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LOOKING FORWARD TO 2008-09
San Francisco Unified School
District
We are a key partner to the new San Francisco Unified School District
leadership team in its effort to fulfill a bold vision for educational
equity and implement a strategic plan that raises the bar for
student achievement district-wide. This year we are focused on
transforming 6 schools with significant populations of English
Learners. Our aim is to cultivate an effective leadership and
instructional system in the schools, turning them into demonstration
sites that exemplify what it takes to prepare English Learners
to become bilingual and biliterate by middle school. We will be
working closely with the district team and the San Francisco School
Alliance to learn from these schools to impact the leadership
of schools across the district.
San Jose Unified School
District
In partnership with Applied Materials and San Jose Unified School
District, we made unprecedented student literacy gains during
the first year of our expansion into the district's 12 downtown
Title 1 elementary schools. As we enter year two of the partnership,
we will build upon this momentum and continue our work to create
a thriving network of schools to serve the downtown San Jose community.
Oakland Unified School
District
This fall, we launched a strategic partnership with national organization,
New Leaders for New Schools (NLNS), in Oakland Unified School
District. By combining PartnersSI's continuous school improvement
approach with the high-performing leadership of NLNS principals,
we will develop and implement a model to demonstrate the kinds
of leadership, systems, and practices that lead to breakthrough
student achievement in urban public schools. We are excited to
partner with New Leaders for New Schools, a high-impact organization
that shares our belief in the power of strong leadership and instruction
to make a difference in students' lives.
MEET THE LEADERSHIP TEAM
Becky Crowe Hill, Executive
Director
Over the past six years, Becky has led PartnersSI through a number
of organizational milestones. During her tenure, the organization
has doubled in size, sharpened its focus on developing a robust
approach to school transformation, and deepened the quality of
its school, district and community partnerships resulting in compelling
student achievement gains. Becky will be serving as PartnersSI's
Executive Director for one more year until her transition into
the Stanford Graduate School of Business' Sloan Master's Program
for mid-career executives.
Jennifer Cheatham, District
Partnership Director, San Francisco Unified District
Jennifer was most recently Executive Director of Curriculum and
Instruction at San Diego Unified School District where she led
the alignment of standards-based curriculum, assessment, intervention,
and professional development. Prior to that she worked for Springboard
Schools where she coached and consulted teacher leaders, principals,
and district office leaders in the Bay Area and Central Valley.
Jen has additional experience as a reform coordinator and middle
school teacher. She received her Ed.D and Ed.M. from Harvard University
through the Urban Superintendents Program and her MA in Education
from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Marie Huxley, District
Partnership Director, Oakland Unified School District
Prior to joining PartnersSI, Marie was Director of Secondary Instructional
Support in the Vallejo City Unified School District where she
established several district-wide reform initiatives. She began
her career in education as a high school social studies, Spanish,
and ESL teacher and later took on the roles of high school assistant
principal and co-principal. Working in diverse districts (Los
Angeles Unified School District, Tamalpais Union High School District,
and Vallejo City Unified School District) and coaching for Springboard
Schools gave her a comprehensive and balanced approach to systemic
school and district improvement. Marie received a BA in Political
Science with an emphasis on international relations from UCSB,
an MA in Education from UCLA and an MA in Educational Administration
from San Francisco State University.
Sumi Paik, Director of
Support Operations
Prior to joining PartnersSI in 2002, Sumi worked for Sylvan Ventures,
a venture capital fund investing exclusively in education companies,
where she evaluated potential investments and assisted portfolio
companies with strategic planning. Her other work experience includes
investment banking and corporate treasury; she also spent one
year abroad teaching English in China. She received her MBA from
the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania
and her BA from Wellesley College.
Tasha Pura, Development
Manager
Tasha has been with PartnersSI since 2006 and has led PartnersSI's
Development and External Relations arm since February of this
year. Prior to joining PartnersSI, Tasha coordinated and fundraised
for post-Tsunami sustainable rural development activities at the
Population and Community Development Association in Thailand.
She has additional experience in both national and community-based
organizations including the ACLU and American Friends Service
Committee. She graduated with a BA in Peace and Justice Studies
and Psychology from Tufts University.
Rachel Scott, Director
of Organizational Learning and Effectiveness
Rachel leads the Organizational Learning and Effectiveness team,
PartnersSI's knowledge management, program and professional development,
and research and evaluation arm. Rachel was most recently an educational
consultant for Fremont Unified School District where she led the
articulation of the K-6 Spanish-English Dual Immersion Program.
Prior to that she worked for 6 years at Springboard Schools, where
she most recently served as the Director of Coaching & Client
Services and Knowledge Management and led the design and delivery
of professional development for 70+ school and district leaders
in Northern California, the Central Valley and Southern California.
Rachel received her TESOL certificate from St. Giles International
Language Teaching Center in San Francisco and her BA in Music
from UCLA.
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