Santa Barbara County Education Office

Join our team! We are hiring one full-time and two part-time bilingual health advocates. Find the full-time position descriptions here: https://info.sbceo.org/fmi/webd/Classified%20Openings.

Questions about the 2021 AP Exams? Don't miss this workshop for AP Teachers, High School Counselors, and Administrators. Tuesday, February 16, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Our representatives from the College Board will:... Provide updates on the AP Exams and their administration Share resources for students and teachers Answer questions and address concerns related to tests and testing Register here: https://sbceo.k12oms.org/569-198513.

Take these tips from Santa Barbara County Public Health Department for a safe Super Bowl weekend: Keep it outside, keep it small (3 households or less), and keep it short (2 hours or less).

Dr. Susan Salcido and President Mrs. Maggi Daane sent the following letter to Governor Newsom today on behalf of the full Santa Barbara County Board of Education. Dear Governor Newsom, We are writing today to express our deep concern for our students, their mental health in the COVID-19 environment, and equity in learning opportunities. As elected leaders in Santa Barbara County, we share the responsibility for student success and wellbeing, and we want to partner with the s...Continue reading

VOTE today, and remember our children will be watching your reaction tomorrow. Read Dr. Salcido’s column at https://tinyurl.com/SSOct30 and find Santa Barbara County election information at https://countyofsb.org/CARE/elections/Home.sbc.

We are excited Santa Barbara County Board of Education Board President Maggi Daane is the Santa Barbara Foundation's 2020 Celebrate Philanthropy Honoree and will be recognized at a virtual event on November 5, 2020, at 11:30 am. Mrs. Daane is an incredible volunteer and supporter of non-profits in the Santa Maria Valley. Read the Santa Maria Times article about Mrs. Daane, here: https://santamariatimes.com//article_e3d64903-e069-52bd-a9

Dr. Susan Salcido’s latest column On the day after the election, our children will be watching is on Noozhawk. Read it here: https://www.noozhawk.com//susan_salcido_day_after_election

Support the Children's Creative Project by purchasing one of the new masks which feature chalk drawing from the Santa Barbara I Madonnari Festival. It's a great way to support one of our non-profit organizations and be masked up in style.

We love how Dos Pueblos High School's students are getting into the Masked and Mighty Coalition campaign.

Today our Transitional Youth Services program hosted the first Youth Empowerment Summit with a tremendous line-up of speakers including a panel of students, Santa Barbara County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Susan Salcido, Santa Barbara County Teacher of the Year Frank Koroshec, and Father Greg Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries. What a wonderful opportunity for students, parents, educators, and service providers to learn more about how to best serve students experiencing homelessness or in foster care. Thank you to our Transitional Youth Services team for putting this amazing day together!

Healthcare groups, educators, businesses, and residents have come together to educate, unite and incentivize all of Santa Barbara County to join Masked and Mighty to work together to reduce the transmission of COVID-19, reopen more businesses, keep the population healthy, keep hospital beds open, and get our kids back to in-person school. Will you join us in being Masked and Mighty for our community?

Great opportunity for teens, parents and educators to learn some self-care.

Don't miss the Walk for Wellness on Sunday! The funds raised go to support Welcome Every Baby - Family Connects, a program of SBCEO. WEB-FC is a free evidence-based, nurse home visitation program for all families with newborns in Santa Barbara that aren't already enrolled in a nurse home visitation program. It provides one to three postpartum nurse home visits within the first 3 months of a newborn's life regardless of income. Using a tested screening tool, the nurse measure...s newborn and maternal health and assesses strengths and needs to link the family to community resources. Research shows that 95 percent of all families have needs after the birth of a child. These needs are unique to each family. WEB-FC bridges the gap between parents and community resources and has been shown to improve family well-being, including reducing emergency medical care for infants and improving parent behavior and child care selection. You can participate in this walk in several ways: *Start walking! Pick your own time, path, and distance- anything goes! *Donate! *Tag @SantaBarbaraPEP (Facebook) or @sb_pep on Instagram. #pepwalk2020

Congratulations to Chris Mollkoy, Dos Pueblos High School Industrial Arts Teacher for being named one of the winners of a nationwide contest for Teaching Excellence in Skilled Trades. Mr. Mollkoy was one of the fifteen prize winners to earn $35,000 for the high school program and $15,000 for himself in the 2020 Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence. https://www.edhat.com//dos-pueblos-high-teacher-wins-50k-i Dr. Salcido visited with him last year in his classroom where students showed off their creations. Mr. Mollkoy also appeared on Dr. Salcido's show and you can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6NUJkp2eyM Congratulations Mr. Mollkoy! We're proud of you and the important work you in the field of industrial arts!

Michele Frantz, Joe Nightingale Elementary School teacher and 2020 Santa Barbara County Teacher of the Year, shared a heartfelt, honest, and hopeful update with the County Board of Education today via Zoom. Reading the touching back-to-school letter she composed for her 1st-grade class, Michele described the perseverance, teamwork, flexibility, and courage the new school year would require of us all, built on a firm foundation of their very first lesson: kindness. We thank Michele for representing the excellence of all Santa Barbara County educators and their dedication to student well-being, learning, and success.

It's not too late to register to #ShakeOut with more than 17.3 million others this Thursday, October 15. Resources designed specifically for educators can be found here: https://www.shakeout.org/schools. It's never too early to prepare.

Don't miss our first annual Youth Empowerment Summit. This free, online event for students, parents/guardians, educators, and service providers is October 28 from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m Check out this amazing line up at sbceo.org/youthsummit!