Discover career opportunities. Create new connections. Make a difference.

Are you seeking a management career in the education industry? Or just beginning to explore a transition to the education sector? Join The Broad Residency and Net Impact as we host networking events in select cities across the country to connect business professionals with education organizations. This is a great opportunity to mingle with representatives from several education organizations and learn about opportunities for professionals with your expertise to improve education. Join us in January. Read below to see details for a location near you.

Philadelphia
Monday, January 14, 6:30-8:30pm
Continental Midtown
Participating Education Organizations: The Broad Residency, Mastery Charter Schools, Teach For America
R.S.V.P.

Los Angeles
Monday, January 14, 6:30-8:30pm
Le Merigot
Participating Education Organizations: Alliance, The Broad Residency, The Broad Foundation, California Charter School Association, Education Pioneers, Green Dot, ICEF, Pacific Charter School Development, PUC Schools
R.S.V.P.

Washington, D.C.
Tuesday, January 15, 6:30-8:30pm
Duke City's Restaurant and Lounge
Participating Education Organizations: The Broad Residency, Education Pioneers, KIPP, New Leaders for New Schools, Teach For America
R.S.V.P.

San Francisco
Tuesday, January 15, 6:30-8:30pm
Omni San Francisco Hotel
Participating Education Organizations: The Broad Residency, Doris and Donald Fisher Fund, Education Pioneers, FSG Social Impact Advisors, KIPP, New Leaders for New Schools, NewSchools Venture Fund, Teach For America
R.S.V.P.

New York City
Wednesday, January 16, 6:30-8:30pm
New York Department of Cultural Affairs
Participating Education Organizations: The Broad Residency, Education Pioneers, KIPP, New Leaders for New Schools, Teach For America
R.S.V.P.

Chicago
Wednesday, January 16, 6:30-8:30pm
Hotel Allegro, Encore Liquid Lounge
Participating Education Organizations: The Broad Residency, Chicago Public Schools, KIPP
R.S.V.P.

Boston
Thursday, January 17, 6:30-8:30pm
New Profit, Inc.
Participating Education Organizations: The Broad Residency, The Broad Foundation, Citizen Schools, Education Pioneers, FSG Social Impact Advisors, New Profit Inc., NewSchools Venture Fund, New Sector Alliance, Teach For America
R.S.V.P.

Congratulations to The Broad Superintendents Academy Graduating Class of 2007

Eleven senior military leaders, business executives and career educators nationwide have graduated from the 2007 Broad Superintendents Academy, a 10-month executive management training program run by The Broad Center to prepare working CEOs and other top executives from business, non-profit, military, government and education sectors to lead urban public school systems. Eight of the graduates are already working in urban school districts to improve student achievement. The Broad Center would like to congratulate The Broad Superintendents Academy Class of 2007 and wish them the best of luck as they work towards making improvements in education reform.

A Day in the Life of a Broad Resident: Cate Reed (Pittsburgh Public Schools)

What is the day-to-day experience of a Broad Resident like? One of our current Broad Residents, Cate Reed, who is in her first year of the Residency, tells you in her own words. Additional journal entries can be found on The Broad Residency website.

Cate Reed's Journal #1
Thursday, November 15, 2007
A Day in the Life: Pittsburgh Public Schools
Office of High School Reform

7:00-7:30am - walk to work
One of the great things that my new position has allowed me is the chance to walk to work. I live about 2 miles from the Board building, and I get up to give myself enough time to be able to walk. The mornings are getting a little darker (and colder!) as winter creeps in, and the fact is that I have not even approached the number of years I would need at the Board to get a parking spot-so this is the only option other than the bus. However-it is a chance to clear my head in the morning, not be attached to my Blackberry and think about the things that need done during the day. I always manage to arrive with more energy than when I started.

7:30-9:00am - catching up on email and phone messages, touching base with Derrick Lopez, Chief of High School Reform

One interesting thing I am learning in this position is that people start work early. By 7:30, most people are already at their desks-but even so, meetings typically don't start until about 9:00, so I have a chance to catch up on emails and stop by my boss's office to check in on the days activities. Today we determined that we have triple booked school facilities visits, so we quickly decide how to split them up most efficiently so we are able to get the information we need without spending 90% of our day on it. I agree to hit the first one with a colleague, he will take the second, and we will both go to the third.

