32nd Annual Alameda County Teacher of the Year Awards Ceremony

19501 Redwood Road,Castro Valley CA 94546

04 November, 2021

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You are cordially invited to the 2021 Alameda County Teacher of the Year Awards Ceremony. Tickets may be purchased at the event! Card, cash or purchase orders accepted!Annually, the Alameda County Office of Education is proud to honor our exceptional public school teachers through the Teacher of the Year program. It is an opportunity to recognize extraordinary dedication and commitment, educational innovation, and student learning. This year’s district honorees are: Alameda County Office of Education - Lori ThelenCastro Valley Unified School District - Elisa Correia-DasallaDublin Unified School District - Lilia TsuiEden Area Regional Occupational Program - Cheryl GrixtiEmery Unified School District - Ashante SmithHayward Unified School District - Thalia McNeil-SmithLivermore Valley Joint Unified School District - Christopher FiliceMission Valley Regional Occupational Program - Christopher SkrockeNewark Unified School District - Catherine SchevingOakland Unified School District - Chantel ParnellOakland Unified School District - Jessica JungOakland Unified School District - Whitney DwyerPleasanton Unified School District - Russell SatoSan Leandro Unified School District - Erica Viray SantosSan Lorenzo Unified School District - Susan Guinee (posthumous)Sunol Glen Unified School District - Christopher WheelerTri-Valley Regional Occupational Program - Diana HasenpflugAlameda County’s education community of more than 10,000 teachers are everyday heroes, dedicated to serving and supporting the youth of one of the most diverse counties in California. The Alameda County Office of Education (ACOE), under the leadership of County Superintendent of Schools L. Karen Monroe, serves as liaison between the California Department of Education and the 18 Alameda County public school districts that serve more than 200,000 students and 10,000 teachers. ACOE provides oversight of district budgets and Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAPs). ACOE directly operates two types of schools that serve Alameda County’s most vulnerable youth: Court Schools at the Juvenile Justice Center and Community Schools that serve foster youth, students in substance abuse treatment, pregnant and parenting teens, Probation-referred youth, and students expelled from their resident school districts. ACOE also runs the Infant & Family Support Program, which provides individualized service for children from birth to three years and their families.