Accommodation Coordinator

University of Colorado • Colorado Springs, CO

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Accommodation Coordinator works in Disability Services and the University Testing Center at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. The role supports the university’s responsibility to process student accommodation requests and coordinate compliance with disability nondiscrimination requirements under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the ADA Amendments Act, and related regulations. Working collaboratively with departmental colleagues and the wider university community, the coordinator provides direct services to students, faculty, and staff.

The position evaluates disability-related documentation and determines appropriate accommodations, adjustments, and auxiliary aids and services for students in a postsecondary setting. This includes assessing requests for classroom, campus-program, and examination access, including assistive technology and programmatic access; working with students to formalize accommodations; and collaborating with faculty and staff on implementation. The coordinator documents relevant actions and interactions, maintains confidentiality, and participates in interactive processes addressing accommodation requests or grievances.

The coordinator also connects students with on- and off-campus support services, provides guidance and training to faculty or staff when needed, and advises students on accommodation-related rights and responsibilities, university policies, academic requirements, self-advocacy, and career issues. The position includes ongoing professional development and keeping current with research, regulations, and trends in postsecondary disability services.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education.
• Professional experience working with adolescents and/or adults with disabilities in an educational or comparable setting.
• Experience reading and understanding documentation and its impact on the academic environment, including reports and assessments from healthcare providers, psychologists, or educational systems (for example, a psychoeducational evaluation).

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in education, special education, psychology, rehabilitation, counseling, or a closely related field.
• Experience working with students with disabilities in higher education.

Responsibilities

• Determine appropriate accommodations, adjustments, and auxiliary aids or services for students with disabilities in a postsecondary setting.
• Interpret disability-related documentation and assess whether requests for classroom, campus-program, examination, assistive-technology, and programmatic access are supported.
• Determine reasonable accommodations based on diagnostic information, current impact, the reasonableness of requests, standards of practice, and student requests.
• Work individually with students to formalize accommodations.
• Collaborate with faculty and university staff to implement academic accommodations.
• Document administrative actions and interactions with students, families, faculty, staff, and providers.
• Maintain confidentiality in accordance with FERPA, university policies, and departmental policies.
• Participate in interactive processes to resolve professor or student accommodation requests or grievances.
• Work with on- and off-campus support services and refer students with disabilities to appropriate services.
• Provide training, guidance, and support to faculty and staff working with students with disabilities when necessary.
• Advise students about accommodation-related rights and responsibilities under the ADA, Sections 504 and 508, the ADAAA, and university policies; also advise on academic requirements, self-advocacy, and career issues related to disabling conditions and needs.
• Attend professional development activities and share current information with colleagues and the university community.
• Stay current with research, publications, OCR rulings, technical information, and emerging trends in postsecondary disability issues.

Benefits

• 22 vacation days, 10 sick days, paid parental leave, and 13 recognized holidays.
• Bereavement, jury duty, and FAMLI Leave provisions.
• Medical plans with preventive care at no cost, including a yearly mental health visit.
• Dental and vision plans and prescription drug benefits.
• Health savings and flexible spending accounts.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Retirement options.
• Twelve waived credits per academic year for courses at any CU campus.
• Wellness programs and additional benefits through CU Advantage.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time