Jaydeen Sanchez began busily planning for The Inaugural ICOE Teacher's Induction Conference a few months before it was scheduled to take place on October 10, 2023. She reserved the breakout rooms here at the ICOE main campus, ordered all the materials and food needed for the con...
Stacey Arthur always provides great support to the Superintendent's office regarding phone calls, messages, appointments, and drop-ins she receives as the reception area staff member. She is the first person to greet those entering building A and always offers to help. Our office...
Marie Williams always has a smile on her face when doing her Job. I am always impressed with the positive attitude.
Jeff Sturdevant always provides the most professional and speedy support to all of our events. I received a notification that our items for the Autumn and the Arts event were going to be delayed due to shipping issues. I notified Jeff and Stacey Arthur so they could be on the loo...
Mr. Verdugo is hard-working and strives to ensure his team is heard and supported. His professionalism, expertise, and leadership are crucial to successfully operating ICOE services and programs. On Saturday, August 19, in preparation for Hurricane Hillary, Mr. Verdugo began work...
(Anthony Araujo) - When unexpected winds of 46 mph hit just minutes before the Foundation for Education Fundraiser on October 6, 2022, Laura Harp, Juan Coronado, Arlene Mercado, Antonio Romayor, Derek Howe, Cristobal Rodriguez, and Anthony Araujo from Technology Services rushed o...
(Cristobal Rodriguez) - When unexpected winds of 46 mph hit just minutes before the Foundation for Education Fundraiser on October 6, 2022, Laura Harp, Juan Coronado, Arlene Mercado, Antonio Romayor, Derek Howe, Cristobal Rodriguez, and Anthony Araujo from Technology Services rus...
(Derek Howe) - When unexpected winds of 46 mph hit just minutes before the Foundation for Education Fundraiser on October 6, 2022, Laura Harp, Juan Coronado, Arlene Mercado, Antonio Romayor, Derek Howe, Cristobal Rodriguez, and Anthony Araujo from Technology Services rushed outsi...
(Antonio Romayor) - When unexpected winds of 46 mph hit just minutes before the Foundation for Education Fundraiser on October 6, 2022, Laura Harp, Juan Coronado, Arlene Mercado, Antonio Romayor, Derek Howe, Cristobal Rodriguez, and Anthony Araujo from Technology Services rushed...
(Arlene Mercado) - When unexpected winds of 46 mph hit just minutes before the Foundation for Education Fundraiser on October 6, 2022, Laura Harp, Juan Coronado, Arlene Mercado, Antonio Romayor, Derek Howe, Cristobal Rodriguez, and Anthony Araujo from Technology Services rushed o...
(Juan Coronado) When unexpected winds of 46 mph hit just minutes before the Foundation for Education Fundraiser on October 6, 2022, Laura Harp, Juan Coronado, Arlene Mercado, Antonio Romayor, Derek Howe, Cristobal Rodriguez, and Anthony Araujo from Technology Services rushed outs...
(Laura Harp) When unexpected winds of 46 mph hit just minutes before the Foundation for Education Fundraiser on October 6, 2022, Laura Harp, Juan Coronado, Arlene Mercado, Antonio Romayor, Derek Howe, Cristobal Rodriguez, and Anthony Araujo from Technology Services rushed outside...
(Judith Ramirez) The MEP Program would like to nominate Ms. Judith Ramirez to be an ICOE Great Employee Moment (GEM) recipient. This morning (8/4/22) we met with our ICOE MEP staff to debrief on the logistics regarding our MEP Camp Cuyamaca student arrival today at 12:00 p.m....
Adrian Gonzalez - The Student Services area appreciates the time and effort Adrian puts into tackling all of our requests. He approaches our department with a big smile and a positive attitude. He displays great enthusiasm as he interacts with others and when completing his job....
Carlos Reyes exemplifies what an ICOE Amazing employee is. He was and has been instrumental in COVID planning and response by creating various tracking and notification systems for the COVID team. Carlos anticipates needs before we are even aware of them and was able to create am...
Martha White is one of the first persons people see as they arrive at Building A. She is nice, friendly, happy & always willing to help when she can! As I was working from home, I tried to print the cover page to the certified mail but my printer was not printing well. So I se...
JC Gonzalez and Eric Licea continually demonstrate their service-oriented work ethics and teamwork on a daily basis. However, this was heightened when they saw me drowning in prep work for an event I was helping to coordinate and dropped everything to help. They saved me endless...
Monyca Cano-Diaz, Martha White, and Sandy Leon are simply amazing! They reached out to our family child care providers in a timely manner, expedited an important service, and reached our goal with flying colors!!! Absolutely, ICOE AmAzInG!
Cameron Sidhu is always bouncing on to any site with a "happy to help you" style. He can resolve any technical issue thrown his way and then some. He will always take on another request (even when he looks pressed for time) without hesitation. Cameron is always a pleasure to be a...
