March 6, 2010

The Substitute Teacher Training Program (STTP) is a workshop for new or continuing substitute teachers designed to empower teachers with the skills and strategies necessary to be successful in any classroom. Participants will have opportunities to work in elementary and secondary groups to enhance learning opportunities. Participants will receive a Certificate of Completion at the end of the training.

Registration Form

Click here to go to the OC Election Maps website.

Volunteer attorneys from the Orange County Bar Association are available to visit classrooms to make a presentation on legal survival skills for young adults. The program deals specifically with the responsibilities students will face upon turning eighteen. Each presentation will take approximately 45 minutes and is suitable for a junior or senior government or civics class.

Volunteer attorneys will provide each classroom with copies of the State Bar of California publication, "When You Become 18," and will focus the presentation on specific areas of the materials including: reaching the age of majority (i.e. registering to vote, entering into binding contracts), money matters (i.e. opening bank accounts, credit cards, being financially responsible), and moving out (i.e. rental agreements, landlord/tenant rights, leasing vs. renting).

Volunteer attorneys will also touch on law as a career. A brochure on becoming a lawyer will be handed out to interested students.

Please indicate on the enclosed form your interest in having such a presentation made in your classroom. We expect a high demand and will make every effort to fill requests as they are submitted.

Click here to download the form.

Earn your Education Specialist Credential while you teach!

Click here to view the flyer.
For more information, visit our website at http://ite.ocde.us/dip.htm.

The Special Education Alliance was conceived as a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) and was approved by the 28 districts in Orange County in the fall of 2003/04. The Executive Committee, composed of Superintendents, has as its specific goals 1) staff development, 2) legislation and support of full funding for mandated services, and 3) litigation, as necessary. These goals are carried out through the auspices of the Review Committee composed of membership as follows: five Superintendents regionally nominated, OCDE legal counsel, two private attorneys representing school districts in special education matters, two SELPA directors, and one business administrator. The eleven member panel has met consistently for the last two years, with a variety of outcomes believed to be beneficial to the Alliance's stated objectives.

The Alliance now hosts an information website at http://www.specialedalliance.org, which includes calendars, postings of agendas, minutes, and information related to special education.

The Orange County Department of Education Flu Toolkit, your one stop source for comprehensive information about the flu.

Includes links to local, state and national resources, health tips, sample letters, lesson plans, products and budget implications and resources.

Click here to download the Flu Toolkit.

The education newspaper articles are now located in a section of the OCDE website called Education in the News. Go >>

The Orange County Sheriff's Department and the Orange County Department of Education have a common commitment to child protection, and we encourage communities to partner with us to keep kids safe.

Please join us in this effort to protect all kids by talking with your children, listening to them, and practicing the care tips provided in our We Care* brochure. Together, we can provide all kids with the tools and knowledge that will help keep them safe.

* Spanish Version