A former district superintendent, Steve Betando has worked in education administration for close to four decades. Since his graduation from San Jose University in California, he has taken leadership positions in the Morgan Hill, Fremont, and Stanislaus school districts, serving as a teacher, principal, and curriculum developer, and chief human resource officer. Steve Betando has also conducted workshops and courses in leadership development, strategic planning, conflict resolution and anti-bullying initiatives.
As a measure to combat sexual abuse and violence, The Morgan Hill Unified District School has established the program Be Seen and Be Heard. With the 2021 sessions starting in October, it is a set of presentations for different age groups among K-12 students that teach them to recognize and defend against sexual abuse. The school district administration is distributing them to the institutions under their purview; alongside an author’s introduction addressed to the parents, Be Seen and Be Heard includes an hour-long session and four follow-ups to be scheduled over the course of the year.
As a leading district in the United States to use the Be Seen and Heard Program, Morgan Hill has been conducting presentations on this difficult but ubiquitous issue for several years while carefully varying the messages depending on the grade levels so that even the youngest students can gain awareness on staying safe. As such, the rubrics cover an expansive range of topics, from introducing second-grade students to the concepts of body safety and using one’s voice as a safety tool, to talking to high-schoolers about the connections between abuse and bullying, and the the dangers of sex trafficking.
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