{"id":317,"date":"2013-01-12T13:53:09","date_gmt":"2013-01-12T18:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/accessingvassar\/?p=317"},"modified":"2013-01-12T13:53:09","modified_gmt":"2013-01-12T18:53:09","slug":"professors-familiarity-with-aeo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/accessingvassar\/2013\/01\/12\/professors-familiarity-with-aeo\/","title":{"rendered":"Professors’ Familiarity with AEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Students say:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most professors are only familiar with AEO to a certain extent.\u00a0 They know that AEO exists and that it helps students, but their understanding is limited.\u00a0 Most professors try to understand; however, they don\u2019t have to deal with AEO very much, so they don\u2019t know a lot.\u00a0 Some students wish professors would make an effort to understand the reasons behind accommodations, rather than treating it as a business transaction.\u00a0 Many students wish that professors had some sort of disability training.<\/p>\n

All professors seem to understand that students are not trying to gain an advantage over other students and that these accommodations are legitimate.\u00a0 That being said, there are still professors that are not willing to bend when it comes to accommodations.\u00a0 Those professors seem to be less familiar with AEO.<\/p>\n

Professors say:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although someone from AEO comes to speak at new faculty orientation, the information being delivered does not stick with them as well as it could, because faculty have not yet had the experience of interacting with students registered with AEO.\u00a0 One professor reported that there is almost no contact between faculty and AEO.\u00a0 \u201cThere is not very much support for faculty to know how to accommodate students, or even to know whether they should take the accommodations seriously or not,\u201d said another professor.\u00a0 Not very many professors are educated about the importance of accommodations.<\/p>\n

There has been some discussion of whether faculty who are understanding of disability should find some way to identify themselves to students.\u00a0 Unfortunately, no solution has been reached.<\/p>\n

What Students Can Do to Improve Professors\u2019 Familiarity with AEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Keep notes on your interactions with professors on issues of accommodations- both good and bad.\u00a0 Consider providing these to AEO at the end of the year.\u00a0 Wouldn\u2019t it be great if AEO referred back to these when planning their discussion at new faculty orientation?<\/p>\n

– Encourage your professors to reach out to AEO when they have questions about your accommodations.<\/p>\n

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