The Low Down on Temecula Valley Education Leadership. I am so pleased today to have a very dear friend of nearly 20 years who is a leader in education and a leader in leadership in our Valley Dr. July Hill Wilkinson. July I just want to first of all say thank you for joining us today tell us how long have you been in the valley. I moved here in 1986 so quite a while and actually from the East Coast so grew up in Massachusetts but the weather out here is much nicer. We came out in 1996 so I've been in Temecula almost that whole time. I left for two years went down to the San Diego area but then moved back up so I've been here for quite a while. You know oftentimes I have families coming in and they're asking about the school district here and what could you say for people who are looking to come to this community that would set our school districts apart from others? Say they're coming from Orange County or LA County or San Diego County, what would set us apart? I can say all of the Temecula schools are great for sure. There's a wide variety there we do between Temecula and Murrieta we have six comprehensive high schools. A lot to choose from. You've got schools that really really push weight we have the ivy program high academics really rigorous we have schools that are very doing a great job with career technical and helping students find what they want to be as they go through school and beyond. We have schools with a ton of school spirit and they really are great for athletics, all of our schools have parts of that.

One of the biggest differences honestly at the bell schedule so to make those schools are on a very traditional schedule whereas Murrieta schools have moved to a block schedule. So block schedule the classes are longer, but you have fewer each day, so some people really like that, some students flourish under that, and some students really struggle with that, so really knowing your child, knowing what their interests are and kind of knowing how they go through their school day would help you sort of decide on a school. You're an adjunct professor what what does that mean what does that role entail? So I'm an adjunct professor with a master's and teacher credential program, so I get to work with teachers or college students that are trying to get their teacher credential right now introducing them to what it's really like to be a teacher. I'm also the coordinator for student teachers at my sites and I really appreciate the opportunity to to talk to them about what this is really like and what they can expect and how much fun they can have. It's hard but it can be a lot of fun when you do it correctly and have fun with it and you just kind of relax a little bit and have fun with it yourself and don't stress out too much. We obviously have a lot of youth in our community and what advice could you give to someone who is exploring the education field and considering pursuing that degree? At this point up until now historically teachers have been very I am the keeper of the information and I went to school and I have this content and and I am going to plan lessons and plan my day to give this information to you and that's what teaching has been historically well with the advent of the internet we no longer are the holder of the knowledge we now have to design our days and our lessons to have students evaluate and use information which is very different than getting them to have information we now have to be facilitators and teach them how to use it and how to evaluate it.

That's very different and I would argue that a lot of teachers are struggling with that shift and students and parents and teachers all sort of have to understand that we're moving through this together and what's the best way to do that. You know as we've just started a new school year July I am sure that parents feel challenged getting the schedule back on track getting the kids back on track what advice could you offer up to the s...