Jennifer Rosenbaum

Experience

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  Pre-K Now

  Jun 2006 - Jun 2007

  State Policy Fellow
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  Teach For America

  Jun 2007 - Aug 2009

  One of four winners of the Sue Lehmann Award for Excellence in Teaching; winners selected from national pool of approximately 9,000 Teach For America corps members (May 2009).

  • Corps Member Advisor, Philadelphia Institute

    Jun 2008 - Aug 2009

  • Corps Member, DC Region

    Jun 2007 - Jun 2009
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  District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS)

  Aug 2007 - Jun 2009

  Pre-K Teacher, Barnard Elementary

  Facilitated collaborative planning among four early childhood teachers at school; as a result, one teacher implemented an assessment and data-tracking system, and three teachers revised unit and lesson planning methods.

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  Teach For America

  May 2010 - Jun 2011

  Advised and coached 39 pre-k through third grade teachers each year in both district and charter schools. Created and led national early childhood professional learning community to develop a vision for transformative pre-k and kindergarten education. Curated aligned resources for teachers and coaches.

  • Program Director, DC Region

    Jun 2009 - Jun 2011

  • School Director, Philadlephia Institute

    May 2010 - Aug 2010
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  NYC Department of Education

  Jun 2011 - Jun 2013

  Director of Instruction and Performance, Office of Early Childhood Education

  Partnered with Executive Director to create and launch a long-term vision, and annual strategies to advance vision, for over 250-person office; led development of performance management resources.Managed team of over 100 across three field offices; directly managed six people. Led development of new citywide coaching model that focused on identifying root causes and aligned solutions. Designed and implemented a multi-year rollout of Common Core aligned standards for over 3,000 Universal Pre-K teachers in NYC; as a result, over 80% of students engaged in Common Core-aligned instructional tasks in first year of rollout. Show less

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  KIPP DC

  Jun 2013 - Jul 2019

  Developed and executed regional strategy for advancing a shared vision for excellent early childhood instruction among KIPP DC academic leaders, principals, teachers, and external partners to ultimately impact over 1,500 students. As a result, nearly 80% of teachers shared a common vision for effective teaching. Provided ongoing, strategic support to leadership teams at five schools in areas of coaching, data analysis, and instructional practices. As a result, nearly 85% of teachers agreed that their regional/school leadership helped them develop relevant content knowledge. Show less Collaborated with principal to develop and execute holistic vision for new early childhood school for 300+ students and 30+ staff members. School received “Tier 1” status annually from DC Public Charter School Board, and top ranking of all elementary schools citywide in 2015-16. Designed comprehensive pre-k literacy and math frameworks, tools, and resources to facilitate effective instruction for over 400 students at two KIPP DC schools. After two years of implementation at Connect Academy, 92% of students met regional literacy goals, and 85% met regional math goals.Re-envisioned new-teacher training to focus on teacher-child relationships as foundation for instruction. 100% of teachers cited positive impact on student learning; approach adopted regionally by KIPP DC. Show less

  • Associate Director of Instruction, Primary Schools

    Jun 2017 - Jul 2019

  • Founding Vice Principal, Connect Academy

    Jun 2013 - Jun 2017
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  District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS)

  Oct 2019 - now

  Lead planning, launch, and implementation of multiple new, high-profile District initiatives – including holistic, equity-centered Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) and High Impact Tutoring (HIT) – to accelerate student learning. In SY22-23, over 16,500 students received tiered supports in academics, attendance, behavior, and/or social-emotional learning through MTSS, including over 6,300 students who received HIT. Manage distribution of $22M in federal relief funds across 116 schools for school-specific, evidence-based acceleration programming, including application process, allocation methodology, and programmatic oversight. Oversee implementation of centralized coaching and support of schools across 19 content teams in alignment with District and school-specific strategic plans; over 7,700 coaching touchpoints were conducted in SY22-23. Secured nearly $1.5M in new public and private grants to support High Impact Tutoring and summer acceleration programming. Show less

  • Deputy Chief, Schools

    Jan 2024 - now

  • Deputy Chief, Acceleration

    Jul 2021 - Jan 2024

  • Director, Partnerships & Design

    Oct 2019 - Jul 2021