Janet Schulze

Superintendent

Pittsburg USD

Dr. Janet Schulze has served as the Proud Superintendent of Pittsburg Unified
School District since July, 2014. Prior, she was the Assistant Superintendent of High Schools for San Francisco Unified School District . She served as a high school principal in SFUSD and as an assistant principal and student activities director in El Paso, Texas. She began her career as a seventh grade English and reading teacher in El Paso. Dr. Schulze earned her B.S. in Secondary Education and English from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and her Masters in Educational Leadership from the University of Texas, El Paso. She earned a Master’s Degree of Education and her Doctor of Education in Admistration, Planning and Social Policy from Harvard University, where she was in the Urban Superintendents Program. Her dissertation, “Voices of Transition: The Educational Experience of Hmong High School Students” explored the effects of high school reform on students who are English language learners.