Teaching and Training
Your responsibilities
Professors
- Follow the core legislated and mandatory trainings
- Learn about the Emergency procedures
- Understand the laws and read the guidelines applicable to your functions.
Use Ventus for accommodation management
- File an online Notice of Examination for each course and section, indicating the dates of mid‐term exams, quizzes and other in‐class evaluations.
- Provide the Access Service with exam copies: When a student with accommodation needs is registered in a course, you receive an automatic message indicating the deadline for providing the Access Service with copies of your exams and other tests or assignments.
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Supervisors
- Take the Supervisor Health and Safety Awareness training.
Requesting an accommodation
Inclusive teaching
Teaching and Learning Support Service (TLSS)
The Teaching and Learning Support Service is a one-stop-shop for educational and techno-pedagogical services.
Material on inclusive pedagogy
- Introduction to Inclusive Teaching Practices (PDF)
- Implementation Checklist for Inclusive Teaching Practices (PDF)
- Universal Design for Learning Guidelines (PDF)
- Minimizing the Impact of Learning Obstacles (Access Service Guide) (PDF)
- Testimony of Maia and Maia's transcript of testimony (Video) (Transcript)
- Testimony of Celeste and Celeste’s transcript of testimony (Video) (Transcript)
Student mental illness: Recognize, Respond and Refer
In the three step training Recognize, Respond and Refer you will learn about the following:
- Recognizing indicators of mental illness
- Responding in a way that is appropriate to the indicators and the relationship you have with the student
- Referrals to the appropriate services for students
Recruitment and supervision
Recruiting of employees
The recruitment process must comply with accessibility laws. Read the following sections in the Employment guidelines:
Supervising research/teaching assistants
Employers are required to meet the accommodation needs of employees with disabilities to the point of undue hardship. Read the following sections in the Employment guidelines: