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MICHAEL “Mike” ESCALANTE


  • Mike served as Superintendent of the Glendale Unified School District in Los Angeles County and the Fullerton Joint High School District in North Orange County for a total of 13 years, 6 ½ in each district.
     
  • He served as Assistant Superintendent of Business, and Principal at the elementary, middle and high school levels. Mike also taught at the elementary, high school and university levels.
     
  • Mike earned his BA from San Diego State University, Masters in Education from Loyola Marymount University and Doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of Southern California.
     
  • Currently, Mike serves as a doctoral level instructor at the University of Southern California Rosier School Of Education, teaching educational leadership and chairing doctoral dissertations. Mike’s current academic interest is in the area of building effective board superintendent relationships.
     
  • Mike comes from a family of public school educators with his mother serving as a teacher, principal and school board member in Hawthorne Elementary School District. His father, a small businessman, served for 16 years on the Board of Education of the Centenela Valley Union High School District.
     
  • Mike has been involved in his communities in Rotary International, Optimist International, Boy Scouts, YMCA and was honored five times with Parent Teacher Associate Honorary and Continuing Service Awards.
     
  • During Mike’s 38 year career in public education, he served in professional organizations including Association of California School Administrators (ACSA), the USC Dean/ Superintendent Advisory Committee Southern (DSAG), Southern California Superintendents, Urban Education Dialogue, Educational Research Development Institute (ERDI), California Latino Superintendents’ and Administrators’ Association (CALSA), Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS), and California Teachers’ Association (CTA), where he served as President of the Hawthorne Teachers’ Association.
     
  • Mike’s two sons are graduates of California State University Fullerton.