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Solano Educators of the Year
Solano County Educators of the Year
Solano County Classified Employee of the Year Dave Candelo
Jeannette Starring teaches 3rd grade at Dan Mini Elementary school in Vallejo City Unified School District. She has been teaching for 30 years, 10 in her current position. The level of ongoing support Jeannette provides not only to her students, but also their families, is what stands out. She utilizes all resources and continues to encourage attendance, engagement, and positive self-worth. It is evident that she understands the importance of addressing the social emotional needs of students in addition to their academic needs. She creates a balance between the two that does not diminish one or the other. Congratulations Jeannette for being selected as Solano County's Certificated Employee of the Year!
Dave Candelo’s passion for students is really what drives his quality of work in everything he does. He serves all Solano County Office of Education schools and his professionalism and happy demeanor make him a big part of SCOE’s culture. Dave’s workmanship and overall desire to help others has earned him the respect of SCOE employees throughout the organization. He is a model employee that exemplifies SCOE’s guiding principles: collaborate successfully, support each other, and demonstrate leadership. Congratulations Dave for this well-deserved honor!
Get Outside this Summer with the Xplore Solano App
SCOE has partnered with the Cities of Fairfield and Vacaville, the Solano Land Trust, Solano County Parks, Greater Vallejo Recreation District, and Solano Transportation Authority to create Xplore Solano, a community app for Solano residents. Using the Outerspatial app, each partner organization will populate the Xplore Solano community account with events, activities, trails, parks, and destinations. Xplore Solano offers families one location to find where to go and what to do outdoors in Solano County. plore More information and download links. Solano
Leading Forward with Environmental Literacy
SCOE is part of a statewide innovation hub serving as a community of practice (COP). Hub members collaborate with other county offices of education to solve common issues related to expanding access to environmental literacy and sustainability education. Across Solano County, SCOE supports access to sustainability lessons and outdoor learning experiences for students, by working with community-based partners like Solano Land Trust and Solano Resource Conservation District. SCOE continues to support efforts to implement the integration of environmental literacy and sustainability into the curriculum, campus, community, and culture of Solano schools.
SCOE has created an online environmental literacy resource hub for local educators, showcasing activities for learning.
