🌟 Before we announce our 2025 Santa Barbara County Teacher of the Year, let's take a moment to honor the incredible journey of our outgoing 2024 Teacher of the Year, Greg Wolf, who also had the honor of serving as California Teacher of the Year.🍎

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Celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week!🌟🍎✏️

As we kick off National Teacher Appreciation Week, SBCEO sends our heartfelt gratitude to the nearly 3,500 public education school teachers serving close to 70,000 students right here in Santa Barbara County.

SBCEO is hiring a Coordinator, Special Education Programs to provide support for SBCEO Special Education staff and programs throughout the county!

Deadline to apply: Thursday, May 9
Hiring range: $129,622 - $157,932/year + $800 MA Stipend
Apply at sbceo.org/hr

Congratulations to Superintendent Salcido on receiving the 2024 Women of Achievement award from AWC-SB with fellow honorees and longtime educators Katya Armistead, Yolanda Medina-Garcia, and Wendy Sims-Moten.

SBCEO’s 2024 Battle of the Books events continued with another thrilling competition for elementary students. Read the press release and view event photos/video here: sbceo.org/about/comms/ne…

April is School Library Month, and SBCEO is celebrating librarians and library technicians in Santa Barbara County Schools!📚✨
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¡Abril es el Mes de la Biblioteca Escolar, y SBCEO celebra los bibliotecarios y técnicos de biblioteca en las escuelas del Condado de Santa Barbara!

Read the April edition of Superintendent Salcido's countywide community newsletter.
mailchi.mp/sbceo/superint…

SBCEO’s 2024 Battle of the Books events began with an exciting competition for elementary students. 4th-6th grade students from 16 schools across Santa Barbara County battled it out with their knowledge of 28 different books, which they have been studying this school year.

During the Spring 2024 series of Mock Interview events, PartnersinEducation provided 72 high school students throughout the county with the opportunity to practice interview skills with local professionals.

Today, March 31, 2024, SBCEO recognizes César Chávez Day in honor of his civil rights leadership and activism.
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Hoy, 31 de marzo de 2024, SBCEO reconoce el Día de César Chávez en honor de su liderazgo y activismo por los derechos civiles.

@nwslosangeles issued a Flood Watch for all of SB County and a Winter Storm Watch for the interior mountains. Stay away from areas prone to flooding. If you live close to these areas, be prepared to move to the innermost room of your home or higher ground. weather.gov/lox

Vigilancia de Inundacion y Vigilancia de Tormenta Invernal emitidaspara el Condado de SB.Evite areas quemadas por incendios/propensas a inundaciones. Si vive cerca de estas areas, este preparado para ir a la habitacion mas internao terreno mas alto.Visite weather.gov/lox

SBCEO is looking for a Coordinator, Career Technical Education to support our schools with one of the fastest growing fields in education.
Deadline: Monday, April 8
Hiring range: $129,622 - $157,932/year + $800 MA Stipend
Learn more & apply: sbceo.org/hr

Read the March edition of Superintendent Salcido's countywide community newsletter.
mailchi.mp/sbceo/superint…

Two storm systems are heading to #SantaBarbaraCounty starting as early as Thursday, now is the time to prepare.
📲Visit readysbc.org/StormReadiness… prep info
⛈️Monitor changing weather conditions at weather.gov/lox/

Dos sistemas de tormentas se dirigen al condado de Santa Bárbara a partir del jueves, ahora es el momento de prepararse.
📲 Visite readysbc.org/Tormentas para prepararse
⛈️Vigile las condiciones del clima cambiantes en weather.gov/lox/

A round of applause for the 2024 Santa Barbara County Spelling Bee winners! Read more about them at sbceo.org/news.

Join us in congratulating Sherri Bryan on her well-deserved recognition from Santa Barbara Rotary! Bryan is the teacher librarian at Santa Barbara High School in the SB Unified school district. Recipients are chosen with the assistance of the SBCEO Teachers Network.

The 2024 Countywide Education Job Fairs were a success. Thank you to the district, college, & county reps for contributing your time to the events.

Visit sbceo.org/hr or your local district’s website for openings in the county’s schools.

We hope to see you at our SB Countywide Education Job Fair this upcoming Saturday, Feb. 24!

Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024, 9 - 11 am
Santa Maria-Bonita School District Souza Center
708 S. Miller St, Santa Maria

More info at sbceo.org/hr. We can’t wait to meet you!