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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dr. Ramon Benavides Jr. of the Ysleta Independent |
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School District has been named the 2022 State Teacher of the Year by |
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the Council of Chief State School Officers and the 2022 Texas |
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Teacher of the Year by the Texas Association of School |
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Administrators; and |
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WHEREAS, Each year, CCSSO celebrates State Teachers of the |
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Year from U.S. states and their territories, the District of |
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Columbia, and the Department of Defense Education Activity by |
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providing them with a yearlong professional learning program; the |
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TASA Texas Teacher of the Year award is the highest honor that can |
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be bestowed upon an educator in the Lone Star State, and it |
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recognizes teachers who have demonstrated outstanding leadership |
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and excellence in the classroom; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Ramon Benavides is the son of migrant farm |
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workers who went on to become South Texas educators; he recently |
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earned his Ph.D. in education leadership policy from Texas Tech |
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University, and he has taught for more than a decade at Ysleta ISD, |
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where he is a biology instructor at Del Valle High School in |
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El Paso; in addition, he is a grant writer for the district, and he |
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has contributed to the Del Valle High campus community by |
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overseeing a Science National Honor Society chapter and sponsoring |
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several school clubs; he is also an adjunct biology instructor at El |
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Paso Community College, and he mentors high school, undergraduate, |
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and graduate students; and |
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WHEREAS, A leader in his field, Dr. Benavides is a member of |
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the Ysleta Teachers Association and the National Education |
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Association; moreover, he is actively involved with a number of |
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community organizations; he holds a biology degree from The |
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University of Texas at San Antonio, a chemistry degree from The |
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University of Texas at Brownsville, and a master of arts in teaching |
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science degree from The University of Texas at El Paso; in all his |
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endeavors, he enjoys the love and support of his wife, Dr. Alyssa |
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Cervantes Benavides, and his son; and |
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WHEREAS, A strong advocate for equity in public education, |
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Ramon Benavides is committed to providing opportunities for Texas |
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students, and he may indeed reflect with pride on his receipt of |
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these prestigious accolades; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature |
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hereby congratulate Dr. Ramon Benavides Jr. on being honored as |
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both the 2022 State Teacher of the Year by the Council of Chief |
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State School Officers and the 2022 Texas Teacher of the Year by the |
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Texas Association of School Administrators and extend to him |
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sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. Benavides as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas Senate. |