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Assemblyman Das Williams Heads Back to School
Assemblyman Das Williams recently visited his alma maters for an academic hands-on experience.
As a former teacher, Williams knows the value of hands-on experience in the classroom and supports every effort that creates a path for youths to have access to a world-class education.
The medical mannequins, hospital beds, gurneys and blood pressure machines give interested students at the San Marcos High School Health Academy a head-start in the medical profession.
“Students are being taught about what happens in the real world,” Williams said. “There is value in the peer-to-peer experience, instead of just being infused by a textbook.”
Many of the students in the program are finding entry-level jobs right out of high school, and in some cases, students are going right on to medical school. During the three-year program, students have the opportunity to participate in local internships, visit the UCLA Medical Center and take health-care classes that focus on giving them a strong career outlook.
It recently celebrated its 11th year of providing high-quality learning opportunities for students in the Santa Barbara area.
In a land not so far away, in a garage-style setting, students are learning a different hands-on experience. The nationally recognized Dos Pueblos High School Engineering Academy, headed by Amir Abo-Shaeer, incorporates art into the traditional experience of learning engineering.
“My goal is to reform and transform education,” Abo-Shaeer said. “This program is intentionally designed to not be your typical engineering project, but instead it’s designed to empower the art of engineering.”
“Our community is very fortunate to have these programs,” Williams said. “Not only are they preparing students for the real world, but they are preparing them to be successful in college.”
The Dos Pueblos Robotics Program recently won the 2012 FIRST Robotics Los Angeles Championship and the 2012 FIRST Robotics Central Valley Championship and earned the Creativity Award at the National Championship in St. Louis.
Both academies are funded the Santa Barbara Unified School District and the Regional Occupational Program.
— Jeannette Sanchez-Palacios is district director for Assemblyman Das Williams.
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» on 09.10.12 @ 10:10 PM
This is the same Das Williams who abstained on AB 1350, which effectively killed the bill. This legislation would have made it easier to get rid of teachers who were accused of sexual and/or physical abuse of students. Williams capitulated to the teacher unions, who own him lock, stock and barrel. This phony concern for education is an attempt to transcend all the negative publicity he received for that vote.
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» on 09.12.12 @ 12:45 PM
This article is nothing more than a shameless campaign promotion for Mr. Williams re-election written by his staffer Jeanette Palacio. Obviously he’s pretending he cares for the children when his vote to protect pedophile teachers supported by the teachers union showed otherwise.
Noozhawk, you claim to ‘keep news fair, play no favorites’. Where’s the fairness here? Are you soliciting a campaign promotional article written by Das’ opponent, ROB WALTER to give him equal time, space? Will you post this comment?
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» on 09.13.12 @ 04:59 PM
As an actual certificated teacher with a life credential, I’d like to know where this clown did his fifth year and what California Credential(s) he holds. Where, when, and for how long did he teach?
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» on 09.13.12 @ 05:41 PM
Please, I think he was a substitute teacher a long time ago. From what I hear, let’s just say that if we had had an effective teacher evaluation system, he would not have had a promising future in this line of work. I have heard this from a very reliable source.
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» on 09.14.12 @ 03:26 PM
Don’t be fooled by this phony. Das doesn’t care about education, your kids, or representing Santa Barbara and Ventura’s interests. All he cares about is getting campaign funds and advancing his political career. A smart politician would have supported the bill making it easier to fire pedophile teachers and save taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars, even if it would have angered his political donors (the teachers’ unions). A true statesman would have at least voted “no” and explained to the voters why be thought the bill was supposedly was flawed. Das Williams is neither a smart politician nor a true statesman.
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