SERVICES
I am fundamentally a generalist, and take on a wide variety of projects. I work cross-functionally and take a "soup to nuts" and holistic approach, seeing connections where others cannot. People bring me in when they need someone to help them figure things out, or when they lack expertise or capacity.
EFEC has deep expertise in the following areas:
SELECTED PROJECTS
School Launch
East Bay Innovation Academy, Hebrew Public
Over a 2-3 year time period for both East Bay Innovation Academy and Hebrew Public, wrote the charter application and project managed the launch of new schools including overseeing curriculum, hiring, facilities, and operations.
School Expansion
Boston International Newcomers Academy, Boston Schools Fund, East Boston High School, Neighborhood House Charter School
For Boston International Newcomers Academy, East Boston High School, Neighborhood House Charter School, provided technical support for Boston Schools Fund over a multi-year period to design the expansion, write an expansion plan, and project manage the expansion. Worked hand-in-hand with school, district, and CMO leaders to create successful expansions.
WORK SAMPLE
East Boston High School: a Boston Globe article detailing the success of East Boston High School's expansion.
School Design
Mass IDEAS (Next Generation Learning Challenges)
In partnership with Next Generation Learning Challenges and Mass IDEAS, designed and facilitated three multi-day workshops for schools completing school redesign or school innovation initiatives, over a three-year grant period.
Leadership, Teacher, & Entrepreneur Coaching
Achievement First, Camelback Ventures, Center for Women in Enterprise, Leading Educators, New Schools Venture Fund, Next Generation Learning Challenges
Coached 40+ entrepreneurs, school leaders, and teachers through Achievement First, Camelback Ventures, the Center for Women in Enterprise, Leading Educators, New Schools Venture Fund, and Next Generation Learning Challenges.
Curriculum & Professional Learning
5+ schools, in person and online
Wrote innovative history/social science curriculum and social-emotional learning curriculum for 5+ schools, including in-person and online formats. Lead 4-5 professional learning sessions per year on school design, history/social science curriculum, and operations.
Educational Technology Advising
5+ edtech companies
Advised 5+ educational technology companies on strategy, school procurement, implementation, and teacher training.
WORK SAMPLE
Jetpacked Guidebook: toolkit designed to implement technology at schools.
Consultant Support
The Consultant Collaborative
Member of the Steering Committee and key team member of the Consultant Collaborative, a grassroots organization of independent consultants. Led professional learning, wrote Core Consultant Competencies and a new consultant guidebook, and designed and launched a mentoring program now its third year.
Funder Technical Support
Catalyst: Exchange (Barr Foundation, Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, Gates Foundation), New Schools for New Orleans, Walton Family Foundation
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With Catalyst: Exchange, paired over 300 schools and districts with consultants to provide support during the pandemic and distributed funds from the Barr Foundation, Gates Foundation, and the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative; created a Learning Agenda to document best practices.
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Designed and led multi-day professional learning sessions and coached over 10 schools for New Schools for New Orleans four-year Personalized Learning initiative.
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Reviewer for grantee selection for Walton Family Foundation over a 3-year period for both charter schools and innovative schools.
High Quality Curriculum Materials
Investigating History Magnify
Founding team member for Investigating History Magnify and coached over 16 schools and school leaders, designed and led 6+ professional learning days, and created tools to support schools.
WORK SAMPLE
A whitepaper that discusses best practices for vocational schools, and how these can be applied to urban districts.