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Mr. Guadalupe Guerrero
Public Interview: Monday, February 23, 2015
Guadalupe Guerrero is the Deputy Superintendent of Instruction, Innovation, and Social Justice for San Francisco Unified School District, where he developed and implemented a multi-tiered system of support approach to provide strategic supports and interventions to address the needs of 132 schools serving over 57,000 students. He previously held several leadership positions with SFUSD. He is a former Boston Public School teacher and principal.
Guerrero holds an Ed.M. in Education Policy and Management and an Ed.M. in School Leadership from Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Dr. Tommy Chang
Public Interview: Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Tommy Chang is the Local Instructional Superintendent, Intensive Support & Innovation Center (ISIC) at the Los Angeles Unified School District where he oversees 135 schools and approximately 95,000 students. Chang is charged with managing LAUSD’s best thinking and resources in schools doing the most challenging and innovative work.
Chang previously served as special assistant to the superintendent of LAUSD. He is a former teacher and principal. He holds an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from Loyola Marymount University, M.Ed. from the Principals Leadership Institute and Teachers Education Program at UCLA and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Dr. Dana Bedden
Public Interview: Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Dana Bedden is the Superintendent of Richmond Public Schools in Virginia, where oversees an economically and socially diverse school district with serving 24,000 students. While in Richmond, he has established a multiyear academic improvement plan, a facilities modernization plan and implemented a systems-thinking approach and performance metrics to guide improvements within the school district. Bedden previously served as superintendent for the Irving Independent School District in Texas, where he implemented a multi-year strategic plan which involved improving internal and external communication. He also developed a balanced scorecard to support organizational improvement.
Before Irving, Bedden also served as superintendent for Richmond County in Georgia and was a regional superintendent for Philadelphia Public Schools. Bedden holds a doctorate from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and a master’s degree from Pennsylvania State University. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida.
Read Dr. Bedden's draft BPS entry plan.
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Mr. Pedro Martinez
Public Interview: Thursday, February 26, 2015
Pedro Martinez is a superintendent-in-residence for the Nevada Department of Education, where advises the State Superintendent of Instruction and Governor's office on education policies including the creation of an Achievement District to improve chronically low performing schools.He previously served as Superintendent of the Washoe County School District in Nevada where he oversaw 63,000 students of diverse ethnic backgrounds.
Martinez previously served as Deputy Superintendent for the Clark County and Washoe County School Districts. He is the former Chief Financial Officer at Chicago Public Schools.
Martinez holds an M.B.A. from DePaul University and a bachelor’s from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a graduate of the Broad Superintendents Academy.
