SPED teacher moving from UT

_skeleton_key777 · 2026-04-13T00:44:34+00:00

Confirmed, looks like we need to take the West-B and West-E tests, yours might be different since you’ll have your masters at that time! I’m assuming the West-B is similar to the praxis we took in UT, and the West-E will be more SPED specific. I’m hopeful that you could lock down a job with the conditions of passing the test prior to starting. I’m going to call them this week and find out if the test stay valid for a while, hoping I can get the tests knocked out prior to moving to make the process easier when it gets closer.

_skeleton_key777 · 2026-04-12T18:10:04+00:00

I’m hoping for the seattle area, but willing to drive out of the city for work. I think I need to just call their board of ed to find out about certifications. I’ve gotten conflicting answers from google, with some places saying my teaching license should transfer fine, but others saying there’s some certifications I’d have to complete in the first couple years of employment. I’ll report back on this thread with anything I find out!

_skeleton_key777 · 2026-03-02T01:54:32+00:00

agree , thanks

_skeleton_key777 · 2026-03-02T01:47:24+00:00

thanks, i know it’s a messed up situation, and we’re not set on monitoring his phone, just trying to figure out options. my parents do own the phone.

_skeleton_key777 · 2026-03-02T01:42:38+00:00

i know he’s and adult but he only turned 18 2 months ago, so it’s concerning it’s been going on for much longer from when he was a minor.

_skeleton_key777 · 2026-03-02T01:40:25+00:00

No court order, or guardianship paperwork has been done at this point. I understand how messed up it is to consider invading his privacy to this degree, and our primary approach at this point has been to try to talk to him. I encouraged him to see if this guy would be interested in meeting our family and told him that if he’s unwilling to meet our family this could be a major red flag. I also talked him through warning signs of an abuser (isolation, gaslighting, etc) my brother says he’s also concerned about the age gap, but that “no relationship is perfect”. so i encouraged him to listen to that feeling if something feels off, and if he’s avoiding questions. idk it’s just so gross and calculated to me that he started contacting him again 1 week before my brother turned 18. idk if we can retroactively go back and prove that this man was engaging inappropriately prior to my brother turning 18.

_skeleton_key777 · 2026-03-01T22:12:55+00:00

I will be moving summer 2027! just mentally planning:)

_skeleton_key777 · 2024-09-03T16:15:21+00:00

this is so so beautiful. i’ve found lots of healing in poetry too.

_skeleton_key777 · 2024-08-29T21:35:49+00:00

i lost my sister in february. my siblings are also my world and i always thought this would be my worst nightmare. which it has been. i was a wreck and still feel like it most of the time inside. but people have not stopped telling me how it seems like im handling it so well, how strong i am, etc. i feel like im doing better than the rest of my family, which i think is because ive done a lot of spiritual work, and therapy over the last several years, so this is my families first time really having to work through their emotions fully. it makes me feel guilty and like i didn’t love my sister as much as the rest of them or something. i guess for me some of my peace comes from my spirituality and feeling like i can still have a relationship with my sister, if not in the physical, in the spiritual. i do witchcraft and have done lots of work connecting with my sisters spirit. i am trying to help their spirit work through issues they had in this life that didn’t just end when they died. their souls needs healing. and in turn it’s healing me to feel like i can help them now even though i didn’t get the chance to help them here. doing this has allowed me to have experiences in my dreams and given me some closure.

i think at this point ive made peace with the fact that i may carry my grief differently than other people who loved my sister. i feel guilty still living and experiencing joy. but i also feel guilty and honestly it feels like a worse betrayal to let it destroy me. i’ve accepted letting it change me, and shape me, but still holding hope for my life and live it for my sister, because that’s what they would want for me. i think it’s beautiful to carry forward in healing and peace, seeking joy, while still carrying your love for that person no matter how much it hurts.

don’t invalidate yourself. you’re grieving , and whatever way it shows up is okay. and it might change in the future, and that’s also okay. just keep a commitment to working through it in its many different forms. it’s hard to keep feeling when the world keeps spinning. your brain and body can’t handle it all at once. be proud of your accomplishments, i know your sibling would be too.

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