Kurchi Basu Email & Phone Number

United States

Supporting College Possible National Program Team with strategy, goals, pilots & program design, empowering students from under-represented communities on their path to a college degree.

Houston, Texas, United States

● Creating website and print materials to increase Office of College, Career, & Military Readiness department visibility and overall awareness of HISD postsecondary outcome-based programming.● Optimizing departmental goal alignment and communication for a team of over 250 staff by streamlining district-wide workflows through project management systems and planning intentional retreat.● Strategically planning and implementing over 200 projects, including platforms such as SchooLinks and CoPilot (Salesforce), to increase district-wide student and family engagement.● Editing and publishing data-driven impact reports to support program KPI (benchmarks) development to ensure all students in the district are connected to high-impact postsecondary pathways.

Houston, Texas, United States

● Created partnership ecosystem for paid internship placements alongside financial aid and literacy workshops, saving the organization over $150,000 annually● Managed team of College Completion Coaches and AmeriCorps members to support over two hundred high school seniors and college students with 95% college matriculation and retention● Advised the Strategic Planning Committee and Board on potential grant opportunities, creating proposal for College Support Fund for inaugural class of college completion students

Houston, Texas Area

● Researched and presented restructured model to grow staff and capacity for organization; recruiting, hiring and managing a team of sixteen College Access Fellows and orientations for 150 volunteer mentors and tutors● Designed and implemented monthly grade level specific DEIB/SEL college-readiness curriculum, adapted for virtual format, now utilized by Breakthrough National and over 24 affiliate sites across the country● Collaborated with stakeholders at over 70 area high schools to create structures of support with summer opportunities, course selection, test preparation, scholarships, college applications, and financial aid

Houston, Texas Area

Build relationships with over five hundred students in order to execute impactful college and post-secondary plan advising Broaden students post secondary opportunities and increasing district-wide college matriculationLeverage relationships with key stakeholders in over five different high schools across the districtEnsure that 100% of targeted seniors have completed post-secondary applications prior to Thanksgiving Expand post-secondary options by ensuring all interested seniors are registered for the SAT/ACT and prepare with Khan Academy test-prep Planned over a dozen large-scale college fairs and forty campus visits, partnering with hundreds of admission representatives and campus stakeholdersOrganize FAFSA completion nights and assist with financial aid applications and verification Present and workshop with students and families on scholarships and college affordability Chosen to present on platforms such as Naviance and OneLogos to streamline communication with students about upcoming deadlines

Houston, Texas Area

Taught a year long course to over 150 9th grade students on non-cognitive and college success skillsCreated engaging lessons to help prepare students for success in high school and college.Taught a semester long course focused on public speaking and communication.

Taught math, science, reading, social studies and language arts to 5th grade students in high-needs community in Houston, Texas. Received HISD ASPIRE Award for Exceptional Student Growth each academic year.Lead school's Parental Involvement Committee in order to support students and families with local organizations to increase family empowerment through academic and social development.

Researched scholarly literature and transcribed academic interviews to assist faculty in work and research

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Sociology And Anthropology, Cum Laude

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Educational Leadership And Administration, General, 4.0