SBCEO Programs and Services
(Alphabetical listing of programs)
AB 75 Principal Training Program
This 160-hour program provides professional development to principals, vice principals, and those seeking their Tier II credential certification. The focus is on leadership skills, implementing a standards based accountability system, school improvement strategies, technology for leaders, aligning resources, teacher supervision, and the effective implementation of adopted instructional materials.
AmeriCorps/AppleCorps [website]
This program offers service to America through literacy, tutoring, emergency preparedness, and volunteer recruitment activities in targeted schools.
Author-Go-Round [website]
This week-long winter event provides an opportunity for upper elementary and middle school students throughout the county to explore avenues of writing and illustrating with authors and illustrators of children's books.
Battle of the Books [website]
This spring event is a reading incentive program through which students from throughout the county test their knowledge of 30 books selected for the event.
Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment (BTSA) Induction Program [website]
This program provides structured professional education and individual guidance for first and second year teachers; two years of support and formative assessment provided by experienced teachers trained to coach on the use of the state-adopted academic content and performance levels for students; and the pathway from Preliminary Teaching Credential to Professional Teaching Credential.
Beyond Tolerance Center [website]
The Beyond Tolerance Center is supported by donations from community members concerned about teaching tolerance. The Center brings educational programs to schools; sponsors students, teachers, and mentors to the Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles; and provides teacher inservices on tolerance curriculum materials.
Breakfast with the Authors [website]
This fall event provides an opportunity for educators and community members to meet informally with authors of books for children and young adults. In 2002, the program celebrated its 50th anniversary.
California Alternative Payment Program (CAPP)
This program provides subsidized free or low-cost child care for children from birth to 12 years, throughout Santa Barbara County, whose parents are working toward self-sufficiency through employment, training, or job seeking. Families who received Child Protective Services or who are incapacitated are also served.
California School Age Families Education (Cal-SAFE)
Cal-SAFE programs provide child care, parenting education, and support services for expectant and parenting teens, enabling them to complete their high school education. The programs are offered at Maple High School in Lompoc, Santa Maria High School, and Santa Ynez Valley Union High School. Both males and females are served.
California Technology Assistance Project (CTAP)
[State website]
This project oversees the technology programs and grants funded by the State of California. It also provides technical assistance and professional development to schools and districts.
CalWORKs Stages Child Care Services (Stage 2 and Stage 3)
This program provides no-cost or sliding-scale child care services to families referred from the Department of Social Services. Parents may select the child care of their choice for children birth to 12 years throughout Santa Barbara County.
Career Education Programs [website]
This department coordinates programs including School-to- Career, Summer and School Year Youth Employment Internships, externships, WorkAbility, Workforce Resource Center, Job Scholarships, and Service Learning. In addition, Industry Education Councils and Santa Barbara Partners in Education support education through business
partnerships.
Center for Community Education
The center provides administration, technical assistance, and training for programs that promote school and community partnerships serving parents and children.
Programs include:
Beyond Tolerance Center
Foster Youth Services
Homeless Education/Liaison Project (HE/LP)
Spirit Awards
Child Assistance Team Creating Hope (CATCH)
A team of school psychologists, teachers, and instructional assistants provide supports to preschool children who are exhibiting behavioral challenges in their preschool settings. Supports include on-site or in-home consultation with preschool staff and parents, Second Step (a mental health curriculum) training, and referrals to other services, as
appropriate.
Child Care Food Program (CCFP)
This program reimburses licensed Family Child Care and Trustline Providers for nutritious meals served to children receiving child care services. Nutrition education and support services are given to participating providers.
Child Development Programs
These programs provide child care, development, education assistance, and support to 2,500 eligible children birth to 12 years, their families, community agencies, and school districts countywide. See also:
California Alternative Payment Program (CAPP)
California School Age Families Education Program (Cal-SAFE)
CalWORKs Stages Child Care (Stages 2 and 3)
Child Care Food Program (CCFP)
De Colores State Preschool Program
Health Linkages Program
Just for Kids State Preschool
The Learning Place State Preschool
Lompoc School Readiness Program
Los Alamos State Preschool
La Honda State Preschool
Santa Barbara Child Care Planning Council
Santa Ynez State Preschool
Child Welfare and Attendance Services
This program facilitates the appeal process for students involved with formal district expulsions or interdistrict transfers. County school attendance review boards deal with student attendance and behavior problems.
Children's Creative Project [I Madonnari]
Workshops in the visual and performing arts are conducted by resident artists for 30,000 students at 60 elementary school sites. Touring artists present educational and cultural performances for 60,000 students at 150 elementary and secondary school sites. An arts catalog is available which describes these and other specially funded arts education programs.
Communications [website]
This department provides public information services, reprographics services, and webmaster services. See listings under those titles.
