The Santa Barbara County Education Office's Human Resources division administers personnel functions, registers credentials for county teachers, and provides help to applicants for new credentials or renewals. The division manages a fingerprint records cooperative for school districts for multiple-district substitute teachers, and helps school districts with legal and policy issues relating to school district employment. STRS Regional Counseling Service (California State Teachers’ Retirement System) provides pre-retirement counseling, by appointment, to CalSTRS members.

Teaching Employment

Non-Teaching Employment

Benefits

Job Descriptions

Salary Schedule
Certificated | Classified | Management

Organization and Management Charts
Organization | Management

(For a description of the charts, please contact the Public Information Office at
(805) 964-4711 ext. 5290)

Countywide

CalSTRS Counseling

Credentials Services

SBCEO

Personnel Commission

Staff Resources

Mari Minjarez Baptista
Assistant Superintendent
baptista@sbceo.org
(805) 964-4710, ext. 5279

Amy Ramos
Director
aramos@sbceo.org
(805) 964-4710, ext. 5256

Summer Ellis
Benefits Manager
sellis@sbceo.org
(805) 964-4710, ext. 2211

Tom Heiduk
Credentials Manager
theiduk@sbceo.org
(805) 964-4710, ext. 5266

Jessica Lopez
Human Resources Supervisor
jlopez@sbceo.org
(805) 964-4710, ext. 5208

Tracie Cordero
Classified Human Resources Specialist
tcordero@sbceo.org
(805) 964-4710, ext. 5212

Erika Fox-Benito
Classified Human Resources Technician
efox@sbceo.org
(805) 964-4710, ext. 5225

Wendy Garcia
Certificated Human Resources Technician
wgarcia@sbceo.org
(805) 964-4710, ext. 2402

Rob Locke
Payroll and Benefits Assistant
wlocke@sbceo.org
(805) 964-4710, ext. 5288

Homer Morro
Certificated Human Resources Specialist
hmorro@sbceo.org
(805) 964-4710, ext. 5353