News
08/01/17: The Oregon Department of Education
has contracted a vendor to provide an independent accessibility assessment of
the ODE, OSD, ELD, and YDD websites. They are Trusted Testers certified by the
Department of Homeland Security's Office of Accessible Systems & Technology
to analyze and report on compliance to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
In addition, a subcontractor will conduct a usability analysis going beyond
legal compliance to answer the question, "Are the disabled truly empowered to
make efficient use of our learning resources?" |
Collaborative Accessibility
"Some men see things as they are, and ask why. I dream of
things that never were, and ask why not." Robert Kennedy
The Oregon Department of Education is committed to making
its electronic and information technologies accessible to individuals with
disabilities. This is where you can get involved in that ongoing effort.
Whether you are disabled or just wish to support that community, this is where
you can learn of our accessibility policies and their implementation
initiatives. Just as importantly, you can join our accessibility community to
affect those policies and participate in the initiatives. Students, teachers,
and change makers -- talk to us.
How to Get Involved
Our mission is to connect you to your teaching or learning
resources as fast as possible. If you are currently experiencing an
accessibility problem, we're here to help. Use the quick form direct to our Accessibility Coordinator. This is a
quick method to ask any question at all about web accessibility at the Oregon
Department of Education. We will not ignore you.
- OR -
Email ode.communications@state.or.us.
Please include the web address or URL along with a detailed description of the
problems you have encountered.
- OR -
- Submit written correspondence to:
- Oregon Department of Education
Communications
Officer Office of the Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction 255
Capitol St NE Salem, OR 97310
- In your correspondence, please include the web address or
URL along with a detailed description of the problems you have
encountered.
You can always shoot a quick email to our Accessibility
Coordinator at
, but we suggest one of the forms below. Here's why. Spam is the
scourge of the internet. We have all had to build ever tougher filters to keep
the stuff out. Unfortunately, this sometimes causes legitimate email to get
trashed. Your message sent with one of the online forms always gets through. We
have a policy of responding to every form with a personal message. We will not
ignore you!
This can range from a policy recommendation to an
improvement to a specific web page. Of course we're most interested in fixing
critical website features that are inaccessible, but this is also the place to
let us know of web accessible features that could be better -- or features that
don't yet exist.
If you need help with assistive technology like a screen
reader, or just want to talk about learning options with someone who has a
hands-on understanding of how to master technology with your particular
disability, this is the place to start.
Not sure how to get involved or not ready to engage? Use
this form to get on our emailing list so you can read about what we're up to,
and join in when you wish. We will never share your email address with
outsiders, and you can get off the list any time.
A big step beyond making a suggestion is offering to help
make it happen. This form is the best way to introduce yourself and to tell us
how you wish to help the disabled community of the Oregon Department of
Education.
After we do our best to make this website accessible, we
plan to add a survey form to this Collaborative Accessibility Portal and link
to it from various visitation paths relevant to the disabled. This survey form
will seek to keep us informed of the overall visitation experience of the
disabled as technology and our website evolves. We invite you to join this
Survey Form Committee to help design the survey and/or to be one of the
eventual survey takers.
Help us keep track of how well we're addressing
accessibility. Disabled students, teachers, parents, and others interested in
the disabled community, let us know about your experience on our website.
Report A Website Accessibility Problem
If you wish to report an issue related to the accessibility
of any content on an Oregon Department of Education website you may do so in
any of the following ways:
- Email ode.communications@state.or.us.
Please include the web address or URL along with a detailed description of the
problems you have encountered.
- Submit written correspondence to: Oregon Department of
Education, Communications Officer, Office of the Deputy Superintendent of
Public Instruction, 255 Capitol St NE, Salem OR 97310. In your correspondence,
please include the web address or URL along with a detailed description of the
problems you have encountered.
File an Accessibility Complaint
If you're not getting satisfaction any other way, you need
to file a formal Section 504 or ADA (Title II) complaint about the
accessibility of any content on an Oregon Department of Education website. You
may do so in any of the following ways:
- Submit written correspondence to: Government & Legal
Affairs Manager, Oregon Department of Education, Office of the Deputy
Superintendent, 255 Capitol St NE, Salem OR 97310. In your correspondence,
please include the web address or URL along with a detailed description of your
complaint.
- Email: Cindy.L.Hunt@ode.state.or.us
Please include the web address or URL along with a detailed description
of your complaint.
- Fax: (503) 378-5156. Please include the web address or
URL along with a detailed description of your complaint.
"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the
blind can see." Mark Twain
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