Jon Alfuth Email & Phone Number

Washington DC

Leads KnowledgeWorks state policy technical assistance and thought leadership work across over a dozen states. Regularly presents for national audiences on topics related to personalized, competency-based learning, including high school redesign.

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Worked as a senior member of the KnowledgeWorks policy team to provide support to states looking to implement policy changes to advanced personalized learning opportunities for students.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Supported governors and their staff in creating and implementing education and workforce policy. Conducted longitudinal qualitative analysis on governors education priorities. Led eight state teams on projects focused on adult education, work-based learning and college in high school policy. Led NGA's inaugural dual and concurrent enrollment workshop work..

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Volunteered as a higher education technical expert on the Bided 2020 transition team, supporting the creation of detailed policy proposals.

Washington, District Of Columbia

Advised the Senator on higher education policy and appropriations issues, drafts letters, talking points, and policy memos to further the Senator's priorities, and leads constituent and stakeholder meetings to build and maintain relationships. Managed development and updating of legislative proposals to improve access and affordability to higher education.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

I worked in the office of the Under Secretary of education to further the Department's post-secondary policy priorities in the Obama Administration and during the transition between administrations. In this capacity I contributed to policy development by drafting and reviewing correspondences, reports, policy memos, and other internal and external facing.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

I conducted research on topics in teacher preparation work to support the 2016 teacher preparation program review. Through my research, I also crafted memos for both internal and external consumption, one notable client being the Michigan Department of Education. I designed a three-part data collection and screening tools for potential teacher candidates.

Greater Memphis Area

I managed financial, administrative, and human resources operations for a 635 student charter school grades 6-12. Major outcomes included sustaining a $2 million funding stream for the school, auditing and managing the school's human resource systems to save the school thousands of dollars, authoring the school's title I plan, analyzing student data on a.

Greater Memphis Area

From 2013-2015 I taught high school geometry, achieving a 5 out of 5 rating on the school's evaluation system. I also co-coached our award winning policy debate team, which went to the championships of the National Urban Debate League twice in three years and placed in the top two in every tournament for the 2014-15 season. I also lead school-wide.

Hamilton High School, Memphis, TN

I worked as a 9th grade math teacher at Hamilton High School in South Memphis, Tennessee. During that time I led my students to level 4 (above expectations) growth data and served as the advisor for our student council. I also worked in the summer as a teacher coach for nine corps members and volunteered for the organization in various capacities, notably.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

I planned and executed site visits to seven US counties to collect data for an ongoing population health research project. I also developed the project’s data coding scheme in collaboration with project leaders and directly analyzed the resulting qualitative data. At the project's conclusion I co-authored eight case study reports, which were subsequently.