Tauheedah F. Baker-Jones, Ed.L.D. Email & Phone Number

United States

Washington, DC, US

Leads NCEE's efforts to drive policy and practice initiatives that reimagine the education landscape by cultivating strategic partnerships with district, state, and legislative leaders in KY, TN, NC, SC, GA, AL, MS, and FL, as well as other education serving and education adjacent organizations within the region. This includes developing leaders through.

Empowering systems-level leaders to make bold, data-informed decisions that propel organizations toward excellence and achievement of mission-critical goals. This includes, supporting leaders, across sectors, in developing customized change strategies, innovative solutions, and measurable implementation plans that are grounded in continuous improvement.

Atlanta, GA, US

Served as a member of the Superintendent’s Senior Cabinet involved in all major district decisions involving academics, school leadership, finance, operations, talent management, and stakeholder engagement. As a senior level systems leader, I led all aspects of the organization’s equity-focused change initiatives, including designing and executing on the.

Atlanta, GA, US

Provided strategic and analytical support to the Superintendent by gathering information, completing analysis, and proposing solutions and recommendations for ensuring organizational alignment and achievement of goals.Impact: Led the creation of a Child Savings Account Program for all low-income kindergarteners, making Atlanta 1 of 4 cities in the nation.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, US

Leveraged research-based best practices to develop tools such as rubrics, frameworks, diagnostics, and collaborative data analysis protocols to guide continuous improvement and assess organizational readiness for sustaining change. This includes the development of a research-based rubric to assess an organization’s readiness, and likelihood of success, in.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, US

• EDU T211N: Diverse Learners (Lead Professor)
• EDU A203: Equity in Action in School Systems (Course Co-Designer & Teaching Fellow)
• EDU A333Y: Strategic Leadership: District, Non-Profit, & Philanthropic Sectors (Teaching Fellow)
• Teacher Education Program (Secondary Literature Field Advisor)
• Race, Equity, And Leadership Professional Education Program (Facilitator)
• Urban School Leaders Institute (Facilitator) Key Achievement: Served as the HGSE representative on President Lawrence Bacow’s Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging Strategic Implementation Planning Council.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, US

Worked with the Harvard Business School's Public Education Leadership Project (PELP) to lead system leaders through a facilitated process designed to guide their application of best practices from the business sector to craft customized change management strategies, build out innovative solutions, and develop measurable implementation plans to enhance.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, US

Supported the Georgia Governor's Office of Student Achievement (GOSA) with the development of a state-wide New Teacher Induction Program comprised of cross functional teams charged with effectively supporting induction level teachers throughout the state of Georgia. Also, provided tactical support for the launch of the state-wide Turnaround Principals.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, US

Worked for the Center for Education Policy Research's Proving Ground Initiative to support districts in continuous improvement through data analysis and strategic support aimed at helping them test solutions to challenges hindering student achievement. Impact: Assisted KIPP DC in developing and scaling interventions that reduced chronic absenteeism in PreK.

Provided visionary leadership, cultivated positive Board relations, and strategically guided long-term and short-term planning, budget development, and process enhancement that improved the user-experiences of all stakeholders, while closing organizational access and opportunity gaps.Impact: Created a district Baseline Data & Assessment Plan that improved.

Lead Founder responsible for implementing the school’s charter with fidelity by providing quality instructional leadership with an intentional focus on Climate/Culture, Curriculum, Assessment, & Intervention Systems.Impact: 3-year increase in district standardized assessment scores of 24% in ELA, 13% in Math, & 18% in Reading.Key Achievement: 2014 New.

New York, NY, US

Developed an innovative, arts integrated, and culturally responsive test prep curriculum and program. I also created a compelling product value proposition and marketing strategy, set annual sales goals, and developed & executed partnership cultivation and retention strategies, which scaled our Regents Prep program from 2 high schools to 20 high schools.

Newark, New Jersey, US

Authored an award winning, district-wide, social studies curriculum, and developed an acclaimed CTE pathway for students interested in becoming educators.Key Achievements: 2010 Key Note Speaker at The College of New Jersey, Urban Teacher Academy; 2009 Featured in Phi Delta Kappa Annual Report; 2008 Featured in Star Ledger.

Los Angeles, CA, US

Worked with colleagues on vertical teams to develop and implement teaching strategies that promoted academic mastery of the state mandated curriculum. Key Achievement: Developed an instructional program that increased academic achievement for at-risk students. This program assisted the school in closing its academic achievement gap.

Doctor Of Education Leadership (Ed.L.D.)

The Broad Fellowship For Public Education Leadership

Master Of Public Administration (M.P.A.), Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Urban Education, Social Justice Pedagogy Concentration

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History And Near Eastern Languages And Culture

General Studies