Meet Superintendent Guadalupe Guerrero
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Guadalupe Guerrero has served as Superintendent of Portland Public Schools, the largest school district in Oregon, since October 2017.
Guerrero brings to Portland his experience as a leader in large urban school systems, having worked for 10 years in the Boston Public Schools and another decade with the San Francisco Unified School District.
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In San Francisco, he served as Deputy Superintendent of Instruction, Innovation and Social Justice for five years. Under his supervision, he oversaw the district’s portfolio of 129 schools, early education, curriculum & instruction, student support services, special education, and the district’s innovation team.
Prior to this role, he was Assistant Superintendent of the Superintendent’s Zone, responsible for the turnaround and transformation of the city’s most underserved school communities.
In Boston, he was assigned to the district’s most underperforming school, charged with transforming the school experience for over 500 historically underserved students. After one year, he was concurrently appointed a cluster leader to facilitate professional learning for a designated cohort of principals and provide input on district improvement plans as a member of the Superintendent’s cabinet.
Prior to starting his administrative career, Guerrero has teaching experience across grade levels in various school settings in the Oakland, San Francisco, and Boston public schools, including in Spanish bilingual, elementary literacy specialist, and middle school math & science teacher roles.
In 2001, Guerrero was awarded a fellowship for being identified as Boston’s recognized “teacher with outstanding leadership potential” and subsequently earned a first master’s degree from Harvard Graduate School of Education’s School Leadership Program in 2002.
Guerrero returned to Harvard and completed a second master’s degree in 2009 as a graduate student in the highly selective Urban Superintendents Program.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in History from the University of California, Los Angeles, and also studied music education and classical violin at the UCLA School of Arts.
Guerrero recently celebrated his 20-year anniversary with wife Carolyn, who is a longtime elementary school teacher; they have a son and daughter who are recent public high school graduates.
As an espoused public servant who as a youth attained the rank of Eagle Scout, grew up as an English language learner, and studied music, Guerrero advocates for environment-related causes, immigrant rights, and is an arts education champion.
Superintendent Videos
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In an extended interview with KGW, Superintendent Guerrero pledges to protect undocumented students.
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More Videos
Superintendent Guerrero welcomes students to remodeled Grant High School (KGW):
Superintendent Guerrero speaks on immigrants in schools, during a Board of Education meeting:
Introduction of Superintendent Guerrero in 2017 (OregonLive):
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Friday Forum featuring Superintendent Guerrero (City Club of Portland):
A conversation with Superintendent Guerrero (City Club of Portland):
A message on COVID-19 from Superintendent Guerrero:
Superintendent Guerrero visits Chief Joseph Elementary School on the final day of the 2017-18 school year:
New Faces in Public Education forum at Franklin High School:
Recapping Superintendent Guerrero's first year in PPS:
Superintedent Guerrero speaks about racial justice at a Board of Education meeting:
Superintendent Guerrero joins Harriet Tubman students in a special viewing of the movie "Harriet":
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Messages From The Superintendent
District News
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A Note from the Superintendent: Appreciating our Teachers and School Administrators
5/7/2021Dear Colleagues,
As Teacher and School Administrator Appreciation Week comes to a close here at Portland Public Schools, I want to share an additional personal note of gratitude to all our hard-working and dedicated professional educators and school leaders. While your commitment to our students is always evident, this past year with all of its challenges was truly unlike any other in our careers. The impact of this pandemic, economic crisis, and racial uprising, has required incredible flexibility, adaptation, and perseverance on your part.
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A Message from the Superintendent: Yesterday's Verdict and Our Continuing Fight for Racial Justice
4/21/2021Dear Colleagues,
The verdict handed down yesterday in Minneapolis brings a number of emotions that we and our students will need to process for some time. While I feel some sense of relief for the display of accountability for this case, I still yearn for true justice, when our systems and communities reflect our values that Black Lives Matter. We will witness true justice when brutality like that which was carried out against George Floyd is no longer a part of life in this country.
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Reflecting on César Chávez Day
3/31/2021In 2014, President Barack Obama proclaimed March 31st as César Chávez Day. Today we celebrate and honor the life and work of César Chávez who is considered by many to be the Mexican American hero of civil rights for farm workers and the migrant community. His legacy has become even more relevant during this pandemic. The many ways in which we depend on farm workers has been evident over this last year. Without a doubt, they are the foundation of our society and that without them, and without their work, we would be lost.
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Superintendent Guerrero on the Horrific Violence Against Our Asian and Pacific Islander Community Members
3/19/2021I am devastated over the senseless acts of violence and hate toward the Asian and Pacific Islander communities in Georgia, throughout the country and in our own community in Portland. As the Superintendent of the largest school system in Oregon, I strongly denounce this violence against our Asian and Pacific Islander community members. I am disheartened by the failure of recognition of our shared humanity. We hold the people and families impacted by these tragedies close to our hearts.
Contacts
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Guadalupe GuerreroSuperintendentCheryl PitmanConfidential Executive Assistant
