Education

• Robin Sawaske
• Associate Superintendent of Education
• (805) 963-4338, extension 6210
• E-mail: rsawaske@sbsdk12.org

Essential Responsibilities of Education:

• Provide leadership in the formulation of instructional programs, plans, policies, and procedures for all schools.
• Supervise and evaluate the effectiveness of school principals.
• Develop and/or administer professional development programs for classified and certificated staff.
• Organize and administer summer school programs.
• Assist school principals in the development and review of each school’s Single School Plan for Student Achievement, including the school’s site budget.
• Oversee development of the district’s categorical budget.
• Participate in the establishment of the district’s annual budget.
• Assist in the development of education specifications for all rehabilitation, modernization and construction of school facilities.
• Work with the school site principals to evaluate and establish an order of priority needs and requests for capital outlay.
• Schedule and conduct various meetings such as Elementary and Secondary Principals' Councils, Secondary Curriculum Council, and the Elementary and Secondary Parent Advisory Committees.
• Assist in the selection, supervision, and evaluation of certificated personnel.
• Supervise various Child Development pre-kindergarten programs.
• Lead the elementary and secondary certificated Parcel Tax Task Force Committees.
• District representative to the Measure H2008 and Measure I2008 Parcel Tax Citizen's Oversight Committees.
• Administer the Gifted and Talented Education Programs.
• Oversee the Department of Special Education, including Home Hospital Service and the district’s Health Services staff
• Provide leadership for the writing and revision of curriculum materials and guides.
• Promote curricular alignment and articulation of elementary, secondary and post-high school educational programs.
• Oversee the high school athletic and co-curricular programs.
• Assist in the selection, supervision, and evaluation of certificated personnel.
• Supervise the Department of Student Support Services, including expulsions and truancy programs.
• Supervise the Department of Curriculum and Categorical Programs.
• Oversee the application and implementation of federal, state and local grants.
• Supervise various afterschool programs (pre-K–8)
• Participate on the district’s negotiation team with the certificated teacher's bargaining unit.
• Oversee student assessment, intervention and support programs .
• Oversee vocational education, dual enrollment and other partnerships with higher education agencies.
• Work with the Santa Barbara County Education Office to coordinate programming and support.