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Brian Smith The Broad Residency Class of 2012-2014 Placement Organization: Pittsburgh Public Schools, Project Manager, Performance Management Pre-Residency: Yahoo MBA, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School BS, Carnegie Mellon University Brian Smith: "I believe that America is not living up to its ideals until every child has the opportunity to realize their potential. Too many children are not getting the educational foundation required to prosper in today's global society. This is not only a tragedy individually, but it costs our nation greatly. I am thrilled to be participating in The Broad Residency in order to help drive improvement in the critical task of educating children."
Added bonus he worked for Bain Capital! "Brian Smith brings many years on online media and strategy consulting experience to CPM. Prior to joining CPM Brian worked at Yahoo! where he functioned as a strategic advisor for the media sales team, including a focus on the development and implementation of Yahoo’s Newspaper Consortium. Prior to Yahoo, Brian worked for the strategy consulting firm Bain & Company. Brian received an MBA from Wharton and a bachelor’s degree from Carnegie Mellon University"
And, why would someone with an MBA from Wharton who worked for Bain, WANT to spend time dismantling public schools? Is there THAT much money in charters? Where are the big bucks?
Well, really only salary for one teacher (and some/most of their benefits -- I believe that these people still come in half-funded by Broad for one or two years. Often bumping up in salary after the first year.
But after that -- they're all ours to pay for and by then, if they've seen how it works, they make sure to make themselves "indispensable" (I'll pause for hysterical laughter at that idea).
95K is not a bad starting salary for someone who doesn't seem to have stayed at any job for very long. Or maybe he's older than I think?
Straight from Broads site. Maximum of 67,200 over 2 years. Add in benefits, it is far from a bargain! .http://www.broadcenter.org/residency/partners/become-a-partner
"Benefits of Partnership
Added capacity from a highly capable individual with a strong interest in public urban education. Two-year job commitment from an executive chosen through an extremely selective recruiting process. In 2011, fewer than 2% of applicants were offered opportunities to join The Broad Residency. Retention of talent and possibility of hiring the Resident for longer-term employment. Limited recruitment effort required on the part of the organization. But final selection decision made by the Partner Organization. Subsidizes salaries and pays for 100% of the costs of recruitment, selection, and travel for professional development. Residents earn annual salaries of $85,000 to $95,000 in their first year. Partner Organizations set specific salaries based on their organization’s pay scales. Partner Organizations pay the balance of the salary each year and provide benefits comparable to a full-time employee in a similar position. The Broad Residency subsidizes relocation expenses for Residents. Leveraged funding from The Broad Residency For the 2012-2014 cohort, The Broad Residency will subsidize 33% of each Resident's salary up to a maximum of $62,700 total over the two years."
That the whole thing with Broad. They dont want a education background really. They prefer people from outside education as they think that the education model is broken and it takes their training of non educator to fix it.
Okay, I'm re-submitting my post from Aug 4th that was not posted. The intent of the post is to continue to question the hiring of folks who never spent one day in a classroom posting any success yet they have all the answers on what's wrong with PUBLIC EDUCATION. The problem is that everyone has spent time in a classroom as a student therefore, they think it qualifies them to have an opinion of what an effective teacher is. Really? If we follow this thinking then the public should be able to tell lawyers, doctors, nurses, businesspersons, mechanics, carpenters, get the point how to do their jobs more effectively without any practical experience in the job/career. It's a sad day for educators. So for the rest of my post....
Credentials are impressive but the question that needs to be answered is: What is Brian Smith's experience in an urban classroom and show us the data of his success in increasing student achievement one student at a time? If he can provide evidence of consistently increasing student achievement then and only then can and should he have an opinion of American Education. Then again you know what they say about opinions, they are like --------. We all have one.
