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Understanding Technical Standards in Education: Importance and Implementation

Technical standards in education are essential nonacademic skills and performance requirements that every student must meet to successfully complete their programs. These standards help prevent enrollment of unqualified students, guide informed decision-making, and facilitate discussions on accommodations for disabilities. Developed through a collaborative approach at Alamance Community College, they serve to protect program integrity and ensure fair assessment of student capabilities. This initiative includes specific processes and forms to assist both students and faculty in navigating technical standards effectively.

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Understanding Technical Standards in Education: Importance and Implementation

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  1. WHAT ARE TECHNICAL STANDARDS& WHY DO WE NEED THEM? Counselor’s Division June 23, 2011 Monica Isbell, MSW Coordinator of Special Needs & Counseling Alamance Community College

  2. What are Technical Standards? • The nonacademic standards, skills and performance requirements of an educational program • Demanded of every student • Examples: physical, cognitive and behavior standards • Necessary for satisfactory completion of all aspects of the curriculum and development of professional attributes for graduation

  3. Why Develop Technical Standards • Proactive approach • May prevent enrollment of a student who is not otherwise qualified to complete a program • Prevent and/or avoid disability discrimination claims

  4. Uses of Standards • Student - make an informed decision whether to apply/declare a program based on interest and ability - facilitate self-reporting disabilities - opens door to discussing accommodations

  5. Uses of Standards • Faculty - assess or evaluate a student’s progress or lack thereof - effectively advising students - remove a student who is not otherwise qualified

  6. Uses of Standards • Institution - protection from “watering down” requirements of a program and discriminating against person with disabilities

  7. What Prompted Development at ACC • Five situations from three divisions • Lack of a consistent college-wide procedures for addressing inadequate student performance • Lack of a process for improving deficient areas • Lack of a protocol to address direct threat to others

  8. The Development Process • Coordinator of Special Needs Role - attended trainings/workshops - researched examples of technical standards and processes - planned faculty/staff workshop - utilized resources and knowledge from disability services providers - developed standards/forms template

  9. Development Process • Coordinator of Special Needs (cont’d) - developed a time-line for completion - assisted with the review of the technical standards - presented to the Administrative Council for approval and implementation

  10. Development Process • Faculty Role - to write the technical standards for their program - standards are individualized for each program, not cookie cutter - utilized the examples as a resource tool - did not adopt national board or organization standards as own - review and revise standards

  11. Development Process • Technical Standard Worksheet • Program Application • Technical Standards Observation form • Technical Standards Action Plan form

  12. Implementation • Presentation to the Administrative Council • Technical Standard Rationale • Revised the signature column • Summer 2009: Dental, Nursing, Medical Assisting • Fall 2009: Early Childhood, Animal Care, Cosmetology, MLT, Nursing Assistant, EMS, Culinary

  13. After Implementation • Two situations 1. Refusal to sign standards or meet with the Coordinator of Special Needs 2. Request for Services – to provide amplified stethoscope

  14. What’s Next • Begin the process with our programs in Industrial & Graphics Technologies - Welding & Horticulture • Revised to the Procedural Guidelines

  15. Thank you Questions & Answers

  16. Contact Information (336) 506-4130 monica.isbell@alamancecc.edu

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