The Pima County
School Superintendent
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Leadership
is guiding and directing efforts to enhance communication and promote educational issues, programs and activities.
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Service
means being responsive to the educational needs of schools and supporting their work in relevant and meaningful ways.
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Collaboration
is working together with students, teachers, businesses, community based organizations, parents, and taxpayers to improve the quality of education in Pima County.
The Pima County School Superintendent's Office promotes educational excellence through leadership, service, and collaboration.
Meet the Superintendent
From the very beginning, Linda Arzoumanian focused her career and her future on her passion: the education and welfare of children and adults.
Regional Support Center
Professional development center that focuses on research-based instructional strategies including technology integration into the curriculum, systems thinking, and new teacher support.
Current Events
Fair for Education and Summer Institute - Free Resources and Professional Development for Educators
We have teachers and counselors who are doing nothing short of brilliant, and we want the community to see this, recognize it and celebrate it.
Communities in the U.S. with the highest standards of living can be identified in a number of ways, but one of the common threads is the cultural value that is placed on education.
The FAIR for Education aims to promote the positive influence of education in our community, celebrate learning as a life-long endeavor, and establish education as a ‘cultural pillar’ and central figure to the social identity of Tucson and Pima County.
The FAIR will feature free educational resources for teachers and “Lighthouse Projects” - exemplary projects by master teachers around Southern Arizona that integrate Common Core Standards. These are to be projects implemented by cooperative efforts between higher education and public schools (or private) or between industry and schools. They are innovative and will serve as a model for other educators.
This year the FAIR invites the public to come and celebrate education in our community by presenting a fun, family-pleasing array of educational opportunities for every age and interest.
The Summer Institute offers a week's worth of educator professional development in Phase I and Phase II Common Core Standards, Science, Technology, Counseling and Mental Health, and Early Childhood.
Pursuant to A.R.S. 15-904(C), the FY2012 Annual Financial Reports for the following school districts can be found at: http://www.ade.az.gov/schoolfinance/Forms/LEAQuery/SubmittedFiles.aspx
- Pima Accommodation District No. 00
- Empire Elementary School District No. 37
- Redington Elementary School District No. 44
- San Fernando Elementary School District No. 35
Arizona Common Core Standards
SAREC (Southern Arizona Regional Education Center) will host Common Core workshops for administrators and teachers throughout Cochise, Pima and Santa Cruz counties.Common Core Level I Workshops (Introduction to the 2010 Arizona Common Core Standards)
A variety of sessions will be offered focusing on building awareness and knowledge of the new 2010 Arizona Common Core Standards. Participants will:
- Examine and understand the new standards and crosswalks;
- Unwrap the new standards and identify important ideas;
- Consider implications for implementation of the new standards;
- Dig deeper into the content of the new standards.
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We’ve Moved!
Our Offices are now located at 200 N. Stone Ave. on the northeast corner of Stone and Alameda downtown Tucson. More…
Latest News
The Career Shadow Program is a product of business and eduction partnerships in Pima County. Middle school students are paired with businesses from all industries and learn about what it takes to be a successful student in preparing for a certain career.
Click here to take a look at photos from one of our recent Career Expos.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Office of the Pima County School Superintendent is pleased to announce the launch of its Financial Transparency website, transparency.schools.pima.gov.
The Office of the Pima County School Superintendent is pleased to announce the launch of its Financial Transparency website, transparency.schools.pima.gov. This website was created in accordance with A.R.S. §41-725(H). It is a searchable, public website that serves as a single point of reference for the residents of Pima County school districts. The website contains all the financial transaction information for 15 of the 17 school districts in Pima County. This website does not contain any financial transaction information for Sunnyside Unified School District and the Tucson Unified School District, which manage their financial operations independently from the Pima County School Superintendent pursuant to A.R.S. §15-914.01.
The Pima County School Superintendent’s Financial Transparency website presents data beginning with the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012, and for each fiscal year thereafter and will be updated on a monthly basis. All revenues and expenditures are included. Please note that some expenditures, such as salaries, are aggregated and some are shown in detail depending on the nature of the expense. For questions on specific transaction details, please contact the appropriate school district. In accordance with state law, the data that is presented on this website will be maintained for up to three (3) fiscal years. All members of the public are invited to visit the Financial Transparency website.
Questions can be directed to Ricky Hernandez or Cody Cassidy at 520.724.8451.
Student art work brightens the lobby of the Pima County School Superintendent’s Office
City High School, Pima Prevention Partnership Academy and Utterback Middle School students have displayed original art work in the lobby of our office. The display rotates on a monthly bases, giving a variety of students an opportunity to have their work displayed. The teachers and community members who come to the office enjoy taking a few moments to appreciate the talented art students of Pima County.
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