My bet is that he is another Broad like Roosevelt who never spent one day as a classroom teacher. If Mark could teach a class at CMU, maybe he should have taught a class in a PPS such as MLK, Faison, U-Prep or Westinghouse. No, that would never have worked because Roosevelt didn't even dare venture into some of our challenging schools without a school police escort. And these are the folks telling us about effective teaching? Note I didn't say demonstrating. You can't do what you don't know how to do.
If PPS is to impact student achievement, then those who are at the helm need practical experience with credible results. Intelligence and success was never measured in degrees.
Most of the people running the Broad Gates agenda have no experience in education. Gates didn't finish college but influences inner city education throughout the country..along with Broad & Walton. It is ridiculous.
Why is anyone here surprised that yet another Broad resident has been hired? Puh-lease. The effort made last year to clear out the PFT execs -- despite it being a failure -- should be directed at voting in more school board members like Regina Holly. THAT'S when we might see some change. New school board might = a new approach to hiring administrators.
lets face it. We have lost control of our own school district to outsiders. And the insiders who know how to play the game and are smart are getting what the want. Poor Lane does not have a clue.
Yes it is a question of where to begin. I know some people felt the PFT was the place to begin. I did think that if M ark had won, it woud have at least let this city know the teachers werent all on board. But colleagues seemed to feel there was no hope- that everything was in motion already. I know that right now, board members have nothing to fear. Lane and the monkeys no longer worry about the hotline calls, or the bad pr generated here. I hear people wanting "something"--perhaps generating a brainstorming thread-- sure some ideas will be duds, thats brainstorming! But if we throw out some ideas-- maybe something will get us a start. My two for today are: Alternative papers such as City Paper- anyone knoe anyone who might want to be pointed in this direction? Pester the hell out of your board members( works in the burbs) tell them we dont see Broad helping city kids etc. Opps 3-- connect with leaders in the community-- Reverend Johnny Monroe, Squirrel Hill Coalition, Tim Stevens, Esther Bush anyone who will listen to how really sad our schools have become really fast!
No one is going to save PPS. Let's be reasonable here, ok? The problem is two-fold: on one hand you have Gates and his reputation as an entrepreneur. Never mind the fact that he is dressed as a sheep but in fact is a wolf. His money is going to enforce a personal viewpoint. That's not entrepreneur-based---instead, it's politics. His reputation and his allocation of money here opened the doors for millions more in similar grants and funding. This path is going to be one which we are on for some time. The other problem is that foundations are donating millions into the Promise and PPS and are being given a voice in the proceedings here. You saw this recently when the furlough issue came to the fore. Articles to the papers, op ed pieces and editorials---they spoke volumes.
Big money is in control here and indeed, we are district which can best be called corporate, but run with public dollars, for the most part.
Big money brings corruption of many kinds. Ethical corruption is one thing. Corruption of duties--as seen within the ranks of administration and the board--is another. Moral corruption is a third and something that is well known within the offices of PPS. I don't pay much attention to gossip and the like, but there is an old adage that where there is smoke, there is fire and as such, I have to pinch myself sometimes to remember that these folks are in charge of a district.
But it is no matter.
Big money controls PPS. It controls the media. It has crushed the PFT. It influences policy and curriculum. It sacrifices sound educational thinking in favor of an embraced political philosophy. And most notably, yes, it takes care of their own.
This is NOT a school district anymore. Anyone who believes so is truly fooling himself.
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http://www.broadcenter.org//network/profile/brian-smith
Brian Smith
The Broad Residency Class of 2012-2014
Placement Organization: Pittsburgh Public Schools, Project Manager, Performance Management
Pre-Residency: Yahoo
MBA, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
BS, Carnegie Mellon University
Brian Smith: "I believe that America is not living up to its ideals until every child has the opportunity to realize their potential. Too many children are not getting the educational foundation required to prosper in today's global society. This is not only a tragedy individually, but it costs our nation greatly. I am thrilled to be participating in The Broad Residency in order to help drive improvement in the critical task of educating children."
