Note Taking Services - Information for Faculty

The Office of Disability Services provides  note taking services to qualified students. The note taking service uses volunteer note takers who are concurrently taking the class. If provided this accommodation, the student is to deliver a Note Taker Request form to each instructor for which a volunteer is needed.

When presented with this form, faculty should make the following announcement to the class as soon as possible:

Disability Services needs a volunteer note taker in this class to take notes for a student with a disability. If you are interested, please see me after class. Notes are copied in the Disability Services Office at no cost to the note taker. Volunteer services can be listed on a resume or job applications, as employers are interested in people who volunteer in their community.

There might be several students in your class needing note taking services.

Please make an announcement each time you are presented with a note taker request form to ensure an adequate number of volunteers. Also, to ensure that students receive approved accommodations, the request for a volunteer should be sought only when the student presents the request form from the DS office.

Confidentiality of the student’s disability status is required by law. The student requesting a volunteer note taker should never be identified, except at the student’s discretion. Each student registered with the DS office is assigned a number which is the only information disclosed to the volunteer note taker.

If questions or concerns arise, please contact our office at 687-4355.