individual students. All eligible accommodations are listed on the letters; students may choose not to use all accommodations in all classes. It is the student's responsibility to discuss their needs with their professors early in the semester when they choose to use an accommodation in a class. In some cases, no action will be required on the part of the professor.
For students eligible to have a note-taker and who request one from their professor, we ask faculty to solicit one student to take notes for one student requiring a note-taker. When multiple students need a note-taker in a single class, one note-taker can be approved for multiple students. Most students will not use a note-taker for every course. Please send the student note-taker to the Office of Learning Services at 352 Lyle Hall to sign up for payroll and to receive a supply of NCR paper for note-taking, if they desire. The student note-taker must know the name of the student who will receive the notes. Alternatively, faculty may choose to contact the Office of Learning Services with the note-taker and name of the student in need of service. Please do not download or give a copy of a student's confidential letter of accommodations to the note-taker.
For questions or assistance with professors' letters, please contact the OLS at 717-871-5554 or by e-mail at Learning.Services@millersville.edu.
Testing Accommodation Request Form (Green Sheet)
Some students with disabilities are eligible for out-of-class and distraction-free testing accommodations. For professors who are unable to provide those testing accommodations, they may choose to have their students tested in the Office of Learning Services. The Office of Learning Services (OLS) requires students with disabilities who desire to use this accommodation to present their professors with a Testing Accommodation Request Form indicating the date and time of their exam and what materials, if any, they are permitted to use during testing such as notes, calculators, books, etc.
Faculty are not required to provide out-of-class testing for students who do not request the use of this accommodation, nor are faculty required to re-test a student who did not present an out-of-class testing form prior to completing an exam. Faculty are asked to pay special attention to the reverse side of the Testing Accommodation Form (green sheet). All four (4) sections must be completed and a normal test length time must be entered. The form must be signed by the professor. If the section pertaining to the administration of the test is left blank, the student will not be permitted any additional materials during testing. The OLS requires that students present the Test Accommodation Request form no less than three (3) business days prior to the requested test date to allow for room scheduling. For final exams, students are required to submit the Test Accommodation Request form no less than ten (10) business days prior to the requested test date to allow for room scheduling.
For questions or assistance with Testing Accommodation Request forms (green sheets), please contact the OLS at 717-871-5554 or by e-mail at Learning.Services@millersville.edu.
Anne Taylor of the NFB Recognizes D2L for its Commitment to Accessibility
Syllabus Statement
Faculty may choose to note the following statement on their syllabus that informs students about accommodations:
“Students with disabilities who believe that they may need accommodations in this class are encouraged to contact the Office of Learning Services at 352 Lyle Hall (717-871-5554) as soon as possible to enhance the likelihood that such accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion.”