Katherine Smith Caudill

• Assesses medical records and partners with employees and healthcare professionals to implement effective return to work, travel and workplace accommodations for employees with disabilities.
• Develops targeted questions to identify physical or mental impairments impacting major life activities, ensuring effective engagement in the interactive process.
• Reviews position descriptions to determine alignment of essential job functions with requested accommodations. Evaluates potential impacts of accommodations on essential job requirements and overall employee workflow.
• Facilitates discussions with department and human resource representatives to understand employee responsibilities and determine appropriate accommodations while addressing business considerations.
• Maintains clear, detailed, and effective case notes documenting each step of the interactive process, as well as documenting interactions with employees and relevant parties.
• Conducts workshops to and prepares guidance documents to enhance human resource partners' skills in advising supervisors on fostering inclusive interactions with employees and prospective candidates.
• Coordinates efforts with leave, PWFA, EPA, FMLA, and short-term disability partners to ensure employees receive necessary resources and options for support.

• Managed caseload of 500+ students effectively, prioritizing tasks based on urgency and importance while maintaining clear case notes and communication between campus partners.
• Reviewed disability-related documentation including medical, IEP/504, and psychoeducational documentation to determine eligibility for accommodations in the college environment.
• Engaged in the interactive process with students to determine substantial limitations to major life activities and suggest reasonable accommodations to alleviate or mitigate a barrier.

• Managed diverse caseload of 100+ students with varying access needs.
• Collaborated with student, medical provider, and other relevant parties to determine barriers to access. Created Access Plan that removed or mitigated barriers.
• Updated policies and procedures for Test Proctoring and Note Taking Services to stay in compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act.
• Coordinated all test proctoring needs for students testing with the Center for Accessibility Services.

• Met with prospective and current students to engage in interactive process to ascertain barriers to equal, effective, meaningful access to classroom, curriculum, and campus.
• Collaborated with faculty members to review curriculums and coursework and suggested steps to improve accessibility for students with disabilities.
• Served as Testing Coordinator for students with testing accommodations.
• Worked diligently with document remediation to ensure that course materials were accessible to students using screenreaders.
• Led numerous trainings on various assistive technologies, including Read and Write, Immersive Reader tools, Livescribe Pens, and Zoom accessibility. Updated website to be more user-friendly.

Instructed over 100 students per semester in introductory composition skills, including narrative, logical, and persuasive writing.

• Conducted workshops on literature analysis, enhancing analytical abilities of participants.
• Encouraged use of critical thinking skills, basic logic and reasoning skills, and oral communication skills.
• Selected and prepared educational resources, taking account of students' interests and cultural backgrounds.