Effective Leadership: Superintendents & District Executives
THE BROAD CENTER FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SCHOOL SYSTEMS
www.broadcenter.org
The mission of The Broad Center for the Management of School Systems is 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. The Broad Center identifies talented leaders from education, business, the military, nonprofit organizations and government who have the passion, knowledge and skills to take on executive leadership roles in urban education. The Broad Center operates two leadership development programs: The Broad Superintendents Academy and The Broad Residency in Urban Education.
THE BROAD SUPERINTENDENTS ACADEMY
www.broadacademy.org
Created in 2002, The Broad Superintendents Academy is a rigorous, ten-month executive management training program designed to prepare experienced leaders from business, education, military, government and nonprofit sectors with the critical skills needed to lead our nation’s largest urban school districts. The Broad Superintendents Academy, one of the most selective superintendent preparation programs in the country, and the only one that recruits non-educators, covers topics such as planning and leading systems change, improving student achievement, using data for decision-making and implementing best practices from the public and private sectors.
THE BROAD RESIDENCY IN URBAN EDUCATION
www.broadresidency.org
The Broad Residency in Urban Education is a two-year management development program that immediately places emerging, talented private sector leaders into full-time managerial positions—“medical style” residencies in urban school districts or charter management organizations throughout the country. The Residency is designed for individuals with an advanced degree (e.g., master's, juris doctorate, Ph.D.), at least four years of work experience and a successful track record of leadership and/or management. Residents participate in a series of professional development sessions while working full-time in school district central offices on major projects such as leading district budgeting processes, improving the management of human resources and opening new schools.
EDUCATION PIONEERS
www.educationpioneers.org
The Broad Foundation supports the expansion of Education Pioneers, a nonprofit that recruits, trains and places top graduate students from leading business, law and public policy programs in summer positions in urban school districts, educational nonprofits and charter management organizations in five cities across the country. Education Pioneers’ goal is to develop a national corps of leaders committed to reforming urban public education. With The Broad Foundation’s support, Education Pioneers will have expanded its class size to almost 225 Fellows for the summer of 2009 and will expand to additional cities nationwide.