Assistive Technology Coordinator

This position determines appropriate assistive technology and adaptive equipment needs for students and serves as an accessibility advocate for the College. The Assistive Technology Coordinator works collaboratively with faculty and staff to ensure that digital accessible content, adaptive technology, and mandated accommodated exams are provided in compliance with federal and state mandates. The AT Coordinator provides training to faculty, staff, and students on assistive technology and digital accessibility under the ADAAA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.

This position reports to the Director of Student Accessibility and Testing Services.

Chemeketa is a proud Hispanic-Serving Institution that aspires to be an inclusive environment where we honor and value the unique contributions of our diverse students, employees, and community. We seek to foster cultural competence and pursue equitable solutions that support all students in achieving their educational goals. If you are interested in joining the work of the college to pursue a supportive and inclusive culture, we encourage you to apply.

• Oversees all technology-related accommodations for students and community requests including but not limited to, managing and maintaining assistive technologies, researching adaptive equipment and access related software.
• Conducts one-on-one technical assessments to determine student technical skills and select appropriate assistive technology and adaptive equipment accommodation.
• Maintains current knowledge of digital accessibility, the legal framework and overall knowledge base of access compliance including digital accessibility under Section 504, Title II of the ADA mandates and WCAG 2.1 AA, section 508, OCR and DOJ guidelines.
• Provides training to faculty, students, and staff on assistive technology, adaptive equipment, and digital accessibility requirements.
• Remediates course content to meet digital access requirements and individual student access needs.
• Works with publishers to acquire materials and maintains a library of alternate formatted materials in compliance with copyright laws.
• Actively researches and identifies new and developing adaptive technologies for students with disabilities and reports findings to supervisor.
• Utilizes advanced technical skills for the conversion process in remediation and creation of braille and tactile graphics.
• Troubleshoots and resolves technical issues and barriers to accessing digital content.
• Gathers and provides data and budgetary requests to supervisor for ongoing mandated access needs.
• Requires intermediate technology skills and knowledge of assistive technology software and platforms that support individuals with disabilities such as NVDA, JAWS, Zoom Text, Voice over, Read & Write, Kurzweil, ABBY, Tiger, Genio, Ruby, and how they engage with AI.
• Ability to navigate LMS and remediate course content for digital accessibility.
• Maintains assistive technology skills through researching best practices, and participating in professional development through college resources, listservs, webinars, and professional organizations.
• Gathers and reviews course materials for digital accessibility and prepares inaccessible materials for conversion and vendor submission.
• Remediates materials to meet digital accessible requirements in accordance with WCAG 2.1 AA and Title II compliance standards.
• Syncs completed SRT returned files for ADA appropriate captioned/transcribed materials.
• Maintains strict confidentiality of student records and data in compliance with 504/ADA mandates, federal and state regulatory guidance and best practices.

• Provides general college and specific department information to students, staff, and community members through multiple modalities including phone, email, and in-person and makes appropriate referrals.
• Remediates exam content for utilization with various assistive technology software specific to the individual disability related needs in compliance with Section 504 and the ADA.
• Prior to exam start, sets up adaptive equipment and testing environment for delivery of accommodated exams.
• Ability to work flexible hours at various locations, with absolute reliability.
• Ensures access and appropriate testing conditions for disability related accommodations and security procedures are followed promoting test integrity and strict confidentiality of records and exams.
• Administers various internal and contracted exams while maintaining knowledge of the exam requirements and authorized accommodations while following appropriate guidelines for each exam.
• Maintains certification to proctor exams for multiple vendors including but not limited to Pearson Vue, CLEP, and Accuplacer.

• Embraces diversity and actively collaborates effectively with a variety of students, staff, and the public from diverse cultural, social, economic and educational backgrounds.
• Participates in…