Globe Miami Community Resources

Gila County Schools

Gila County Schools Administration Offices
Location: Gila County Courthouse
(across from Denny’s)
Address: 1400 East Ash Street Globe 85501

The Gila County School Superintendent
is Roy A. Sandoval.
Cindy Fisher-Smith is Executive Assistant
to Mr. A. Sandoval.

Cindy Fisher-Smith (928) 402-8787

Website: GilaCountyAz.gov‍‍ ‍
Updated: April 2026

Career Certification Courses

Gila County Schools provides the following career certification courses:

customer service and sales
retail industry fundamentals
supply chain inventory and logistics
pre-initial entry training (pre-IET)
customer conflict de-escalation

For more information, call: Cindy Fisher-Smith
Phone: see top of this page
Updated: April 2026

ESOL / ESL classes

English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes
previously called
English as a Second Language (ESL) classes
or
English Language Learner (ELL) classes

The Adult Education Program offers ESOL classes,
in person in Globe-Miami.

Cost: free

To sign up call: Cindy Fisher-Smith
Phone: see top of this page
Updated: April 2026

Fingerprint Clearance Card

Anyone who works at a school must have an IVP fingerprint clearance card. That includes food service workers, custodians, librarians, teachers, principals, and other employees. (Note: An identity verified prints (IVP) Fingerprint Clearance Card has a more stringent criminal background check than a Level 1 Fingerprint Clearance Card.)

Cost: If you are a current or future school employee, the office of the Gila County School Superintendent does not charge to take your prints. They don’t charge to roll your fingers on a machine which looks like a copy machine.

Cost: The Arizona Dept of Public Safety charges a fee to run a criminal background check, make the card, and mail it to you. In April, the fee was $67.

You must make an appointment to get your fingerprints done.
Call: Cindy Fisher-Smith
Phone: see top of this page
Updated: April 2026

Find Employment

For help finding employment, click here‍ ‍

GED Classes

General education diploma (GED) classes
are sometimes called
high school equivalency (HSE) classes.

The Adult Education Program offers GED/ HSE classes,
in person in Globe-Miami.
For a PDF about GED classes, click here‍ ‍

Cost: free

Home School Your Children

For information call: Cindy Fisher-Smith
Phone: see top of this page
Updated: April 2026

CVIT: A side note. Students who are ‘home schooled’ are able to take classes at Cobre Valley Institute of Technology (CVIT). For more information on CVIT, click here‍ ‍

Notary

Cost: Usually no charge
Call: Cindy Fisher-Smith
Phone: see top of this page
Updated: April 2026

Online Schools

Arizona State Board for Charter Schools
Website: ASBCS.az.gov‍ ‍

For a PDF, which contains a list of approved
Arizona Online Instruction Schools, click here‍ ‍
Updated: April 2026

Pearson Vue Testing

Persons who need to take a take a test at a Pearson Vue Testing location - can take their test at the Gila County School Superintendent’s office.

Call: Cindy Fisher-Smith
Phone: see top of this page
Updated: April 2026

Teacher Deficiency

If a teacher has a deficiency, and has to take a test to get a certification, the teacher can sign up for the test through National Evaluation Series (NES). The teacher can take the test at the Gila County School Superintendent’s office.