Mrs. Cynthia Cardona is a mom of 5 beautiful girls and is continually going above and beyond in the workplace. She supports all staff with accessibility and top performance. She is always lending a helping hand and sharing knowledge with her colleagues. Her hard work does not go...
Juan Coronado, Eric Licea, and Juan Verdugo stopped what they were doing to help me (when I felt like I was having a personal crisis). My car would not start, and Juan Verdugo and Eric Licea helped push my car into the parking lot, to a secure location. Juan Coronado walked up to...
Eric Licea, Juan Verdugo, and Juan Coronado stopped what they were doing to help me (when I felt like I was having a personal crisis). My car would not start, and Juan Verdugo and Eric Licea helped push my car into the parking lot, to a secure location. Juan Coronado walked up t...
Juan Verdugo, Eric Licea and Juan Coronado stopped what they were doing to help me (when I felt like I was having a personal crisis). My car would not start, and Juan Verdugo and Eric Licea helped push my car into the parking lot, to a secure location. Juan Coronado walked up to...
Alma Martinez is the Family & Community Engagement Specialist at ECEP and for Thanksgiving she went above and beyond in order to gather turkey dinner donations for some of our program's most needy families. She has formed wonderful relationships with different community programs...
Rosa Gonzales is an exceptional ICOE employee. She has been employed over 20 years with ICOE and has never lost her ICOE amazing spark! Her willingness to assist and train staff is like no other. She truly is the heart and soul of the alternative payment program (AP) and there is...
Kaydie Abencerraje has been a true team player when it comes to helping the Resource & Referral (R&R) program. She is always smiling, works well with providers and has a beautiful personality. R&R is thankful for her assistance in covering the front desk, when needed and her will...
Ernie Hernandez is an absolute lifesaver! She is always willing to step into action by helping me with the Resource & Referral program needs. I truly appreciate her willingness to jump in and serve. She provides teamwork and leadership in all that she does; characteristics valued...
Manuel Soto always displays GEM moments here in the Migrant Dept., but this week, he went above and beyond by taking it upon himself to clean and organize our storage room, making it clean and SAFE for all of us here in our dept. He made sure that all of the trash was taken out,...
Lynn Salcedo has been such a wonderful addition to the SELPA office. She never ever hesitates to help with anything we need. She is very professional, polite, and happy when talking with staff, districts, parents, and members in the community. Her attention to detail is a gift...
Martha White is always willing to go the extra mile with a smile and positive attitude. She is an efficient worker, dedicated to our families (ECEP), and a valuable resource to our agency. She constantly exceeds our expectations. Thank you, Martha for making life so much easier f...
Fernando Calderon exemplifies the true nature of teamwork and service. Due to a family event, Valeria was unable to photograph the EC&R event, so she asked Fernando to step in as lead photographer. Fernando went above and beyond from beginning to end. Not only did he arrive early...
Valeria is an incredible young lady with a heart of gold! During and before the Health Fair I did not keep myself hydrated as I should. As a result of two medical conditions, including Diabetes, my body does not react well to hot weather. While making my rounds at each booth du...
Monyca Cano-Diaz has an infectious smile and is always ready to serve. Today she helped a Family Child Care (FCC) provider register onto the ECE Workforce Registry (not an easy task), created an account and showed her all the perks of being a registered participant. She illustrat...
(Rachel Sanchez) On Thursday, November 8th, 2018, 37 science leaders and 5 facilitators from 3 counties were attending the Region 9 Science Community of Practice event at the Ricochet Rec Center in Imperial. One of the facilitators had just made available NGSS cards that he desig...
(Lynn Salcedo) When a last minute room cancellation made it possible to set up the evening before for a very large event, Lynn made sure the coordinator of the large event knew about it. Then, she grabbed the cart of supplies and said she was happy to help. Prior to heading ove...
Monica Venegas is a joy to work with. She does her job very well and goes above and beyond regularly. Normally, Eric delivers all packages; however, he was out to lunch when Monica was made aware of an important department delivery that needed to take place immediately. She stopp...
(Robin Bates) With very little notice, Robin agreed to fit time in her schedule to come and speak to 32 students in the Teacher Preparation program at SDSU. Students had many questions about how to navigate the process and what to expect as they work toward becoming a teacher. Ro...
Cesar Duran is a great person to have working for ICOE. In my time here, I have seen nothing from him but hard work and a positive attitude. Cesar is a person who will stay until the job is done or return as soon as he has found a solution. He is the one person who I can count on...
(Wendy Rangel) Over the summer, we had one of the main AC units in Building A go down. Wendy worked tirelessly, along with her M/O team, to address the issue as quickly as possible. Beyond the late evenings and weekend work with contractors, she also took it upon herself to be pr...
(JoAnn Cuadras) The Sup't office was in need of a wheelchair and the need was time sensitive. I called JoAnn in Special Education to see if they (Special Ed) had an extra wheelchair the Superintendent's office could borrow until one could be purchased for office use. JoAnn check...