9:00-9:50am - Meeting - visit to Elementary School for facilities review
Our most recent initiative involves the closing of a few programs in the city, and the conversion of some middle school grades in a K-8 building into a more comprehensive 6-12 school. Unfortunately, this means reallocation of monies to follow students. Today we need to go to a school that will no longer be receiving a middle school gym since it will no longer serve middle school students. We want to find a way to still allocate play space for students in grades K-5, but understandably there are some people who are not happy about our visit. This is not the easiest part of the job-and it probably is the part that takes the biggest toll on me.

9:50-10:05am - drive back to Board building with colleague

10:05-11:00am - Meeting with Athletics Department
Anyone who knows anything about Pittsburgh knows that we love our sports! So when we made a decision to create some smaller high schools that would have only grades 6-9 in their first year, the obvious question came up about providing opportunities for 9th graders to play on high school sports teams. This presents some very unique challenges, so luckily our head of athletics has some initial thoughts that we go over. I promise to lay it out in a document to the larger group and superintendent for feedback. This issue is not going away anytime soon.

11:00-12:30pm - Back to desk to catch up with team members and plan for upcoming parent meetings
We have multiple evening meetings coming up with parents in the next couple of weeks, as well as a public comment where we expect over 100 people to sign up to speak. The past month has typically meant 3-4 nights a week out in schools until sometimes 9 or 10 at night meeting with community members. This means that we need to really be on our toes with information, data and plans for engagement. This 90 minutes in the middle of the day to think about our plans for the next two meetings is just what I need to feel more confident leading into the coming events.

12:30-1:30pm - Meeting - visit to High School for facilities review
One of our high schools is in the midst of a major facilities situation that will mean relocating all of their 1,130 students to other buildings. One of the programs that needs to move is the robotics program, and they need a huge amount of space to continue working with their current program. We happen to have a large school with lots of empty space and strong leadership that seems like a possible location, so we have to head over to that building with the facilities team to scope it out.

Lunch
I snack on fruit and snacks I've brought from home at my desk and during meetings.

1:30-2:30pm - Meeting runs over at school-drive back to Board building with facilities colleague
I also got rid of my car when I took this job since I knew I could walk to work. However-I did not focus enough on all the different visits to schools I would need to make. Luckily I work with some incredible, seasoned Board colleagues who don't mind having me in the passenger seat a lot of the time!

2:30-3:30pm - Partnership Development Discussion
The federal government has an incredible grant titled GEAR UP which focuses on funding for preparing low income students with resources to prepare them for college starting when they are in middle school. Our grants department is hard at work to ensure we are competitive for this grant, and they want to meet with our team, the Office of High School Reform, to hear more about how our work aligns with the grant, and what partnerships might make sense to include. Although the timeline for the grant is incredibly quick, and it is due in late December, the grants team seems motivated by what we share.

4:30-5:30pm - Steering Committee Meeting
One of the projects I am managing has a steering committee meeting this evening. We have managed to get together a very impressive group of teachers, parents and community members to offer their expertise to our potential school-and they are coming together tonight to talk about building space and community partnerships. This is a great chance to make sure we are investing all in our work, and to know more about what people in various parts of the city are thinking about schools.

5:30-5:35pm - run up the street in the snow to Carnegie Mellon University

5:35-7:00pm - Broad Residency Information Session
Carnegie Mellon University is hosting a Broad Residency info session this evening, and I agreed back in the summer to come out and talk. This is incredibly re-inspiring. Our team has taken quite a public beating around some of our work, and frankly, it is growing harder to keep focused on what we believe it as we continue to face challenges and obstacles. Being able to go out and speak out the Residency with a colleague, and saying out loud the words that keep me going will tide me over for the next few weeks. And Broad provided free pizza-which was just what I needed!

