Anna O'Connor Email & Phone Number

Greater Boston Area

Malden, Ma

• Design and deliver professional development and technical assistance for Pathways to Prosperity (PtP) partners around related curricula, work-based learning programming, and local/regional community building across the state.• Work in collaboration with early college design initiatives to build a more seamless pipeline to support students in their pursuit of economically viable career pathways.• Conduct onsite observations and provide timely feedback for continuous quality improvement, including preparing summary reports, feedback letters, and detailing program observations.• Provide support for data management and accountability of PtP sites in partnership with Jobs for the Future, including generating reports, communicating outcome data with partner sites, and assisting with the compilation of information for internal and external purposes.

Malden, Ma

• Implemented a strategic planning framework, Delivery, to drive progress towards five agency-wide goals.• Supported and monitored two agency-wide goals, success after high school and educator effectiveness.• Made recommendations on the implementation of agency priorities.• Tracked project implementation and progress.• Developed cross-collaboration between agency offices to facilitate coordination of key initiatives.• Acted as central point of contact for strategic planning, implementation, and support for activities in the realm of college and career readiness and educator effectiveness.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

• Contributed to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s policy-making, leadership, and strategic development by bringing data and evidence to bear on policy decisions.• Identified and defined core issues that can benefit from focused and sustained analysis.• Participated in sponsored workshops and networking events.

• Assisted in the design of evaluation meas¬¬¬ures, protocols, study procedures, and data collection methods.• Entered, cleaned, coded, and analyzed quantitative and qualitative data using SPSS.• Helped in writing and preparing evaluation reports for clients including the MA Department of Early Education and Care.• Conducted background research including literature reviews for evaluation reports, grants, and presentations.

• Researched and developed Best Practices in Early Education Guide, a meta-analysis including overview of national high-quality early education program components, supporting evidence studies, field trends and implementation recommendations.• Designed implementation and evaluation strategy to ensure the agency’s programmatic outcomes are in line with national early education standards.• Developed Early Education Research Library Guide, a user-friendly resource containing vital information on over 50 comparable organizations and research institutes.• Conducted qualitative research with early education professionals to gather best practices, potential collaborations and initiatives and information on top Boston area preschools. • Presented qualitative and quantitative findings to Board of Directors as an introduction to the agency’s new research-driven approach.

Contributed to preserving women's history in the city of Worcester, MA by interviewing and transcribing various life stories of resident women.

Supported the healthy development of children between the ages of 3 and 5 by assisting the lead-teacher in the classroom’s curriculum and management.

Mpp, Children, Youth And Family Policy

Bs, Urban Studies