Santa Ynez Valley Union High School Principal: 16th year in admin|9 years Math/Computer Science teacher|ACSA |TCHLN | Instructional Rounds in Education
Incoming Executive Director @EdgarZazueta, described by some as “the California story - the son of immigrants & a first generation college graduate, whose parents trusted the American school system to change his life” - gets a warm welcome from ACSA delegates this morning. #acsa
ACSA lobbyists Megan Baer & Dorothy Johnson are providing delegates with a budget update, ACSA legislative priorities, COVID relief, pension relief and other notable legislation, Leadership Matters! #acsa
Join us at 12pm TOMORROW for a special Legislative Lunch Break to break down @GavinNewsom's revised state education proposal. Tune in for our top takeaways:
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& watch the press conference at 10 a.m. at @CAgovernor!
Interim Executive Director Marc Ecker gets a standing ovation in recognition for a job well done leading the organization while we searched for and transitioned to a new Executive Director. #acsa
"Most important piece of advice: Don’t underestimate your influence." Read about our virtual Legislative Action Days last week and the meetings our school leaders had with legislators and their staff: https://t.co/UYhcRPfOse
For the weekend crowd...we are beyond thrilled to announce Dr. Edgar Zazueta has been selected as ACSA's new executive director! Edgar has worked for ACSA since 2015 as senior director of policy and governmental relations. Join us in congratulating Edgar on this exciting news.
We are BIG fans of @MargieACSA. As Senior Director of Member Services, she plays an integral role in supporting our 17,000 members. And oh yeah, she's really good at social media...follow her!
Today, State Supt. @TonyThurmond provided the keynote at the @ACSA_info Legislative Action Days on how CA is transforming schools and highlighted key pieces of legislation he is co-sponsoring to support students, teachers and the educational workforce.
The goal of teaching should not be to help the students learn how to memorize and spit out information under academic pressure. 🧠
The purpose of teaching is to inspire the desire for learning in them and make them able to think, understand, and question.
Doing the right thing, despite objection or threat, will invariably result in appreciation from those of good will, and condemnation by those with ill intent.