u/PerspectiveOk4209

Hi .

I graduated in music Ed with a k-12 endorsement back in 2008.

Then I became a stay at home Mom. Now my youngest is finally going to preschool for half the day, and I'm starting to think, " wow I'd love to try and get back into music Ed".

I have some problems though. First, my certificate is expired. Second, moving is not feasible right now, and there are no music jobs near me that I'm aware of. Third, even if there were, we live next to a college, and all those college graduates are going to look a lot better than me when they apply for the same jobs.

So I'm trying to figure out how I can get in. I know one of the local highschools could desperately use at least an aid, and many of the elementary schools don't have a music teacher at all. I could volunteer to help in those settings. I can't sub unless it's only for a half day.

I'm trying to start the ball rolling, since I'd rather wait until my baby is in full day before getting a real job. But before I put my heart and soul into this I'm just wondering:
Has anyone here gone a non traditional route like this and actually gotten a job?

And do you have any advice?

Should I try and renew my certificate before even contemplating trying to get a job?

Thanks for your thoughts on this.

we bought my grandpa's old house. It's right by a college and there's a lot going on there in the summer. But we are debating renting to students vs airbnb. Can you tell me everything I should consider in this?

thanks!

EDIT: for those that were helpful, thanks. for those who were not, why? Is asking for help from people who have experience not a good first step in doing research?

regardless: let me clarify. I'm not looking for you to do research that I could feasibly to myself, such as pricing, statistics and the like. I'm not asking you to create a pro/con list.

I'm asking for your personal experiences in Airbnb-ing, what you wish you had known before you got into it, what nobody tells you, and that sort of thing. Things I might not think of myself because I have no experience in it, when creating my own list.

I'm looking for true phonics books. Not sight word books that pretend to be phonics books because they have a certain decodable word mixed in with the sight words.

The only one I know of is the Bob Books, does anyone know of any others that only use decodable cvc words?

my first is graduating high school. we're so proud of him! but I do have a quick question about graduation announcement etiquette, as I'm sure it's very different from when I graduated. Is it appropriate to include a Venmo on the card to help fund his next step adventures (trade school, church mission, etc.) or is that tacky?

Thanks for the advice.