7:00-10:00pm - Basketball Game!
One of the reasons I feel so lucky to be in this position is that I am a graduate of the Pittsburgh Public Schools, and my parents live less than 3 miles from me. My dad managed to snag tickets to a Pitt basketball game for the evening, so I sneak out with my boyfriend and some work colleagues and head out to watch a game in the first snowfall of the year. My temptation is to go home and get a little extra sleep-but I am learning that this is a marathon, not a sprint, and I have to make time for the fun as well. And, of course, while I was at the game I ran into some people I know who wanted to know more about our initiatives. In most ways-my work permeates all that I do. And I love it.

Education Reform: Learn More

The Bend Bulletin Bringing fresh ideas to local schools Oct-23-2007 Democracy: A Journal of Ideas "System Failure: Shaking up the bureaucracy is the first step to improving America's schools." A response to Jason Kamras and Andrew Rotherham. by Eli Broad [pdf] Fall-2007

The Baltimore Examiner "Schools chief of staff graduates leadership academy" Nov-24-2007 Rochester Democrat and Chronicle "Brizard selected to lead city schools" Nov-14-2007 Top Military, Business and Education Leaders Graduate from Urban Superintendents Academy Nov-13-2007

Chancellor Klein and UFT President Weingarten Announce 86% of Eligible High-need Schools Opt to Participate in School-wide Performance Pay Program December-18-2007 Three Leading Nonprofits Seek to Boost Achievement in New Orleans Public Schools; Broad Foundation provides $6 million to Teach for America, New Schools for New Orleans and New Leaders for New Schools December-13-2007

Events This Quarter

Discover career opportunities. Create new connections. Make a difference.
Are you seeking a management career in the education industry? Or just beginning to explore a transition to the education sector? Join The Broad Center and Net Impact as we host a networking event to connect business professionals with education organizations. This is a great opportunity to mingle with representatives from several education organizations and learn about opportunities for professionals with your expertise to improve education. Join us in January. Read below to see details for a location near you.

Philadelphia	Continental Midtown	January 14, 2008	6:30 - 8:30 pm	R.S.V.P.
Los Angeles	Le Merigot Hotel, Santa Monica	January 14, 2008	6:30 - 8:30 pm	R.S.V.P.
Washington D.C.	Duke's City Restaurant and Lounge	January 15, 2008	6:30 - 8:30 pm	R.S.V.P.
San Francisco	Omni San Francisco Hotel	January 15, 2008	6:30 - 8:30 pm	R.S.V.P
New York City	New York Department of Cultural Affairs	January 16, 2008	6:30 - 8:30 pm	R.S.V.P.
Chicago	Hotel Allegro, Encore Liquid Lounge	January 16, 2008	6:30 - 8:30 pm	R.S.V.P.
Boston	New Profit, Inc.	January 17, 2008	6:30 - 8:30 pm	R.S.V.P.

Conferences

AASA National Conference on Education, February 14-17, 2008, Tampa, FL
http://aasa.org/

Education Trust-West Conference, February 24-26, 2008, San Francisco, CA
http://www2.edtrust.org/EdTrust/ETW/conference+registration.htm

The Broad Center

The Broad Center for the Management of School Systems is a non-profit organization that seeks to raise student achievement by recruiting, training and supporting executive leadership talent from across America to become the next generation of urban school district leaders. Established in 2001and funded by The Broad Foundation, The Broad Center identifies talented leaders from education, business, the military, non-profit organizations and government backgrounds who have the passion, knowledge and skills to take on executive leadership roles in urban education. The Broad Center operates both The Broad Residency and The Broad Superintendents Academy, a rigorous 10-month executive management training program designed to prepare CEOs and senior executives from business, non-profit, military, government and education backgrounds to lead urban public school systems. For more information about The Broad Center, go to www.broadcenter.org.

The Broad Foundation

The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation is a national venture philanthropy established by entrepreneur and philanthropist Eli Broad to advance entrepreneurship for the public good in education, science and the arts. The Broad Foundation's education work is focused on dramatically improving urban K-12 public education through better governance, management, labor relations and competition. The Broad Foundation's Internet address is www.broadfoundation.org.