Jeff Govoni grew up south of Boston. After receiving a bachelor’s degree in literature from Arizona State University, he found a passion for education and taught for 10 years in multiple schools across the San Diego Unified School District. In 2009 he became a founding teacher at High Tech High’s very first elementary school in Chula Vista. Since then, he has earned math specialist credentials, a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction, and taught fourth and fifth grade in three HTH elementary schools, as well as supervised and mentored numerous candidates for multiple programs across the High Tech High ecosystem. Jeff also has a passion for teaching adults; he has created deep dives for Deeper Learning China, teaches an improvement science writing course for the induction program, and is an annual fixture at HTH’s annual Deeper Learning Conference in San Diego.