{"id":9702,"date":"2020-04-21T09:03:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T13:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/?p=9702"},"modified":"2020-04-28T16:02:21","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T20:02:21","slug":"2021-citywide-teacher-of-the-year-finalist-daniel-ramos-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/2021-citywide-teacher-of-the-year-finalist-daniel-ramos-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Citywide Teacher of the Year finalist: Daniel Ramos, Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the third article in a series of profiles about each finalist for Virginia Beach City Public Schools\u2019 2021 Citywide Teacher of the Year. The citywide winner will be announced later this spring.<\/em><\/p>\n

Daniel Ramos teaches Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning at the Virginia Beach Technical and Career Education Center.<\/p>\n

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After graduating from Tallwood High School and completing the HVAC program at the Tech Center, Ramos worked for nearly a decade at All Seasons Heating and Cooling. It was there that he earned his Virginia HVAC master tradesman and gasfitter licenses and developed a training curriculum for new technicians. He brought these skills back to the Tech Center and took the slot made available when his former instructor retired.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe \u2018walks the walk\u2019 daily, and his students having a firsthand example of and being able to interact with a man with this type of success in the industry as a result of participation in the TCE HVAC program is the ultimate display of success,\u201d said Robert Marlin, Jr., a VBCPS counselor. \u201cJust as Mr. Ramos had this awesome opportunity to pay it forward as a teacher, his students frequently return years after graduation to visit and volunteer to work with the classes helping students learn and to encourage them to take full advantage of the opportunities (that) careers in HVAC present.\u201d<\/p>\n

During his seven years at the Tech Center, Ramos has updated the HVAC lab, completed a third-party accreditation through HVAC Excellence<\/a>, and led his students to championships at the Skills USA<\/a> district HVAC competition every year. He is particularly proud of his class participation in the house-building program for the Virginia Beach Education Foundation, which helps to support VBCPS teachers and their special projects. In each new house, constructed every two years, Ramos\u2019 students install state-of-the-art high efficiency heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, thereby gaining real-world experience in construction and interaction with other trades.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI teach because I feel that it’s something I was always meant to do,\u201d Ramos wrote in his Teacher of the Year application. \u201cInteracting with students is one of the most interesting and rewarding careers there is. My students are able to use the skills that I teach them to attain gainful employment. It is truly a joy when students return with success stories.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ramos has been a crucial part of getting students future-ready, according to the Center\u2019s Director, David Swanger. \u201cThrough his commitment to excellence, creative teaching abilities and extremely hard work, Mr. Ramos’ HVAC Excellence Accredited program has become one of the Tech Center’s most highly sought-after trades. Further, his efforts have equated to great success for many of his students as they have gone on to become successful Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration technicians.\u201d<\/p>\n

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