Accessibility Committee: A Consultation, Feedback, Monitoring & Evaluation Plan

Purpose of the Accessibility Committee

Under the Accessible B.C. Act, organizations must establish an Accessibility Committee to assist with identifying and preventing barriers to individuals in or interacting with the organization. The purpose of the accessibility committee is to work collaboratively to assess and improve community accessibility, focusing on the experiences of individuals with disabilities while encompassing the whole community. The Accessibility Committee also advises the school Administrator/Board on strategies to reduce social, physical, sensory and other barriers that prevent people from fully participating in all aspects of school community life.

Recruitment to the Accessibility Committee

Under the Accessible B.C. Act, the selection of accessibility committee members must, to the extent possible, align with the following goals: 

• At least half the members are persons with disabilities (PWD), or individuals who support or are from organizations that support PWDs;
• At least one member is an Indigenous person; and
• Members reflect the diversity of persons in B.C.

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Accessibility Committee

We would like to ask people interested in applying to join the Accessibility Committee to complete this form. (insert link). Applications will be reviewed annually at a suiteregularly ofscheduled softwaremeeting. 

Committee members will be asked to: 

• To meet regularly to review feedback

• To create or ratify a comprehensive feedback survey

• To annually review HCOS' Accessibility plan and create recommendations for PreKthe toDirectors eighth-gradeteam.

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and auditory memory. Available online or on CD-ROM, it includes four award-winning software titles:HearBuilder Following Directions, HearBuilder Phonological Awareness, HearBuilder Sequencing, andHearBuilder Auditory Memory.

Consultation

The HearBuilderAccessibility CollectionCommittee online edition gives students access to research-based, interactive programs via any internet-connected computer enabling studentsplans to use the softwarefollowing inbarrier-identification methods:

Feedback

At HCOS, we want to learn about specific barriers that people face when they are trying to:

• Access a school program, building or school information
• Receive a service or support

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DemosAccessibility andFeedback videos Form

The suggestion for proper implementation is 15-20 minutes per day, 2-3 times a week for a minimum of 6 weeks although all of their trials have used an 8 week period.  It is intended for PreK to 8^th grade students.  It focuses on the following skills in four separate programs:

• HearBuilder Following Directions
• HearBuilder Phonological Awareness
• HearBuilder Sequencing
• HearBuilder Auditory Memory

HEARBUILDER SUBSCRIPTION REQUEST

• HearBuilder is available for free to all students (first come, first served). Please consult with your Learning Services Consultant first.
• Students who sign up and then don't use the subscriptions consistency may be removed (will be alerted first).