Main Responsibilities Of An Executive Director At Los Angeles Coalition For Excellent Public Schools
Joni, the Executive Director of the Los Angeles Coalition for Excellent Public Schools, describes three key responsibilities: "Direction setting," "programmatic work" including advocacy for charter schools and supporting charter management organizations, and "organizational operations" encompassing finance, fundraising, grant reporting, and board management. This multifaceted role showcases the leadership and operational skills necessary for a successful nonprofit executive.
Executive/Leadership, Nonprofit Management, Strategic Planning, Program Management, Fundraising
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Joni Angel
Executive Director
Los Angeles Coalition for Excellent Public Schools
University of Michigan 2003
Harvard Kennedy School, Master in Public Policy, 2010. Pace University, Master in the Science of Teaching, 2005.
Ethnic & Related Studies
Education, Government & Public Sector
Strategic Management and Executive
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Video Highlights
1. Setting the organization's vision and strategic direction, including identifying problems, mobilizing resources, and assigning tasks.
2. Executing the organization's programs, such as advocating for charter schools and facilitating collaboration among charter management organizations.
3. Managing organizational operations, encompassing finance, fundraising, grant reporting, and board management.
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What are some of your main responsibilities within your current role?
My current role is Executive Director for the Los Angeles Coalition for Excellent Public Schools. As Executive Director, I have three main responsibilities.
The first is direction setting and vision setting for the organization. The second is carrying out the programmatic work to execute those responsibilities. The third is organizational operations, ensuring everything needed to keep the organization running smoothly.
Regarding direction setting, as Executive Director, I need a plan for what the organization will do. As a nonprofit, I must consider the problem we are trying to solve, how we are mobilizing resources to solve it, and who needs to do what. This constitutes broad direction setting.
The second responsibility is execution. This is the bulk of the job, dealing with day-to-day activities. Specifically, we are currently focused on advocacy for charter schools at the local level and supporting the 10 Charter Management Organizations that are part of LACE-UPS.
These organizations run multiple schools and are generally smaller than school districts. This means not everyone within them has the same job title. Bringing them together in what we call "communities of practice" helps them support each other. This programmatic work, or executing the organization's priorities, is what I do on a regular basis.
The third area is organizational operations. This includes finance, such as paying bills and tracking budgets against actuals, and fundraising for the organization. Grant reporting is also part of this; after fundraising, we report to donors on how their money is being used.
Finally, there's board management. As Executive Director, I report directly to a board of 10 directors, whom we meet with eight times a year. I prepare information for board meetings, lead those meetings with an agenda and minutes, and follow up with the board afterward. This is all part of helping to set and execute the organization's direction.
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