ITS About Us
About Us: Our Teams
LAUSD's Chief Information Officer is Soheil Katal, an enterprising, innovative, solution-focused IT leader, responsible for:
- Overseeing the technology architecture for the nation's second-largest school district,
- Supporting the district's core instructional mission with efficient, effective solutions, and
- Leading a diverse team of highly-skilled professionals who work every day to create more opportunities for the youth of Los Angeles.
Focus Ad Hoc Reporting
IT Project Management
IT Security
IT Support Services
My Integrated Student Information System (MiSiS)
About Us: Our Mission
Our mission is to enable student achievement and operational efficiency through deployment of appropriate technical solutions for our students and their families, our employees, and the community.
- High Performing We provide schools and offices with the technology they need for 21st century teaching and learning.
- Customer Focused We provide excellent service and support to our schools and offices.
- Proactive We work proactively with all stakeholders to align our work and support the District’s mission.
- Innovative We provide innovative solutions to our schools, students and employees.
- We support the needs of LAUSD, providing appropriate and effective technological solutions to facilitate each student's path to college and career readiness.
Everything we do in the Information Technology Division is aligned to priorities set by the Board of Education, Superintendent, and is in concert with industry, state, and national standards.
- Meet the student information needs of schools and offices by providing a functional My Integrated Student Information System.
- Extend ITD’s service delivery model to provide excellent IT support to schools and offices.
- Actively collaborate with offices, schools, and stakeholders to align ITD’s work to the District’s strategic initiatives.
- Strengthen ITD to better support the District’s modern technology needs.
- We have developed an action plan, timeline, and measures of success for each of these goals outlined in our 2015-16 ITD Goals document.
- Our ITD Strategic Execution Plan outlines our commitment to implementing technology solutions to equip our schools with the 21st century tools.a
Responsible Use Policy
All uses of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) computer and network systems by students, employees, contractors, and others are subject to the LAUSD’s Responsible Use Policy (RUP).