Community Schools [website]
Three community schools serve four types of students: those who are criminal law violators who may be transitioning back to district schools from Los Prietos Boys Camp, juvenile halls, or counseling and education centers; probation-referred status offenders; mandated district expulsions; and non-mandated district expulsions.
El Puente Lompoc Community School
El Puente Santa Barbara Community School
Peter B. FitzGerald Community School, Santa Maria
Computer Center [website]
Our Computer Center provides financial information systems services to school districts. These services include requirements definition, analysis, evaluation, selection/development of automated systems for district financial information management and processing and employing new technologies as they become available. We also provide microcomputer support (hardware and software), countywide e-mail, and access to the Internet. See also Internet Services.
Computers for Families [website]
This program provides free computers, low-cost Internet access, and training to low-income families. Donated computers are refurbished and upgraded in special vocational classes for distribution to students in classrooms where teachers have applied to participate. Homework and research assignments are then tailored to incorporate technology.
Consolidated Programs, County Cooperative Project
Our office manages distribution of state and federal funds to 12 school districts for categorical programs such as Title I, School Impact Aid, and bilingual education. We also provide technical assistance for consolidated applications, and we coordinate program quality and categorical program monitoring reviews.
Counseling and Education Centers [website]
These schools, operated in probation facilities, serve criminal law violators who are adjudicated to attend by juvenile court judges. Students live at home or in group homes and are considered “pre-delinquent” and “pre-placement.”
Camino Segundo School, Santa Maria
Casa Floral School, Lompoc
Villa Esperanza School, Santa Barbara
Credentials and Teacher Placement
See Human Resources
Curriculum and Instruction [website]
This department provides professional development services focused on capacity building in schools and districts, based on the state?fs Essential Program Components. This includes leadership development, classroom support to implement standards-based instruction, universal access for students, and instructional content focused on areas such as mathematics and the language arts. In addition, the department provides technical assistance services to support high priority schools, which include County Academic Achievement Team audits and SAIT-like audits for program improvement schools, External Entity services to program improvement districts, SAIT provider services, and site-based training.
De Colores State Preschool Program
This is a no-cost, part-day program for three hours in the morning or afternoon serving income-eligible children, three to five years old, at Clarence Ruth Elementary School in Lompoc. The purpose of the program is to prepare preschool-age children for school readiness in an environment which stimulates learning and is developmentally and individually appropriate. A nutritious snack is served daily.
Drug/Alcohol/Tobacco Education (DATE)
The program provides technical assistance and training for districts and county-operated programs on effective drug, alcohol, tobacco prevention education, safe and drug-free schools, and leadership in coordinating school/community prevention efforts.
Educational Technology [website]
This center provides teachers and administrators with the ability to preview and receive training on software and hardware designed to enhance educational programs and instructional systems.
English Learner Education and Special Services
Our office provides instructional support for teachers and administrators of some 12,500 language-minority students. In addition, our Title III Consortium works with teachers to implement curriculum requirements and strategies to support English learners.
Foster Youth Services (FYS) [website]
Foster Youth Services assists children and youth in foster care with school records and transfers, educational case management, and support. FYS works in partnership with the Santa Barbara County Probation Department and Santa Barbara County Child Welfare Services, local group homes, Santa Barbara Community College and Hancock
College's ILP, and trains district personnel on implementing AB 490.
Health Linkages Program
This program provides health and safety consultation and support services to the Early Care and Education Community throughout Santa Barbara County. Health Advocates work with State Preschools, Cal-SAFE programs, School Readiness Initiatives, and Family Child Care Homes. They provide education to parents, teachers, staff, and students
and health screenings and follow-up to assist families in accessing health and social services.
Homeless Education/Liaison Project (HE/LP)
This program helps children who are homeless with school enrollment, transfers, or other specialized education needs, and provides after-school tutoring at five local shelters or community sites. Support is also given through school supplies, health and hygiene items, clothing, and transportation vouchers.
Human Resources [website]
In addition to administering our office's certificated and classified personnel functions, this division registers credentials for county teachers and provides assistance to applicants for renewals or new credentials. We manage a fingerprint-records cooperative for school
districts for multiple-district substitutes. We also help school districts with legal and policy issues relating to school district employment.
Instructional Media Services [website]
Our library circulates more than 100,000 student books and kits annually, and provides more than 8,500 professional library materials and learning resources to educators. In addition, schools borrow more than 7,400 state standards-aligned videos, CD-ROMs, laserdiscs, films, and online resources. Both the library and media collections are available through the SBCEO portal, www.sbceoportal.org. Video conferencing and satellite facilities are also available. State-adopted materials through the Learning Resource Display Center (LRDC) are housed at UCSB. Technology resources for the LRDC are at SBCEO.