Added bonus he worked for Bain Capital!
"Brian Smith brings many years on online media and strategy consulting experience to CPM. Prior to joining CPM Brian worked at Yahoo! where he functioned as a strategic advisor for the media sales team, including a focus on the development and implementation of Yahoo’s Newspaper Consortium. Prior to Yahoo, Brian worked for the strategy consulting firm Bain & Company. Brian received an MBA from Wharton and a bachelor’s degree from Carnegie Mellon University"
http://campaignpoliticalmedia.com/about.html
Why do we need anouther Broad resident?
Send him back!
His position could have paid for 2 teachers.
And, why would someone with an MBA from Wharton who worked for Bain, WANT to spend time dismantling public schools? Is there THAT much money in charters? Where are the big bucks?
Well, really only salary for one teacher (and some/most of their benefits -- I believe that these people still come in half-funded by Broad for one or two years. Often bumping up in salary after the first year.
But after that -- they're all ours to pay for and by then, if they've seen how it works, they make sure to make themselves "indispensable" (I'll pause for hysterical laughter at that idea).
95K is not a bad starting salary for someone who doesn't seem to have stayed at any job for very long. Or maybe he's older than I think?
Um, why has no one commented on the fact that he has NO BACKGROUND IN EDUCATION!!!
Straight from Broads site. Maximum of 67,200 over 2 years. Add in benefits, it is far from a bargain!
.http://www.broadcenter.org/residency/partners/become-a-partner
"Benefits of Partnership
Added capacity from a highly capable individual with a strong interest in public urban education.
Two-year job commitment from an executive chosen through an extremely selective recruiting process.
In 2011, fewer than 2% of applicants were offered opportunities to join The Broad Residency.
Retention of talent and possibility of hiring the Resident for longer-term employment.
Limited recruitment effort required on the part of the organization.
But final selection decision made by the Partner Organization.
Subsidizes salaries and pays for 100% of the costs of recruitment, selection, and travel for professional development.
Residents earn annual salaries of $85,000 to $95,000 in their first year.
Partner Organizations set specific salaries based on their organization’s pay scales.
Partner Organizations pay the balance of the salary each year and provide benefits comparable to a full-time employee in a similar position.
The Broad Residency subsidizes relocation expenses for Residents.
Leveraged funding from The Broad Residency
For the 2012-2014 cohort, The Broad Residency will subsidize 33% of each Resident's salary up to a maximum of $62,700 total over the two years."
I messed up the maximum over 2 years subsidized by Broad. It is 62,700 over 2 years not 67,200. Most Broad residents have ZERO education background.
http://www.broadcenter.org/residency/network/profiles/category/current
This is just page one, looks like only 2, if Kaplan counts, have education experience. There is big bucks involved, count the Ivy league degrees!
That the whole thing with Broad. They dont want a education background really. They prefer people from outside education as they think that the education model is broken and it takes their training of non educator to fix it.
Okay, I'm re-submitting my post from Aug 4th that was not posted. The intent of the post is to continue to question the hiring of folks who never spent one day in a classroom posting any success yet they have all the answers on what's wrong with PUBLIC EDUCATION. The problem is that everyone has spent time in a classroom as a student therefore, they think it qualifies them to have an opinion of what an effective teacher is. Really? If we follow this thinking then the public should be able to tell lawyers, doctors, nurses, businesspersons, mechanics, carpenters, get the point how to do their jobs more effectively without any practical experience in the job/career. It's a sad day for educators. So for the rest of my post....
Credentials are impressive but the question that needs to be answered is: What is Brian Smith's experience in an urban classroom and show us the data of his success in increasing student achievement one student at a time? If he can provide evidence of consistently increasing student achievement then and only then can and should he have an opinion of American Education. Then again you know what they say about opinions, they are like --------. We all have one.
