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El Segundo Unified School District

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Overview
Innovation in Action
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Daniel Gauna

Executive Director of Information Technology

Career Highlights
In two days we relocated our District Data Center storage, servers, internet and backup solution from the District Office to an offsite data center. It allows the District to scale cloud resources and bandwidth on demand.
Fun Fact
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Marisa Janicek

Executive Director, Educational Services

Career Highlights
Planned and implemented our 1:1 iPad initiative for our middle and high school, rolled out Project Lead the Way as a K-12 program with community partnerships and brought educational gardens into the school district where they continue to grow and edify.
Fun Fact
Last summer she spent two weeks rafting down the Grand Canyon with her husband and two teenage children.
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Melissa Moore

Superintendent

Career Highlights
Serving as superintendent of ESUSD, a dynamic learning environment of tremendously talented stakeholders focused on supporting students to achieve competencies outlined in the Graduate Profile and contributing toward passage of Measure ES, a $92 million bond measure to modernize facilities and support innovation through infusing technology district-wide.
Fun Fact
In January 2019, Melissa became a first time Grammy to a darling grandson. The easiest way to make her smile is to ask her about him!
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Jack Plotkin

Director of Innovation and Student Support Services

Career Highlights
As Principal, transformed middle school to IB World School; As Director, leads initiatives on neurodiversity and personalized learning; leads district implementation of The RULER Approach for SEL
Fun Fact
Climbed Denali and the Matterhorn!
SUPPORTING RESOURCES
Personalized Professional Learning Resources
ASSOCIATIONS
Collaboratives
Collaboratives
  • Real-World Learning Challenge Collaborative
Cohorts
Cohorts
  • Competency-based Professional Learning Cohort
  • Engaged Learning Cohort
Digital Promise Programs
Digital Promise Programs
  • League of Innovative Schools
  • Gates AI Pilot Project
  • League of Innovative Students
  • SAP Alumni Connections
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