Arielle Kinder

Chief Partnerships Officer

Transcend

Jul 2023 - Current (3 years)

Partner

Transcend

Jan 2020 - Jul 2023 (3 years 7 months)

Partner

NewSchools Venture Fund

Jan 2015 - Dec 2018 (4 years)

Lead the design, development and implementation of the Fund’s school investment strategy. • Designed, developed and implemented organization’s new school investment strategy, a challenge-based grant program that provides educational entrepreneurs with funding and management assistance to support the planning and launch of new innovative schools that reimagine learning. • Formulated, developed and implemented organization’s redesign investment strategy. Partnered with education design firm to design and implement immersive 9-month series of workshops to support high-performing districts and charter management organizations to interrogate the purpose of education, delve into learning science, and explore identity in service of designing break

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Founder + Principal

Blueprint Education Consulting

Mar 2013 - Dec 2020 (7 years 10 months)

Blueprint Education is a consulting group founded on the idea that even the hairiest problems can be tackled with a clear plan, some expertise, and dash of joy. We offer design, strategic, and program support to foundations, nonprofits, schools, and anyone committed to improving educational opportunities for students and families. Our ideal partners are great people doing incredible things in their community. Clients have included: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, NewSchools Venture Fund, New Schools for New Orleans, Chamberlin Family Foundation, Next Generation Learning Challenges, Rocketship Education, Caliber Schools, Gateway Public Schools, Bright Star Charter Schools

Vice President of Strategy and Operations

Rocketship Education

Oct 2011 - Mar 2013 (1 year 6 months)

• Led planning and implementation of non-instructional training and development to ensure that all operational staff had the skills necessary to provide consistent, high-quality support to schools and regions • Facilitated executive staff’s goal setting, priority setting, and resource allocation. Led strategic annual planning process through team leads • Managed and guided the work of defining Rocketship model and decision rights amongst individual schools, regional teams, and the national team as Rocketship seeks to expand as a high-quality national school system • Developed criteria for ideal operating requirements for new region expansion; managed the internal green-lighting process with the executive team and Board of Directors • Led Mi

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Traveling from April - October

Asia and Eastern Europe

Apr 2011 - Oct 2011 (7 months)

Managing Director of Talent, Operations, & Planning

KIPP LA Schools

Jul 2006 - Apr 2011 (4 years 10 months)

• Managed team of 7 responsible for all operational functions including compliance, technology, talent recruitment, human resources, public funding, data, and charter development and implementation • Led teacher recruitment strategy for region, creating relationships with multiple talent pipelines within community • Created partnerships with local organizations to provide supplementary services and programs such as student- teacher matriculation partnerships, after-school programs, counseling services, and physical education programs • Led team to draft and implement an 8-year strategic plan to grow from 2 to 14 schools serving 6,000 students. Grew central office from staff from 2 to 25

Associate Director of Community Outreach

New York City Department of Environmental Protection NYC DEP

Aug 2002 - Jun 2004 (1 year 11 months)

• Designed and implemented 6 major citywide programs, such as a $10MM benefit fund creating environmental education programming throughout West Harlem public schools • Mediated and resolved disputes between divergent stakeholders including the business community, public advocates, residents, and community-based organizations

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Operations Manager

REACH Charter School

Jun 2001 - Jul 2002 (1 year 2 months)

• Managed all human resources and compliance activities for 135 student charter school

Public Funding Associate

The After School Corporation

Jun 2000 - Jun 2001 (1 year 1 month)

• Identified and secured public funding and partnership programs for after-school programs in public schools that resulted in increased test scores and additional opportunities for student enrichment

Fellow

Coro New York Leadership Center

Aug 1999 - Jun 2000 (11 months)

Teacher

Breakthrough Collaborative

Jan 1994 - Jan 1996 (2 years 1 month)

Served on on the administrative team for Breakthrough New Orleans (formerly Summerbridge)

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