Favorite Parts of Being a Senior Manager of Academics at TNTP
Ashley, a Senior Manager of Academics at TNTP, most enjoys "making things better" on a large scale, impacting student outcomes across the southwest region and improving the work of their team through coaching and process improvements. The opportunity for continuous professional development within a "learning organization" full of talented individuals, combined with a focus on feedback and learning from others, is also highly valued.
Leadership, Impact, Learning and Development, Teamwork, Large-Scale Improvement
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Ashley D. Essary
Senior Manager of Academics
TNTP
Texas Christian University (2010)
University of Colorado at Denver, MA in Curriculum & Instruction: Pedagogy for Urban Leadership, concentration in English Language Acquisition
Fine Arts, Music
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Strategic Management and Executive
Honors Student, Scholarship Recipient, Took Out Loans, LGBTQ, First Generation College Student
Video Highlights
1. Ashley enjoys working on a large scale to improve student outcomes across a wide region.
2. She values working in a learning organization with talented people from diverse backgrounds, allowing for continuous learning and professional development.
3. Ashley appreciates the opportunity to contribute ideas, improve processes, and coach her team to enhance their effectiveness and work.
Transcript
What do you enjoy most about being in your current role?
I really love the opportunity to make things better. That's one value that truly matters to me, and it's why I've been in education for so long. I want to improve outcomes for students, and that's what I get to do.
I get to do that on a greater scale than I had as a teacher or a district leader because I'm doing it across not just the state of Texas, but across the southwest region, which is where I work. So I'm making things better for my clients, which I really love. I'm improving their work and their student outcomes on a really big scale.
I'm also improving things for my team. I have this space to contribute ideas and improve our processes. For the team I manage, I get to coach them and continuously improve their work and their effectiveness, so I love making things better.
I also really appreciate working at a learning organization. We say that a lot, but it just means that this organization is full of talented people from a variety of backgrounds and experiences. I get to learn from them in the work. We are also clearly oriented towards taking time every single week to learn more, do a book study, take a session, and just professionally develop and get better all the time.
I really value feedback. I seek it, I get it, and I get it. So getting better myself and always having the opportunity to learn from other people in other organizations is very valuable.