Rights and Responsibilities

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TRANSITIONING FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE

INSTRUCTORS

High School

  • Teachers check your completed homework
  • Teachers remind you of incomplete work
  • Teachers approach you if they believe you need assistance
  • Teachers have been trained in teaching methods to assist in imparting knowledge to students.
  • Teachers present material to help you understand the material in the textbook.
  • Teachers often put information of the chalkboard that is to be copied for notes.
  • Teachers seldom require outside sources.
  • Teachers impart knowledge and facts.

College

  • Professors do not remind you of incomplete work.
  • Professors expect you to approach them if you need assistance.
  • Professors have been trained as experts in their field, and are interested in particular areas of research.
  • Professors may not follow a textbook. They give illustrations, provide background information, discuss research about the topic you are studying, or amplify the textbook with additional material.
  • Professors often lecture nonstop and do not identify the important points in writing.
  • Professors require library research.

GRADES

High School

  • Grades are given for most assigned work.
  • A baseline of homework grades may help when test grades are low.
  • Graduation may occur as long as you have passed all required courses with a grade of “D” or higher.

College

  • Grades may not be provided for all assigned work.
  • Grades on tests provide most of the course grade.
  • Graduation will occur only if your average in all classes meets the departmental standard, which is usually a 2.0 or “C”.

CLASSES

College

  • Class times vary throughout the day and evening.
  • You spend up to 12 to 16 hours each week in class.
  • The school year is divided into two 14 week semesters plus a week following each semester for examinations (30 weeks).
  • You will need to arrange your own schedule.
  • Classes may be large in size.
  • You must budget substantial funds to purchase your own textbooks.

Tests

  • Testing is infrequent and covers large amounts of material
  • Makeup tests are seldom available.
  • Test scheduling is usually listed in the syllabus, the course outline, and is not open to changes related to college events.

Studying

  • You are expected to study 2 to 3 hours outside of class for each hour in class.
  • You will be assigned substantial amounts of reading.

COURSE SELECTION

High School

  • Your courses are generated by a pre-determined curriculum and according to your level of skill.
  • You need permission to participate in extracurricular activities.
  • You can count on someone correcting you if you are not responsible.
  • Need for money is for special purchases or events. You usually do not have to buy your own books.
  • Curriculum may be modified to meet your needs, if you have a disability.

College

  • You select your courses with your advisor.
  • Your time is your own. If you wish to participate in extracurricular activities, you can and we encourage you to do so.
  • If you choose not to attend class, you will miss the information from that class unless you make the arrangements to get the material from a classmate or your professor.
  • How many classes you take each semester is up to you. In order to be considered full-time, you must take at least 12 credits.
  • It is not necessary to take a full course load each semester
  • Curriculum is not modified.

DIFFERENCES IN ACCOMODATING DISABILITIES

High School

  • Your Individual Education Program (IEP) prescribes the services that you will receive.
  • A committee of professionals and your teacher work with your parents and you to create the IEP
  • The teachers monitor your progress and recommend adjustments as needed.

College

  • In order to receive support services, you must disclose your disability and provide appropriate documentation (I.E.P., cognitive and academic testing to the Coordinator of Disabilities Services.
  • Curricula will not be modified to meet your needs. You will be expected to demonstrate the same level of understanding of course material as all other students in the class.
  • Your parents are not involved in the development of your accommodation plan, if you are 18 years of age or older.
  • You are responsible for having your high school submit your diagnostic material and an IEP to the college prior to the beginning of your college experience. High School documents defining your disability and your academic accommodations ARE NOT automatically sent along with your transcripts. You must specifically request that these documents be sent to the Coordinator of Disabilities Services.
  • High school IEPs are not incorporated at the college level. Instead, the Director reviews the IEP and testing (within 3 years) and writes reasonable, larger scoped accommodations for the post-secondary classroom.

The student makes all appointments with the Director and is solely responsible for communicating any educational difficulties within the semester.

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RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES OF FACULTY AND STAFF IN THE ACCOMODATION OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

The Faculty and Staff have the right to:

  • Receive an accommodation plan written by the Coordinator of Disability Services which verifies a documented disability
  • Receive support and assistance from the Coordinator of Disability Services in order to facilitate the accommodation plan
  • Contact the Coordinator of Disability Services to discuss appropriateness and benefit of accommodations for students in their respective classes who have a disability.

The Faculty and Staff have the responsibility to:

  • Provide and facilitate any classroom and/or office accommodation required for students with documented disability;
  • Keep all disability information regarding a student confidential;

Maintain reasonable standards for all students. The objective for the accommodation of students with disabilities should be to accommodate learning differences, not lower academic requirements. The same standards should be applied to students with disabilities, as are applied to all other students with respect to evaluation.

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RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

Students with disabilities have the right to :

  • Access courses and programs, services, activities and facilities offered through Lakes Region CC;;
  • Receive reasonable accommodations and/or auxiliary aids and services which will equalize access to all educational opportunities.

Students with disabilities have the responsibility to :

  • Meet program qualifications and follow standards for courses, programs, services and activities;
  • Self-identify as an individual with a disability and seek information, counsel and assistance when necessary
  • Obtain and provide documentation (from an appropriate licensed professional) documenting the disability
  • Follow procedures for obtaining reasonable accommodations
  • Follow procedures for borrowing auxiliary aids
  • Consult with the Coordinator of Disability Services if problems related to the disability or the facilitation of accommodations arise.

Anyone may access TLC service. Please come in and let us assist you. This may be just the additional support you need to enable you to achieve your goals.
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