The Broad Residency is an opportunity to use your education, business experience and passion to make a difference in a management career that truly counts.
Too often, issues like aging facilities, poor infrastructure and inefficient bureaucracies distract urban school district superintendents from focusing on student achievement. Superintendents need strong managers who can help them improve central office systems, such as operations, human resources, information technology and finance.
Charter management organizations, on the other hand, operate public schools without the weight of a bureaucracy. They are generally fast-paced, but may be resource constrained and/or in start-up mode. They need talented individuals to manage a growing organization and implement strategies to ensure student success.
Students need well-managed school systems. School systems need managers like you.
Candidates for The Broad Residency must meet the following work experience and education requirements.*
- An advanced degree (master’s degree or higher)
- A minimum of four years of work experience
- For candidates with an M.B.A., M.P.P., or M.P.A., at least two years of their work experience must be in a business/management role.
- For candidates with other advanced degrees, at least four years of their work experience must be in a business management role.
- The Broad Residency prefers candidates with experience managing people.
- Experience in one or more functional business areas (e.g., finance, operations, strategy, information technology, human resources, general management)
Candidates are also evaluated on the following
- Track record of leadership and/or management
- Ability to manage complex political relationships and work well with a diverse set of communities, management styles and personalities
- High level of energy, determination and perseverance to act as an agent of change in a demanding organization
- Superb analytical, problem-solving and project management skills
- Outstanding oral and written communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to learn quickly
- Passion for improving urban public education and a long-term commitment to the K-12 education sector
Additional information for M.P.P./M.P.A. candidates
- M.P.P.s/M.P.A.s often have policy-focused work experience, however, The Broad Residency partners with organizations offering management positions. To be competitive in the selection process, M.P.P./M.P.A. candidates should have some experience outside of policy.
Additional information for candidates currently working in a school district or charter management organization
- Candidates who are currently working in a district/CMO may apply to The Broad Residency, but they must be in their organization for less than one and a half years. One goal of The Broad Residency is to help participants transition into their new role, therefore the program is not designed for candidates with considerable work experience in a district or CMO.
- These candidates, if accepted, are called Associate Broad Residents. They are held to the same standards, go through the same selection process and participate in the same professional development as the current class of Broad Residents. However, since these candidates enter the process with a position already in a district or CMO, The Broad Residency plays no role in determining their salary or placement.
* The organizations participating in The Broad Residency do not sponsor work visas.
The Broad Center for the Management of School Systems values diversity and seeks participants from a wide variety of backgrounds and perspectives. Accordingly, The Broad Center does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, age, disability, gender or sexual orientation with regard to employment opportunities, admissions policies, or the administration of its educational programs.
