Mission & Organization – Updated February 2016
Disability Services at Portland Community College works to ensure students who experience disability have an equal opportunity to participate in educational and
co-curricular offerings. We do this by:
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Facilitating the Accommodation Process through an individualized student-centered approach
Promoting Best Practices through collaboration and engagement within the community
Director
Kaela Parks
Senior Office Assistant
Cathy Murphy (1.0)
Office Assistants
DS Practitioners
Cascade
Counselors
(5.0 FTE Faculty)
Teresa Adams (1.0)
Daynia Daby
Sylvania
Kari Hanken
(job share)
Stephanie Monroe
(1.0)
Interpreter and
Transcribing
Coordinator
ASL Interpreters
Textbook
Conversion
Debra Harris (.65)
Ruth McKenna
ShastiMcLaughlin (.5)
Harry Zweben
Louise Magarrell (.65)
Rock Creek
Southeast
Maria Buccieri (.6)
Juanita Lognion (.5)
Jennifer Gossett
Phyllis Petteys
TypeWell
Transcriber
Valeria
Levkovskaya (0.5)
Jennifer Margolis
(job share)
Kathleen Noss
Bret Westwood
Angel Chesimet
Jacob Spindel (1.0)
AT Training
Erik Ferguson(1.0)
AT Equipment
Lisa Brandt (.75)
Video Captioning
Vacant
Part Time
Counselors
Haris Gunadi (1.0)
Casual Accessibility
Techs and Aides
Kristy Nelson (.5)
Maria Juarez (1.0)
Alternate Media
Specialist
Sharon Allen (1.0)
Mona Johnson
Accessibility
Specialists
(3.0 AP)
District
Coordinator
Wendy Palmer
(Perkins/General)
Donna Wolf (.5)
Casual and
Contracted
DS Org Chart Detail
Director
 Kaela Parks
Responsible for overall department functioning, budgeting, supervision, and alignment with institutional priorities. Builds
collaborations and participation ensures DS participation within college work groups.
 Supervises employees
 Resolves accommodation related concerns
 Facilitates district-wide compliance with legal mandates
 Leads the department, ensuring effective and efficient practice that is student centered
Senior Office Assistant
 Cathy Murphy
Responsible for fiscal and employee records management as well as support for department needs.
 Coordinates employee forms and processes
 Maintains purchasing records and ledger
 Triages department email account
Campus Based Office Assistants
 Cascade Office Assistant - Teresa Adams
 Sylvania Office Assistant - Stephanie Monroe
 Rock Creek Office Assistant - Maria Juarez
 Southeast Office Assistants- Maria Buccieri and Juanita Lognion
Responsible for day to day operations and communication with the public.
 Phone/Fax/Email correspondence
 Triages documentation receipt, scanning, and notification
 Schedules appointments and updates calendars
 Sends reminders and enters case notes
 Tracks requests and collaborates with facilities to ensure appropriate furniture placements
 Checks-in/Checks-out AT equipment
District Coordinator
 Coordinator – Wendy Palmer
Works on accommodation requests related to programmatic access. Funded .5 through Perkins.
 Tracks requests for, recruits, and provides direction to, In Class Aides
 Tracks requests for, recruits, and provides thank you gifts for, peer notetakers
 Facilitates LEAP evaluation process
 Works on special projects such as Transition Information Nights, and Workforce Recruitment Program
Interpreting and Transcribing
 Coordinator - Sharon Allen
Works with ASL Interpreters, TypeWell Transcribers, and CART Providers to ensure communication access.
 Hires, schedules, and mentors staff communication access providers
 Identifies communication access patterns and opportunities for enhancements
 Establishes and maintains relationships with casual and contracted professionals
 Ensures appropriate professional development opportunities
 Staff ASL Interpreter – Louise Magarrell
 Staff ASL Interpreter – Debra Harris
 Staff ASL Interpreter – Shasti McLaughlin
 Staff ASL Interpreter - Kristy Nelson
 Staff TypeWell Transcriber – Valeria Levkovskaya
Work in conjunction with casual and contracted providers to ensure communication access across the district.
Disability Services Counselors
 Daynia Daby- Southeast 4 days per week
 Brent Westwood - Southeast 1 day per week
 Kari Hanken - Rock Creek 2-3 days per week
 Jennifer Margolis - Rock Creek 2-3 days per week
 Megan Jasurda - Sylvania 4 days per week
 Harry Zweben -Sylvania 4 days per week
 Ruth McKenna - Cascade 4 days per week
Works with students to facilitate the accommodation process, build self-advocacy skills, and support students in
resolution of personal, social and disability-related issues that may be barriers to academic success. Work with staff and
faculty to promote awareness of best practices.
 Facilitates the accommodation process
 Resolves personal and academic concerns
 Participates on Behavior Intervention and Campus Safety Teams
 Promotes Disability Studies/Awareness/Collaboration
Accessibility Specialists
 Phyllis Petteys - Primarily at Rock Creek- Special Projects: Subject Area Studies and AT Committee
 Jennifer Gossett – Primarily at Cascade - Special Projects: Accessible Maps and ICT Accessibility Committee
Works with students to facilitate the accommodation process, build technology skills, and improve effective use of tools
and techniques. Work with staff and faculty to promote awareness of best practices.
 Facilitates the accommodation process
 Resolves accommodation implementation concerns
 Participates on Accessibility Policy and Practice Teams
 Promotes Universal Design/Awareness/Collaboration
Alternate Media Specialist
 Alternate Media Specialist – Haris Gunadi
Works with Accessibility Technicians to create or acquire alternate formats of print or multimedia content. Works with
students, staff, and faculty to ensure equal access to online, print, and multimedia content.
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Facilitates use of online accommodation interface
Facilitates video captioning and alternate format material production workflows
Accessibility Technicians
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Jacob Spindel (1.0 FTE) – Textbook Conversion
Erik Ferguson (1.0 FTE) – AT Trainer
Lisa Brandt (0.75 FTE) – AT Equipment
Donna Wolf (0.5 FTE) - Captioning
Works with students to facilitate the accommodation process, build self-advocacy skills, and support students in
resolution of personal, social, and disability-related issues that may be barriers to academic success. Works with staff
and faculty to promote awareness of best practices.
 Requesting files from publishers, and scanning or converting as needed
 Subtitling videos, or uploading and tagging videos for outsourced captioning
 Providing training in use of equipment that improves educational access
Fall 2015 - General Schedule (Adjusted as needed)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Harry
-SY
SY
Megan
SY
SY
SY
Kathleen
SY
--Erik
CA
CA
JGoss
CA
CA
SY
Ruth
-CA
CA
Daynia
-SE
SE
Bret
SE
--Kari
RC
--Jennifer
-RC
RC
Phyllis
Flex
RC
Flex
Angel
RC
RC
Winter/Spring 2016- General Schedule (Adjusted as needed)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Harry
-SY
SY
Megan
SY
SY
SY
Kathleen
SY
--TBD
SY
SY
SY
JGoss
CA
CA
Newberg
Ruth
-CA
CA
Daynia
-SE
SE
Bret
SE
--Kari
RC
--Jennifer
-RC
RC
Phyllis
RC
RC
Flex
Angel
RC
Thursday
SY
SY
-CA
CA
SE
-RC
-RC/Flex
Thursday
SY
SY
-SY
CA
CA
SE
-RC
-SY
RC
Friday
SY
-SY
CA
Flex
CA
SE
---RC
Friday
SY
-SY
Flex
Flex
CA
SE
---RC