[NAGDU] Student teaching and guide dogs

[Julie McGinnity]

This is truly awful to hear. It sounds like your school is not working
with you appropriately either. Have you been collaberating with your
disability services to make sure the school finds you a student
teacher placement that is accessible to you?

I would recommend contacting the California affiliate president, Tim
Elder. He is a lawyer and can advise you on next steps. I know a few
other members of the NFB of California board have guide dogs too and
might be able to help. In the meantime, I would talk to the people in
your university disability services and education department. Go up
the chain if you have to. If you have to get a trusted professor or
another colleague on your side, it will help you feel supported.

I'm sorry you have to do this. Advocating can be really exhausting.

Julie

On 2/27/23, judotina48kg--- via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi Shelbi- Send an email to board at nagdu.org
> I believe that there is someone serving on the current Board who can assist
> you with this matter.
> Tina
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of shelbi felter via NAGDU
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2023 9:48 AM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Cc: shelbi felter <sfelts at hotmail.com>; nobe-l at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [NAGDU] Student teaching and guide dogs
>
> Hi all,
> I am a student in my final semester, completing my multiple subject,
> teaching credential in California. I have been fighting my school for months
> now about my student teaching placement. They have taken a very long time to
> find me a teacher, and when they did, I only spent three days in that
> classroom and then the teacher. Claimed that they developed a allergy to my
> guide dog. This was the first time they brought this up to me, but stated
> they have tried allergy medicine that made them drowsy. They also had
> decided previously to pet my dog. A quick call to HR and I now once again no
> longer have a classroom placement for student teaching.
>
> I am very frustrated as all of these things have happened and any advice
> would be much appreciated.T
>
> Shelbi Felter B.A.
> College of education CSULB
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Julie A. McGinnity
MM Vocal Performance, 2015; American University Washington College of
Law, JD Candidate 2023