Internal Services/Operations/Fiscal Services [website]
This department serves as the business office for the SBCEO. Services include accounting, reporting, budget preparation and monitoring, payroll and fringe benefit services, accounts payable and receivable processing, and facilities services. The office provides accurate and timely record-keeping of all revenues and disbursements; preparation of multi-year budget and cash flow projections; financial reports to the California Department of Education; accounting and budget training and assistance to program managers; purchase orders, travel claims, and supplies processing; and grounds, custodial, and facilities maintenance.
Internet Services [website]
Our office offers Internet access to all public and private schools, school employees, parents of school-age children (kindergarden through 12th grade), and adult students attending a college or university. The SBCEO Network routinely enhances its Internet access capabilities and is the primary Internet Service Provider (ISP) for the educational community in the county. Users have full and unlimited use of all services on the network, including dial-up, e-mail, free Internet technical support, e-mail virus and spam protection, and filtered service to block inappropriate sites for children. Web space is available to every school in Santa Barbara County for school-managed homepage development and for posting on the Internet.
Just for Kids State Preschool
This is a no-cost, part-day program for three hours in the morning or afternoon serving income-eligible children, three to five years old, at Arthur Hapgood Elementary School in Lompoc. The purpose of the program is to prepare preschool-age children for school enrollment in an environment which stimulates learning and is developmentally and individually appropriate. A nutritious snack is served daily.
Juvenile Court and Community Schools [website]
See: Community Schools, Counseling and Education Centers, Residential Court Schools.
La Honda State Preschool
This is a no-cost, part-day program for three hours in the morning or afternoon serving income-eligible children, three to five years old, at La Honda School in Lompoc. The purpose of the program is to prepare preschool-age children for school enrollment in an environment which stimulates learning and is developmentally and individually appropriate. A nutritious snack is served daily.
The Learning Place State Preschool
This is a no-cost, part-day program for three hours in the afternoon serving income-eligible children, three to five years old, at Crestview Elementary School in Lompoc. The purpose of the program is to prepare preschool-age children for school enrollment in an environment which stimulates learning and is developmentally and individually appropriate. A nutritious snack is served daily.
Lompoc School Readiness Program
This program provides school readiness support services to parents and children who will attend Hapgood or Clarence Ruth elementary schools for kindergarten. The program also provides parenting education and offers both adult education and Allan Hancock College school readiness courses for parents, child care providers, and other early childhood education professionals.
Los Alamos State Preschool
This is a no-cost, part-day program for three hours in the morning serving income-eligible children, three to five years old, at Los Alamos School in Lompoc. The purpose of the program is to prepare preschool-age children for school enrollment in an environment which stimulates learning and is developmentally and individually appropriate. A nutritious snack is served daily.
Mailroom
We operate a full-service mailroom, including a UPS station.
Migrant Education Program
Our office is the Local Education Agency for migrant programs operating in 18 school districts in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. It provides 8,200 migrant students and families with supplemental instruction, health support and referral, and parent involvement services that support and supplement existing programs at district school sites.
Nurses and psychologists
Our office provides school nurses and psychologists to pupils in special education, juvenile court and community schools, and child development programs, and in elementary districts of 900 or fewer students. We serve more than 5,500 pupils with vision, hearing, and scoliosis screening and other health-related services.
Personnel Services
See Human Resources.
Print Shop
See Reprographics.
Public Information and Communications [website]
This department responds to community requests for information regarding public schools countywide. It also disseminates information to the media, the school districts, and the community regarding programs and issues in public education through press releases, commentaries, newsletters, and specialized publications, and produces radio commentaries that air countywide. Innovations in Education, a monthly television program, is produced to highlight innovative curriculum programs. See also Reprographics and Webmaster.
Reading First Regional Technical Assistance Center (R-TAC) [website]
This program is part of a national effort funded under the No Child Left Behind Act to improve the reading success of students in kindergarten through third grade. The center director provides technical assistance to districts with Reading First programs in Santa Barbara, Ventura, Kern, and San Luis Obispo counties.
Regional Occupational Programs (ROP) [North ROP] [South ROP]
These programs offer state-of-the-art occupational training classes to area residents who are 16 years of age or older. All ROP classes count for high school graduation credit. Many count for community college credit, and some ROP classes count for UC entrance credit. Program graduates receive a certificate that details the occupational skills they have mastered during their course of study. Approximately 4,000 students per semester enroll in ROP classes.
Reprographics
Our print shop and duplicating services areas print more than three million impressions a year, creating teaching guides, student workbooks, flyers, booklets, newsletters, forms, and letterhead for our office, for countywide programs, and for school districts. Services include the full range of black and white printing, color copying, and bindery services, plus graphics artist services.