My bet is that he is another Broad like Roosevelt who never spent one day as a classroom teacher. If Mark could teach a class at CMU, maybe he should have taught a class in a PPS such as MLK, Faison, U-Prep or Westinghouse. No, that would never have worked because Roosevelt didn't even dare venture into some of our challenging schools without a school police escort. And these are the folks telling us about effective teaching? Note I didn't say demonstrating. You can't do what you don't know how to do.
If PPS is to impact student achievement, then those who are at the helm need practical experience with credible results. Intelligence and success was never measured in degrees.
Most of the people running the Broad Gates agenda have no experience in education. Gates didn't finish college but influences inner city education throughout the country..along with Broad & Walton. It is ridiculous.
Money talks. I hope we all have learned that lesson by now.
I think it is fine for Mr. Gates to spend his money any way he wishes -- i.e., helping schools or finding a cure to HIV/AIDS, whatever.
What is NOT ideal is when the tail wags the dog.
"What is NOT ideal is when the tail wags the dog."
It is how they roll.
http://dissentmagazine.org/article/?article=3781
Why is anyone here surprised that yet another Broad resident has been hired? Puh-lease. The effort made last year to clear out the PFT execs -- despite it being a failure -- should be directed at voting in more school board members like Regina Holly. THAT'S when we might see some change. New school board might = a new approach to hiring administrators.
lets face it. We have lost control of our own school district to outsiders. And the insiders who know how to play the game and are smart are getting what the want. Poor Lane does not have a clue.
Poor Lane is a Broad Graduate! She is in on the scheme.
Even as we watch it happen, it's hard to believe!
Yet we are letting it happen. Why?
Yes it is a question of where to begin. I know some people felt the PFT was the place to begin. I did think that if M ark had won, it woud have at least let this city know the teachers werent all on board. But colleagues seemed to feel there was no hope- that everything was in motion already. I know that right now, board members have nothing to fear. Lane and the monkeys no longer worry about the hotline calls, or the bad pr generated here. I hear people wanting "something"--perhaps generating a brainstorming thread-- sure some ideas will be duds, thats brainstorming! But if we throw out some ideas-- maybe something will get us a start.
My two for today are:
Alternative papers such as City Paper- anyone knoe anyone who might want to be pointed in this direction?
Pester the hell out of your board members( works in the burbs) tell them we dont see Broad helping city kids etc.
Opps 3-- connect with leaders in the community-- Reverend Johnny Monroe, Squirrel Hill Coalition, Tim Stevens, Esther Bush anyone who will listen to how really sad our schools have become really fast!
No one is going to save PPS. Let's be reasonable here, ok?
The problem is two-fold: on one hand you have Gates and his reputation as an entrepreneur. Never mind the fact that he is dressed as a sheep but in fact is a wolf. His money is going to enforce a personal viewpoint. That's not entrepreneur-based---instead, it's politics.
His reputation and his allocation of money here opened the doors for millions more in similar grants and funding.
This path is going to be one which we are on for some time.
The other problem is that foundations are donating millions into the Promise and PPS and are being given a voice in the proceedings here. You saw this recently when the furlough issue came to the fore. Articles to the papers, op ed pieces and editorials---they spoke volumes.
Big money is in control here and indeed, we are district which can best be called corporate, but run with public dollars, for the most part.
Big money brings corruption of many kinds. Ethical corruption is one thing. Corruption of duties--as seen within the ranks of administration and the board--is another. Moral corruption is a third and something that is well known within the offices of PPS. I don't pay much attention to gossip and the like, but there is an old adage that where there is smoke, there is fire and as such, I have to pinch myself sometimes to remember that these folks are in charge of a district.
But it is no matter.
Big money controls PPS.
It controls the media.
It has crushed the PFT.
It influences policy and curriculum.
It sacrifices sound educational thinking in favor of an embraced political philosophy.
And most notably, yes, it takes care of their own.
This is NOT a school district anymore. Anyone who believes so is truly fooling himself.
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