CSU Stanislaus Award Launches Career Practition

Steve Betando has worked in education for over 36 years, including more than eight years with Morgan Hill Unified School District. While serving as principal of Eisenhut Elementary School in the 1990s, Steve Betando earned his master’s degree in education, administration, and supervision from California State University, Stanislaus.

While earning his master’s degree at CSU Stanslaus, Steve Betando’s thesis, “The Relationship Between Student Achievement and Absenteeism,” was recognized by the University staff for Outstanding Research in Education and awarded honors at the Graduate Symposium. His goal of identifying barriers to student success, then developing research proven practices to remove such barriers is ever-present in his drive to build educator capacity. Having collaborated on the development of the California Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTP) along with the ESEA Highly Qualified Teaching Standards, Mr. Betando is a frequently requested educational speaker as a valued practitioner, mentor, and advisor to other educators, professional organizations, academic institutions, and legislative bodies..

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AASA Establishes Coalition to Create

In his 36-year career, Steve Betando has worked as a teacher, principal, and superintendent in the California public school system. For nearly a decade he has served Morgan Hill Union School District. Aside from his work in education, Steve Betando is also a member of a number of professional associations including the American Association of School Superintendents (AASA), an organization that is a resource for education professionals in positions of leadership.

In January, the AASA announced that it had partnered with various education stakeholders to create a coalition devoted to making education more student-centered, forward-reaching, and equity-focused. Learning 2025: National Commission on Student-Centered, Equity-Focused Education seeks to bring together business leaders, school system administrators, and non-profit leaders to find ways to prepare students for the future and their careers.

The commission’s work will focus on devising recommendations that can be implemented at demonstration sites. In the course of developing these recommendations, the commission will also build a library comprised of contributions from progressive urban, suburban, and rural school districts.