Dan Darkow Email & Phone Number

Oxford, Oh, Us

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

•Provide supervision and leadership for day-to-day operations of disability services team serving 2,600+ disabled undergraduate and graduate students.•Co-supervise and serve as the primary point of contact for a team of four Access Coordinators, a Program Associate, and Student Assistants.•Consult with and provide guidance to access coordinator team regarding eligibility determination, complex accommodation requests, and alternate accommodation recommendations.•Lead the development and implementation of policy and procedures in line with best practices.•Foster strong relationships with various campus entities such as academic affairs, student life, information technology, housing and dining, physical facilities, athletics, general counsel etc. to generate institutional commitment to access and the disabled student experience.•Create and implement training sessions for faculty, staff, and students ranging in topics from ensuring access in the classroom through proper accommodation implementation to creating a culture of access through an understanding of disability history, context, and access as design.•Act as the system administer for the disability services case management software, Accessible Information Management (AIM), across three campuses used to manage all critical service functions.•Oversee semesterly process to ensure advance planning of accessible course material for students with vision and hearing disabilities.•Manage search process for access coordinator team including chairing the search committee, facilitating all onboarding education and training, and providing ongoing support to new professionals. •Administer multiple financial accounts exceeding $1 million related to disability services office including operational account, mandated accommodation account, donor gift fund account, and scholarship accounts.•Coordinate university programming to promote authentic representation of disability, disability culture, and access.

Oxford, Ohio

•Coordinate direct service and accommodation delivery to 1000+ students which includes documentation review, determination of eligibility for services and reasonable accommodation, and communication of accommodations and outreach to students, faculty, and various university partners•Deliver advocacy and support for students with disabilities while consulting families, faculty, legal counsel, and other relevant entities ensuring access•Consult with various university offices and faculty to coordinate reasonable accommodations serving as a liaison with campus partners and stakeholders on behalf of the Miller Center•Work closely with university offices to assist students in procuring other support structures such as tutoring, academic coaching, supplemental instruction, counseling, academic advising, career exploration, etc.•Oversee student case files, and provide technical database support for SAM: Students Accessing Miami (Accessible Information Management)•Demonstrate and articulate the use of various forms of assistive technology to students, faculty, and staff such as Read&Write, Dragon Naturally Speaking, and Livescribe Pens•Assist with the development and implementation of training initiatives for faculty and campus partners relative to creating a culture of access and accommodation implementation for students connected with the Miller Center•Promote the use of universal design, universal design for learning, universal design for instruction, and accessible course design for new and existing faculty with the desire to update current course design and structure•Supervise, train, and evaluate graduate practicum students in their learning of disability services as an entity•Contribute to the development of assessments and evaluations to determine effectiveness of services and goals•Communicate effectively with a common theme of collegiality, inclusion, equity, access and service

Created www.GregZilka.com using Adobe Dreamweaver and HTML coding, produced from scratch with a CSS stylesheet. Purchased domain name and hosting. Created email accounts for campaign workers, continually edit content, and troubleshoot technical glitches.

Serve as official representative of Wright State University and the Office of the President at various Wright State presidential dinners, meetings, and events. Give guided tours and meet with community leaders, alumni, donors, and dignitaries.

Dayton, Ohio Area

Experience working with organizing, planning, and implementing large scale events on a budget. Interacted with diverse population of people, working with a team, problem solving, and acting as a resource. Managed floor of approx. 30 residents, while directing, enforcing, and addressing WSU policy. Impacted, educated, and aided in the development of residents overall person.

-Contact conference staff and/or public safety in case of emergency.- Report maintenance request as needed.- Assist conference guest in solving individual concerns during their stay.- Prepare reports and paperwork as assigned with accuracy.- Communicate daily with the Conference Staff.- Collect and distribute information to the conference staff. Assume additional tasks and duties as requested from the conference directors.

Created and maintained an Excel database for a large amount of people and used it as a mailing list. Experienced in MailChimp platform online.

Created website to develop a unique and effective marketing platform for the EmployAbility Career and Internship Expo. Managed content using File Transfer Protocol (FTP) system, allowing supervisors to easily transfer information. Also edited and compiled video to create a promotional video.

Tracked expenses of the Hamilton Hall Community Council to maintain a balanced budget.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Student Affairs In Higher Education

Bachelor Of Science, Management Information Systems, Minor: Computer And Information Technology

Activities and Societies: Ohio STEM Ability Alliance, CAACURH Conference Bid Team- Technology Chair, WSU Disability Services- Peer Mentor.

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