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Krysta's work combines: Education, Law, and Teaching / Mentoring
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
John Marshall High School
Bachelor's Degree
Criminal Justice
Sam Houston State University
Certification
Special Education and Teaching, TEXES EC-12
Region 13
Certification
TExESGeneralist TEXES EC-6
Region 13
Certification
TExES PPR
iTeach
Certification
TExES ESL
iTeach
Certification
Applied Behavior Analysis Technician Training
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be a Tentative Special Education Teacher:
Bachelor's Degree: Criminal Justice
Certification: Special Education and Teaching, TEXES EC-12
Certification: TExESGeneralist TEXES EC-6
Certification: TExES PPR
Certification: TExES ESL
Certification: Applied Behavior Analysis Technician Training
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Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages from Society in general:
Critiques of every kind when you're not given enough feedback or enough support and contact with those who should be there for you on the job; I've had to ignore my own discouragement, echos of pessimists with power and meant enough to remain in my brain
How I responded:
I would encourage someone with similar discouragement to encourage yourself the way you uplift your students. Fight just as hard for yourself and what you deserve and want and for your dreams like you do for them. Overcommunicate with not only with those above but adjacent and below you professionally. That rapport and bond essential in education must transcend. Don't ever underestimate it.