Join the Growing Public Impact Team!

written by Sharon Kebschull Barrett on February 20, 2018

We’re hiring entry- and mid-level consultants to start this summer–join us!

We are a team of professionals from many backgrounds, including former teachers. We conduct research to understand what leads to better outcomes, and we develop and implement innovative solutions to create dramatic improvements for children. Our major current areas of work include:

Teachers and leaders: extending the reach of excellent educators and teams, teacher-leadership, career paths and pay, paid residencies, selection, evaluation, and leadership.
Charter school excellence, innovation, authorizing, and growth of excellent organizations.
School turnarounds, excellent diverse schools, finance, accountability and other topics.

If you have experience coaching or developing other adults, we’re especially interested in hearing from you!

See here for all the details.

About Sharon Kebschull Barrett

Sharon Kebschull Barrett is a senior editor with Public Impact. She edits the Public Impact and Opportunity Culture blogs, copyedits Public Impact's reports, and provides research and writing for the firm. Her recent work focuses on extending the reach of excellent teachers, charter schools, and state policy. A former newspaper reporter and copy editor, Ms. Barrett is the author of two cookbooks, Desserts from an Herb Garden and Morning Glories (St. Martin's Press). She has a B.A. in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she served as editor of The Daily Tar Heel.

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