Mr. Vaughn Ramiller is like an anime hero. He goes on adventures and meets new people, all while taking losses and handling hard situations. But he learns from his experiences.
Mr. Ramiller is a great mentor: helping out students in their time of need, making sure students get fed, and making sure we have a good answer from him. He’s been my teacher the past two years and for me, one of the best. He didn’t always dream of becoming a teacher.
He went through a lot to get to where he is today. Mr. Ramiller grew up in a happy village of Los Angeles called Woodland Hills. When he got to college, he wanted to master the skill of Cognitive Neurological Science (CNS). CNS is a type of psychology major.
Honestly, he didn’t know what to do in life. Little did he know, his life would change.
In 2015, Mr. Ramiller was approached by a teacher to be a paraeducator and he said yes.
“I applied for the job through a family friend who worked (in) the district,” he said. “This was intended to save for grad school and support myself while I helped out with my Mom…I had already moved home to help take care of (her).”
That was because his mom was diagnosed with cancer. He had to help his mom and work at the same time. In June of 2020, shortly after the pandemic started, his mom passed away. This made him and his dad sad.
“We were also grateful that she lived years longer than her prognosis,” he said.
But no matter how hard it seemed, Mr. Ramiller faced challenges and went to school to become a teacher.
When he started teaching, he began as a substitute with a TPSL, which is a type of emergency teaching credential. He substituted for one teacher who was on maternity leave. Then another teacher had a stroke and didn’t come back to teach. So Mr. Ramiller took that position. Mr. Ramiller’s experiences as substitute teacher made him feel confident in becoming a teacher.
He went on to study as part of a teaching internship for a year. He has been teaching for five years now, in addition to 1 year as a teaching intern and 2 years with a TPSL. It was very hard, but he just went for it. He was ready to teach his first class in a non-public school. It was for 5th and 6th graders.
Then later, he landed a role at Mission.
Mr. Ramiller was put in the role of an anime character or a superhero who faces challenges and where something sad happens, something good comes of it.
