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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Can you say more about what types of accommodations? Here are two or three examples and I’m anxious to hear of others.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We have supported students in exercising their rights under the
<b>Faith & Conscience Leave policy</b> which uses the term “accommodate” with regard to an expectation that faculty accommodate the leave and that it cannot have a negative impact on grades. Thus, if students need to take time to advance anti-racist work through
engaging in personal and/or public activities, we supported that. In a message to faculty (I think we may be planning a more direct message to students), we stated,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“<i>As we seek to advance our anti-racist work and support students in doing the same, some faculty have inquired about <b>how to support and respond to students who have asked
to disengage in class activities in order to engage in personal or public work to advance racial and social justice</b>. We believe this fully falls within the <a href="https://www.pierce.ctc.edu/policy-faith-conscience">Pierce College Policy on Accommodations
for Faith/Conscience</a>. This policy (WA law) requires faculty to provide accommodations such that grades are not impacted as students engage in actions prompted by their faith or conscience. We believe that the events of the last two weeks (prompted by centuries
of racism and oppression) and opportunities for community and civic engagement demonstrate “exceptional and compelling circumstances”* for which students may choose to engage in acts of conscience.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The policy does not excuse students from completing necessary work, but does require that we accommodate absences and do not negatively impact grades. We <b>encourage you
to work with students but also ask that you encourage students who are in multiple classes to complete the process in order to provide consistency</b>. That is, you can provide accommodation without the student completing the process, but the process affords
institutional support for accommodations in all classes. Students can be directed to the site above or directly to <a href="https://www.pierce.ctc.edu/sites/default/files/2019/09/faith-conscience-policy-student-form-r1.docx">the request form</a>.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">*The phrase about “exceptional and compelling circumstances” negates our usual notification timeline (i.e. that the request is to be made in the first two weeks of the term).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In addition, we are also consolidating/curating
<b>mental health resources that provide and/or center therapists of color</b>. These resources will be shared at
<b>student activities events (specifically around centering the voices and experiences of Black students specifically and students of color</b>). They resources will also be linked through both our Black Lives Matter website and our Mental Health Resources
website.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Not sure if those are the types of accommodation to which you are referring, but hopefully it is helpful.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kind regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Matt</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#900027">Matthew Campbell, Ed.D<i>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Vice President, Learning & Student Success</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Pierce College Puyallup</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">wsssc <wsssc-bounces@lists.ctc.edu> on behalf of WSSSC <wsssc@lists.ctc.edu><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>Brenda Ivelisse <b.ivelisse@bellevuecollege.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at 4:39 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>WSSSC <wsssc@lists.ctc.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Wsssc] Black Student Accommodations Request<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Has anyone received a request to faculty/Academic Affairs to provide accommodations to Black students? Trying to get a pulse on what is happening across the state. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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