The Role of the Riverside County Superintendent of Schools

California has 58 counties, each with a County Superintendent of Schools and a County Board of Education. The role of each county superintendent is consistent across the state and adapted to meet the needs of all students, based on the capacity of the local school districts in each county. The duties of county superintendents are divided into five primary areas; (1.) providing overarching educational leadership to the schools and school districts in their county, (2.) ensuring the fiscal solvency of each school district in their county, (3.) ensuring all teachers in their county are properly credentialed for the courses they teach, (4.) providing direct classroom instruction for preschool children, special needs students, highly at-risk students in alternative education settings, high school students in career and technical education classes and, (5.) providing academic and administrative support to the classrooms, schools and school districts in their county.

The Riverside County Superintendent of Schools is assisted in carrying out these statutory responsibilities by a team of dedicated classroom teachers and instructional aids, administrators, operational and academic support staff. This team serves our county’s 23 local school districts, more than 431,000 students and 467 schools across Riverside County’s 7,200 square miles.