The “Memo to Faculty”:

• Students with disabilities who seek accommodations within your classroom or during tests and exams are required to inform you by providing you with a “Memo to Faculty.”
• If the “Memo to Faculty” includes: “note-taker” among the classroom accommodations, a Disability Services Consultant and the student have reviewed the student’s documentation and have concluded that the student’s ability to take adequate notes during class has been impaired by a disability.
• After the need for a peer note-taker in a given class has been identified, students with disabilities request note-taking services from Peer Programs which manages Humber’s note-taking services. 

First Week of Class:

• Peer Programs hires students to take notes and these notes are then confidentially distributed.
• You can assist in the recruitment of note-takers by making a general announcement in your class and/or on blackboard at the beginning of the semester inviting interested students to contact Peer Programs to become a paid note-taker.
•  Refer prospective note-takers to Christine Bartley, Peer Note-Taker Coordinator at christine.bartley@humber.ca or in person at the North Campus in room H217. 

Throughout the Semester:

• If, following your announcement, Peer Programs is unable to secure a note-taker for your particular class, Peer Programs may contact you directly for help in identifying a suitable candidate.
• If you are asked to help find a note-taker for a student with a disability, it is critical that you protect the privacy of the student registered with Disability Services and not disclose their identity to other students in your class.
• Note-takers are not a replacement for class attendance.  Students with note-takers, like all students, are expected to attend classes regularly.  In some cases, students may be absent for disability- related reasons and are then eligible to receive notes from their note-takers.   If a student is repeatedly absent, Faculty should contact the Disability Services Consultant listed on the student’s Memo to Faculty.

Revised January 2014