Speaker Bio
Karolyn Belcher, Vice President of Human Capital, The New Teacher Project
Karolyn Belcher serves as The New Teacher Project’s (TNTP) Vice President of Human Capital, overseeing the organization’s efforts to recruit, select and develop an exceptional staff of educational leaders.
She began her career as a charter corps member of Teach For America, teaching science in New Orleans, Louisiana. She then joined the national staff of Teach For America, where she led its pre-service training institute in Houston, TX for over four years. Ms. Belcher was one of the first employees of TNTP, working on contracts in Massachusetts, New York and Philadelphia. In 1999 she served as the founding school director of the John A. Reisenbach Charter School, one of the first three charter schools in New York State. Most recently, she served as an Instructor/Program Coordinator in the Department of Organization and Leadership at Teachers College, Columbia University.
Ms. Belcher graduated from Mount Holyoke College with honors in Biological Science. She has a MA in Education Leadership from Teachers College, Columbia University where she is now getting her doctorate. She is the Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Explore Charter School in Flatbush, which recognition by the Center for Education Reform as a 2007 National Charter School of the Year.The Social Enterprise Conference 2008 is presented by the Columbia Business School's Social Enterprise Club and the International Development Club with the support of the Social Enterprise Program, Energy Club, Microlumbia Fund, Healthcare Industry Association and Green Business Club, and our generous sponsors. |
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