Kim Barrett Email and Phone Number

• Provides strategic vision, leadership, and organizational management.• Develops and executes Honored’s growth plans.• Builds and drives the culture, capacity, and resources needed to invigorate the Honored National program and expand the in-demand Honored Schools program.• Manages partnerships with schools, districts, and nonprofits across the country.• Engages a wide range of donors to meet ambitious revenue goals.

• Supports strategic planning, talent strategy and human capital initiatives, and leadership development for school districts, charter management organizations, non-profits, and mission-driven organizations working in the K-12 education sector.• Projects include:- Serving as Interim Chief of Staff at DC Public Education Fund; leading key aspects of communications, programmatic operations, grant management, and human resources. Managing relationships with key funders and supporting the interim executive director to manage $16,000,000 in assets, oversee a $1,000,000 operating budget, and generate $7,500,000 in revenue in FY22.- Supporting a mid-sized urban district with the development of a 3-year strategic plan to ensure a cohesive and coherent approach to professional learning (subcontractor).- Leading hiring processes for key regional office positions at a charter management organization.- Developing a strategic framework to support an educational services organization with articulating organizational priorities, cultivating shared language, and informing future product development.

• Plans and directs administrative, financial, and operational activities on behalf of the Deputy Chancellor.• Facilitates effective decision-making by serving as an advisor to the Deputy Chancellor; providing oversight and guidance on key projects; and ensuring collaboration and alignment across functional offices.• Supports the development and implementation of cross-functional strategies that drive toward achieving the district’s strategic goals. • Leads a team of 8 employees responsible for supporting budgeting and hiring systems for SEAD offices.

• Helps to shape the vision, goals, and outcomes for Principal Partners, Leadership Academy, and New Principal Orientation in collaboration with various internal and external thought partners.• Conducts best practice research on successful school leader development programs across the country and incorporates key relevant features into new and existing DCPS programs.• Manages the analysis and presentation of data and progress of the Principal Supervisor Initiative and new leadership development initiatives to internal and external audiences, communicating progress to key stakeholder groups and incorporating their input.• Anticipates, identifies, and resolves complex obstacles to success of overall programming as well as specific projects.• Interviews, surveys, and builds relationships with school leaders and Central Office colleagues to determine opportunities for improvement.

• Designs and facilitates implementation of the different components of DCPS Principal Supervisor Initiative grant from the Wallace Foundation including coordination with DCPS leaders and external partners.• Cultivates and sustains strong relationships with all partners, including the DC Public Education Fund and Wallace Foundation representatives, through implementation of all phases of DCPS Principal Supervisor Initiative grant.• Manages all elements of the project plans and commitments outlined in DCPS Principal Supervisor Initiatives, works to ensure DCPS support for principal supervisors (instructional superintendents) becomes integrated and sustainable beyond the grant resources, and communicates timelines and milestones to grant co-directors.• Determines and manages resource needs for DCPS Principal Supervisor Initiative within the context of broader DCPS strategy and initiatives.• Helps manage the analysis and presentation of data and progress of the Principal Supervisor Initiative to internal and external audiences, communicating progress to key stakeholder groups and incorporating their input.• Interviews, surveys, and builds relationships with school leaders and Central Office colleagues to determine opportunities for improvement; researches specific issues; and develops detailed plans to respond to identified improvement areas related to DCPS Principal Supervisor Initiative grant (from the Wallace Foundation).• Stays closely aware of progress of projects, high-level initiatives, and emerging issues across DCPS organization; and pro-actively helps to adjust program approach based on changes in direction, priorities, and resources.

• Assists in the design, implementation, and execution of the recruitment and selection strategy for principal and assistant principal positions;• Proactively identifies and attracts principal and assistant principal candidates by leveraging a variety of sourcing tools;• Builds relationships with current and aspiring school leaders outside of DCPS and manages recruitment of school leaders from major urban areas including New York City and Baltimore; • Collaborates closely with recruitment and selection teams in other divisions;• Supports the Chancellor’s Principal Cabinet by providing data analysis to assist in Cabinet member selection, planning meeting agendas and activities, and collaborating with colleagues from a variety of offices to ensure principal input on critical initiatives;• Participates in strategic Principal Effectiveness team initiatives.

• Managed the planning, communication, and execution of logistics for a two-week long leadership development conference for 600 attendees including principals, assistant principals, instructional coaches, and teacher leads;• Collaborated with content owners from across various offices to develop conference project plan and ensure timelines were maintained;• Supervised 2 Urban Education Leadership Internship Program (UELIP) interns;• Coordinated logistics for monthly leadership development seminars for all DCPS school leaders;• Supported the implementation of school leader IMPACT evaluation system by managing the database system and providing data analysis around key metric;• Collaborated with colleagues and outside vendors to develop a new database system for the IMPACT evaluation system;• Conducted comparative studies to ensure competitive and commensurate compensation for DCPS principals and assistant principals;• Assisted in designing an updated school leader selection process for the 2011-2012 school year;• Screened applications for school leadership positions including principal, assistant principal, instructional coach, and master educator;• Ensured recognition of outstanding school leaders through various awards;• Served as primary reviewer for five cycles of grade 7 and 8 interim literacy assessments developed for the district.

• Oversaw the final teacher selection process, an in person teaching audition, at 8 host schools;• Developed summer school audition process;• Supervised 4 Teacher Selection Liaisons (TSLs);• Managed logistics of in person and phone interviews as well as live auditions;• Served as the primary point of contact for the teacher audition process;• Oversaw communication with teaching candidates as well as host teachers;• Coordinated database, scheduling board, and spreadsheet updates for applicant pool;• Screened applications for various teaching and school leadership positions.