[nabs-l] campus employment

[Karl Martin Adam]

Hi=20Ashley,=20I've=20had=20four=20different=20campus=20jobs=20none=20of=20=
which=20
needed=20more=20than=20minimal=20accommodation.=20=20The=20school=20I=20use=
d=20to=20go=20
to=20had=20and=20SI=20(Supplemental=20Instruction)=20program=20where=20they=
=20pay=20
students=20to=20retake=20classes=20and=20then=20hold=20study=20sessions=20w=
ith=20
students=20after=20class,=20so=20I=20did=20that=20for=20a=20few=20semesters=
.=20=20I=20also=20
worked=20as=20an=20individual=20tutor.=20=20The=20only=20things=20I=20neede=
d=20help=20
with=20was=20filling=20in=20payroll=20sheets=20and=20having=20the=20secreta=
ry=20in=20
the=20office=20I=20worked=20out=20of=20date=20the=20sheets=20my=20students=
=20had=20to=20
sign.=20=20I=20also=20got=20the=20books=20for=20the=20classes=20I=20was=20t=
utoring=20and=20
SIing=20for=20in=20accessible=20format=20from=20the=20publisher.=20=20At=20=
my=20new=20
school,=20they=20hire=20students=20already=20sitting=20in=20the=20class=20t=
o=20take=20
notes=20for=20whoever=20has=20trouble=20taking=20notes=20on=20their=20own,=
=20and=20
since=20I=20already=20type=20my=20notes=20on=20my=20Apex,=20I=20have=20done=
=20that=20a=20few=20
times=20as=20well.=20=20And=20this=20summer=20I=20had=20an=20internship=20w=
ith=20the=20
philosophy=20department=20where=20I=20read=20articles=20and=20summarized=20=
them=20
to=20cut=20down=20on=20the=20professor's=20work=20load=20and=20where=20I=20=
also=20did=20
some=20editing=20for=20books=20and=20articles=20that=20professors=20are=20w=
riting.=20=20
I=20had=20the=20DSS=20office=20convert=20some=20PDFs=20to=20DOC=20for=20me=
=20when=20they=20
wouldn't=20convert=20properly=20with=20my=20PDF=20converter,=20and=20I=20as=
ked=20
professors=20to=20send=20me=20the=20things=20they=20wanted=20me=20to=20edit=
=20in=20DOC=20
format,=20but=20other=20than=20that=20I=20didn't=20need=20any=20accommodati=
ons.

Hope=20this=20gives=20you=20some=20ideas,
Karl

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Ashley=20Bramlett=20via=20nabs-l=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Sun,=2017=20Aug=202014=2018:01:41=20-0400
Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20campus=20employment

Hi=20all,
Who=20has=20had=20a=20campus=20job?=20What=20did=20you=20do=20and=20what=20=
accomodations=20
were=20made?

I=E2=80=99m=20hoping=20I=20can=20be=20a=20computer=20lab=20assistant.
Any=20low=20vision=20person=20done=20that?
I=20can=20probably=20see=20inappropriate=20behavior=20and=20I=20can=20see=20=
a=20
community=20college=20ID=20versus=20something=20else.

What=20about=20other=20=20campus=20jobs=20such=20as=20serving=20at=20the=20=
information=20
desk,=20leading=20tours,=20or=20providing=20reception=20coverage?
I=20know=20most=20reception=20jobs=20where=20they=20schedule=20student=20
appointments=20is=20done=20via=20paper;=20additionally,=20you=20have=20to=20=
check=20
student=20IDS=20and=20work=20with=20papers.=20So=20that=20job=20probably=20=
cannot=20be=20
adapted.
I=20think=20information=20desk=20assistant=20is=20doable,=20so=20I=20might=
=20look=20
into=20that.

My=20thinking=20is=20I=20might=20be=20able=20to=20do=20the=20lab=20assistan=
t=20job=20
because=20I=20can=20verbally=20instruct=20students=20what=20to=20do.=20I=20=
am=20not=20
sure=20I=20can=20check=20them=20in;=20I=20can=20see=20the=20community=20col=
lege=20ID=20with=20
its=20large=20letters=20of=20its=20nick=20name=20but=20I=20cannot=20tell=20=
if=20the=20id=20=20
holder=20matches=20the=20person.=20The=20way=20I=20might=20be=20able=20to=20=
tell=20this=20
is=20by=20scanning=20their=20id=20and=20if=20something=20pops=20up=20on=20s=
creen,=20I=20
could=20check=20that=20way.

If=20I=20cannot=20work=20in=20a=20computer=20lab=20or=20the=20writing=20cen=
ter=20lab,=20
another=20idea=20is=20working=20in=20our=20assistive=20tech=20lab.=20That=20=
should=20be=20
doable.

Thanks=20for=20any=20ideas.

Ashley
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