Bakersfield Elementary Teachers Association

Welcome to the Bakersfield Elementary Teachers Association's online home. We represent the teachers, counselors, program specialists, speech therapists and nurses who work for the Bakersfield City School District. BETA represents over 1,800 educators, and is an affiliate of the California Teachers Association. CTA has more than 300,000 members - consisting of teachers and other education employees in the state's more than 1,200 school districts.

Year Formed- 1971  

CTA Region- 2  

Members- 1,772  

Presidents- 17  

Schools- 44  

Students- 30,373  

Heart & Soul- Denice

Office Manager- Denice Porter

CTA Staff- Rose Tapp- email

President- Steve Comstock- email 

Vice President- Shannon Barnes  

Vice President- John Peterson  

Secretary- Jerica Burnette  

Treasurer- Cassandra Hobbs  

Area 1 Director- Eric Steele  

Area 2 Director- Michael Ruiz 

Area 3 Director- Paloma Tucker

Area 4 Director- Kathleen Kozlowski  

Area 5 Director- Amanda Mehciz  

Area 6 Director- Gabriel Barron  

Area 7 Director- Gloria Amezcua  

Area 8 Director- Kari Florez  

Area 9 Director- Lance Jacobs  

Ethnic Minority at Large- Lila Perez  

Special Education at Large- Sandra Medina  

Pre-K at Large- Marta Barrientos  

State Council Representative- Shannon Barnes  

State Council Representative- Lance Jacobs  

State Council Representative- Ed De La Vega  

State Council Representative- Steve Comstock  

State Council Representative- Jerica Burnette (Alternate)

Tom Tarrer - Chair

Brad Barnes

Shannon Barnes

Cassandra Hobbs

John Peterson