José Leonor
Seattle,WA
Summary
Passionate and highly relational educational leader with skills in recruitment, team-building, and developing professional learning communities. Skillfully recruit and develop educators and educational leaders to implement a balanced and powerful student program. Articulate, forward-thinking and resourceful in meeting needs.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
XVIII
- Prep for Prep develops leaders through access to superior education and life-changing opportunities
- Since 1978, Prep has identified New York City’s most promising students of color and prepared them for placement at independent schools in the city and boarding schools throughout the Northeast
- Once placed, Prep offers support and opportunities to ensure the academic accomplishment and personal growth of each one of their students.
Middle School Director
THADEN SCHOOL
- Oversaw middle school academic and experiential programs
- Supervised 30 faculty and staff members in designing and implementing learning program
- Recruited and hired faculty
- Communicated regularly with student, family, and faculty community
- Led admissions information sessions and official visits with prospective students and families
- Led sessions with families regarding challenges of and strategies for navigating adolescence
- Advised group of middle school students
- Participated in promotional material such as videos and store catalog
- Taught Wellness class, Independent, co-ed, day school, 250 students 6-12
Middle School Activities Coordinator, Director of Student Council, Teacher
PACIFIC RIDGE SCHOOL
- Independent, co-ed, day school, 500 students 7-12, Coordinated middle school social events and in-school activities
- Facilitated and led middle school council meetings and event planning
- Taught middle and upper school French, Spanish, English, and Film Studies
- Advised upper school service-learning group and its student-run store
Group Leader
THE EXPERIMENT IN INTERNATIONAL, France New
- Frontiers Five-Week Program
- Led group of thirteen high school age students from around the world to France and Spain
- Managed homestay, community service, and travel portions of the trip
Independent
THE BUSH SCHOOL
01.2021 - Current
- Co-ed, day school, 709 students K-12
Founding Director of Middle School and Associate Head of School, Teacher, Advisor
THE BISHOP’S SCHOOL
01.2010 - 01.2013
- Developed the school’s mission, educational philosophy, and academic program
- Designed indexed tuition admissions model to promote socioeconomic diversity
- Selected 30-acre site and identified and worked with architectural team on campus plan and design
- Co-chaired the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) strategic planning group
- Co-chair the Teaching and Learning Committee and serve on DEI and
- Admissions Committees
- Develop and manage an annual half-million-dollar academic and co-curricular programs budget
- Recruit and hire founding educators and members of senior leadership team
- Design programs for new faculty orientation as well as in-service training and coaching of all faculty
- Supervise over 25 educators including two associate directors and a program manager in designing and implementing meaningful student learning experiences
- Lead admissions information sessions and official visits with prospective students and families
- Lead sessions with families regarding the challenges of and strategies for navigating adolescence
- Teach middle school English
- Advise a group of 8th grade students, Independent, co-ed, day school, 800 students 6-12
- Grade-level Sponsor, Teacher, Advisor
- Led team of 9th grade advisors
- Coordinated 9th grade advisory program curriculum
- Served on Research & Development, Disciplinary, Admissions, and Upper
- School Head Search Committees
- Coordinated 9th grade orientation and retreat to Pali Institute
- Oversaw social-emotional and extra-curricular enrichment for 9th grade students
- Collaborated with the Dean of Students in shaping the upper school experience
- Taught middle and upper school English and Spanish
- Advised 7th and 8th grade students
- Sponsored the Latin American Students Organization and Black Students Union
- Organized student preparation for the Student Diversity Leadership Conference
- Formally introduced, facilitated, and presented in Critical Friends Groups
Assistant Coordinator of Diversity Programs, Teacher, Wrestling Coach
HORACE MANN SCHOOL
01.2006 - 04.2010
- Independent, co-ed, day school, 1150 students 6-12,
- Taught middle school French and Spanish and served as advisor
- Coached Varsity and Junior Varsity wrestling teams
Education
Master of Arts - Organization and Leadership in Education
TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, Klingenstein Center for Independent School Leadership
New York, NY2015
Bachelor of Arts - Comparative Literature
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
Princeton, NJ2006
HORACE MANN SCHOOL
Bronx, NY2002
Skills
- Experienced with Adobe Premiere, iMovie, FinalCut, GarageBand, Microsoft Office, Google Suite
Timeline
Independent
THE BUSH SCHOOL
01.2021 - Current
Founding Director of Middle School and Associate Head of School, Teacher, Advisor
THE BISHOP’S SCHOOL
01.2010 - 01.2013
Assistant Coordinator of Diversity Programs, Teacher, Wrestling Coach
HORACE MANN SCHOOL
01.2006 - 04.2010
XVIII
Middle School Director
THADEN SCHOOL
Middle School Activities Coordinator, Director of Student Council, Teacher
PACIFIC RIDGE SCHOOL
Group Leader
THE EXPERIMENT IN INTERNATIONAL, France New
Master of Arts - Organization and Leadership in Education
TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, Klingenstein Center for Independent School Leadership
Bachelor of Arts - Comparative Literature
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
HORACE MANN SCHOOL