Two-Year Overview

The projects Broad Residents engage in can vary depending on the organization, its structure, the focus of its reform and its strategic plan. In general, the work follows a cycle in which the first few months are used to learn the landscape and make small quick wins. For the remainder of the first year, and into the second year, there is a period of immersion into one or several projects focused on a particular area. During the second year, Broad Residents generally begin the process of transitioning into a potentially permanent role best suited for them.

Below are overviews of experiences three Residents had during their two years in the program.

Broad Resident	Get Up To Speed Quickly About 0-3 months	Tackling the Challenge About 4-12 months	Prepare for Leadership Position About 12 months to 2 years
Carmita Vaughan Chicago Public Schools	Supervisor: chief administrative officer Project(s): Various projects with the high school transformation team	Supervisor: chief administrative officer Project(s): Develop strategy to recruit high-performing principals into low-performing schools and provide “turnaround” management training. Worked increasingly with chief academic officer and team. Led proposal development for the Teacher Incentive Fund resulting in the largest competitive grant the district had ever received. Primary reporting was to the superintendent for this project.	Supervisor: chief officer of high schools Title: director, dropout prevention and recovery
Allison Sands Oakland Unified School District, Calif.	Supervisor: executive director of strategic projects Project(s): Initially assigned to charter-related projects, leveraging Resident’s previous experience. However, this work was slow to gain momentum so the Resident invested much of these early months doing “whatever it took to get the work done.”	Supervisor: chief of community accountability Project(s): Facilitated the decision-making process for school interventions as part of the district’s portfolio management process, which became the overarching framework for school accountability. Also worked on facility planning around the school closures and project managing the initial design of the district’s new academic plan.	Title: director, office of school portfolio management
Craig Chin Boston Public Schools	Supervisor: chief operating officer Project(s): Led a project to implement a new student assignment process for the district, initially focusing on the algorithm required to match students with schools.	Supervisor: chief operating officer Project(s): Continued on student assignment project, expanding focus to implementation, including outreach to families and coordination with other departments. Resident sought out secondary projects to broaden experience (i.e. analyst role on negotiations with teachers and school-based administrators, conducting research to measure student performance and other variables that differed across K-8 vs. middle schools.)	Supervisor: assistant superintendent of human resources Title: deputy director, human resources