Residential Court Schools [website]
These programs operate for criminal law violators who have been removed from the home by the court. Students live at the school within probation facilities.
- Los Robles High School at Los Prietos Boys Camp
- La Posada School at Santa Barbara Juvenile Hall
- Dos Puertas School at Santa Maria Juvenile Hall
Santa Barbara County Child Care Planning Council [website]
The SBCEO leads and collaborates in planning, coordinating, and advocating for high quality, affordable, and accessible early care and education for all children in Santa Barbara County.
Santa Ynez State Preschool
This is a no-cost, part-day program for three hours in the morning or afternoon serving income-eligible children, three to five years old, at College School in Santa Ynez. The purpose of the program is to prepare preschool-age children for school readiness in an environment which stimulates learning and is developmentally and individually appropriate. A nutritious snack is served daily.
School Business Advisory Services (SBAS) [website]
Our office helps school districts in preparing, adopting, and revising school district budgets. We approve budgets for 23 school districts and one JPA in the county, which involves more than $579 million and 251 funds. We provide accurate and timely record-keeping of all district revenues and expenses. We also perform budget analyses, and review budgets and interim reports against specific criteria to monitor fiscal solvency.
On an annual basis, we process more than 81,100 commercial warrants and more than 128,800 payroll warrants. In addition, we provide advice and support functions in areas such as elections, unemployment insurance administration, payroll and retirement tax reporting, cooperative purchasing, mandated cost claims, risk management, revenue limit and categorical funding, and attendance accounting, to reduce costs and improve services to individual districts.
School Accountability and Support Services
This department assists schools and districts with the improvement of leadership, teaching, and learning through County Academic Achievement Team (CAAT) school audits, administrator and leadership team coaching to success, and technical support services to assist with the implementation issues surrounding the No Child Left Behind Act.
School-Public Health Nurse Day
The Annual School-Public Health Nurse Day is a one-day professional development conference bringing together the health professionals who work with the children and youth in Santa Barbara County. Physicians, clinicians, and health support service providers present to the nurses the latest information on children's health needs, care, and resources. It is co-sponsored by the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department.
Service-Learning Collaborative
Service-learning training workshops, conferences, and seminars are offered throughout Region 8, along with the training of certified service-learning coaches who provide assistance to schools wishing to develop and enhance service-learning activities, and the connecting of students to Youth Service California, an organization that provides youth with opportunities to strengthen their communities and take part in leadership activities. Service learning is a teaching method that combines curriculum with service to the community.
Special Education [website]
This division provides education for students with disabilities residing in districts with 900 or fewer pupils, students with more severe or profound disabilities throughout the county, and more than 700 preschool and infant children with developmental delays. Services include speech/language instruction; orientation/mobility instruction; adapted physical education, counseling; and specialized instruction in regular, resource, or special education classrooms.
Spirit Awards
The Spirit Awards are held annually in June at a North County site (Nightingale School) and a South County site (SBCEO). Each school in the county is invited to nominate a student who has demonstrated great courage, perseverance, and dedication to education, often in the face of adversity or serious life challenges. At the awards ceremony, attended by family and friends, the school representative making the nomination speaks a tribute to the spirit of the student and his or her contribution as a role model to others.
STRS Regional Counseling Service
(State Teachers' Retirement System)
Pre-retirement counseling is available by appointment to all STRS members.
Summit High School [website]
This is a non-residential public high school dedicated to providing Santa Barbara County adolescents recovering from alcohol and drug abuse with a safe and supportive school in a chemically free environment. It is designed to be about much more than sobriety and academic subjects. It is about learning to be in healthy relationships and how to enjoy them while clean and sober. Developing self-awareness and self-esteem is an important step in the process of recovery and sobriety. This model program is based on love, respect, dignity, and education.
Teacher Recognition and Support Programs
Various activities and events occur throughout the school year that are designed to recognize and support classroom teachers. These include The Teachers Network Program, Care and Share philanthropy grants, Teacher Innovation Grants, Teacher of the Year, Distinguished Educators, Venoco Inc. Crystal Apple Awards, and other teacher support services.
The Teachers Network [website]
This program is part of a national organization that supports public school teachers. The basic structure of the program recognizes, rewards, and networks outstanding teachers who exemplify professionalism and creativity. Local business partners award grants to teachers who have created innovative and effective curriculum projects. These projects are published in an annual catalog distributed to teachers throughout the county. Local teachers also participate in national Teachers Network projects involving leadership, policy, and technology.
Video Production
The office produces several television programs including Innovations in Education, Talking with Teachers, Cirone on Schools, and Schools of Thought.
Webmaster
Services in this area include homepage design and maintenance, district consultations, listserv maintenance, and web-related projects.