Musings

The first entry is the most difficult. Consider this Band-Aid ripped off.

Change can be difficult, but I often welcome it.

After nearly seven years as a stay-at-home-mom, I decided to try something different. I have two children and I am privileged to say that I got to spend their early years at home, raising them. This came as a shock to most people around me, perhaps even myself. I was finishing my Bachelor's Degree in Sociology when I was pregnant with our oldest. With a cross-country move in sight and a baby on the way, things were changing faster than I could process. We were suddenly in a position, as a family, where I would be able to stay at home with our child and it might even be the best path forward. Two years flew by and we decided to grow our family once more, unbeknownst to us, a pandemic would soon keep us confined. The pandemic time-period was difficult for many, a harrowing time filled with unknowns. I found myself dreaming of what might come next. I knew that I absolutely wanted to learn more, so I made a plan to apply for Graduate school. The ideal timeline would be when my youngest entered Kindergarten.

Now, after all this time, I find myself ready to embrace the change.

My unexpected (school) year as a Special Education teacher. (RE: How did I get here??)

I have always loved learning. It is an insatiable passion of mine. It's a never-ending, difficult, and sometimes tedious task but it is the most rewarding thing I've experienced in my life (obligatory note: yes, tied with being a mother. )

In the fall of 2023, I re-entered the workforce after being a stay at home mom to my young kids for a total of eight years. I was volunteering my time on the Executive Board of my child's elementary school Parent Teacher Organization. The principal announced a need for an instructional assistant. She didn't know it at the time, but I was previously employed (pre-kids!) as a Spanish Teacher of a non-profit organization and worked as a tutor in California. After careful consideration and deliberation, I decided to jump back into the workforce.

In the winter of 2023, I decided to pursue my Transition to Teaching license to become a general education teacher. In the late summer of 2024, I was offered a position as a Special Education teacher. In a whirlwind of paperwork, I officially became licensed as a general education teacher and Special Education educator.

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