Becki Quick, an Instructor at the American English Institute, University of Oregon, is investigating FERPA regulations in the context of IEP classes with students with Learning Differences. Here’s the question she’ll be looking into, and we wanted to see if there’s anyone out there who might have related questions that we might be able to work on as well.

• Can instructors pass on concerns/observations of students who may self-diagnose with a LD, or students instructors suspect have a LD, to other instructors of the same student? The motivation being to trade strategies/suggestions for more effective teaching instruction for those students. (Would it be acceptable (a) for Advisors to share the placement and the new teacher for the student with the previous teacher who wants to pass on the information; (b) for the previous teacher to contact the new teacher and disclose strategies and concerns with the new teacher, with the hope that would help the student?)
• Does this violate FERPA and/or create questionable novice diagnoses of students?
• Do you have a FERPA-related question for sharing student information regarding LDs?

Let us know by commenting here if you have any questions or insight on this. Thank you!

– Becki Quick (Instructor, American English Institute, University of Oregon -bquick@uoregon.edu)
– Maiko Hata (Associate Head Academic Advisor, American English Institute, University of Oregon – hata@uoregon.edu,https://www.linkedin.com/in/maikohata)