Steven France brings 25 years of public school education at the high school and adult education levels. He began his career as a high school English and Leadership teacher in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District prior to his 2005 appointment as Vice Principal within the same district. In 2007, Steven became Associate Principal in the Acalanes Union High School District and in 2012, was promoted to Coordinator of Acalanes Center for Independent Study and Student Services. Since 2015, Steven France has served as Director of the Del Valle Education Center, overseeing adult education, School Attendance Review Board (SARB), Home and Hospital Instruction, and various credit recovery options.
Professionally, Steven participated in the 2012 - 2013 ACSA Pupil Services Academy and since 2018, continues as the Director of the Northern California ACSA Pupil Services Academy. Since 2017, Steven France has been a member of Pupil Services Coalition in Sacramento, served as a Board Member of the California School Psychologist Foundation in 2019, and is an active member of the California Association of Pupil Personnel Administrators (CAPPA) serving as Chairperson 2016 - 2018, 2019 - 2020, and is currently Co-Chairperson since 2022. In the fall of 2022, Steven was appointed to the Contra Costa County Workforce Development Board and remains an active Board Member representing the K-12 Education and Training Seat.
Steven France earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Master of Science degree in Educational Leadership from California State University, Hayward and also attended Point Loma Nazarene University in 2013 to earn his Child Welfare and Attendance Certificate.
