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.

Substitutes

Other Services

Countywide

CalSTRS Counseling

Credentials Services

SBCEO

Personnel Commission

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

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

Gillian (Jill) Stevens
Coordinator
gstevens@sbceo.org
(805) 964-4710, ext. 5210

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

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

Kaitelyn Kelly
Benefit and Employee Relations Analyst
kkelly@sbceo.org
(805) 964-4710, ext. 5288

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

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

Cecilia Hurtado
Administrative Assistant
churtado@sbceo.org
(805) 964-4710, ext. 5258

Erin Kerrutt-Dent
Certificated Human Resources Specialist
ekerruttdent@sbceo.org
(805) 964-4710, ext. 5353

Melissa Rodriguez
Classified Human Resources Analyst
mrodriguez@sbceo.org
(805) 964-4710, ext. 5225