A Day in the Life of a Director of Stakeholder Engagement at Texas Education Agency
A Director of Stakeholder Engagement at the Texas Education Agency's daily activities are highly variable, depending on "the legislative calendar" and stakeholder meetings. The role involves internal alignment across teams, creating engagement tools, conducting site visits, and attending numerous meetings, leaving limited time for focused work.
Communication, Executive/Leadership, Teamwork, Project Management, Meeting Management
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King Adjei-Frimpong
Director of Stakeholder Engagement
Texas Education Agency
UCLA, 2010
University of Virginia - Darden School of Business (MBA)
Political Science, American Studies
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Communication and Marketing
Disabled, Scholarship Recipient, Pell Grant Recipient, Took Out Loans, Worked 20+ Hours in School, Greek Life Member, Transfer Student
Video Highlights
1. The daily routine varies greatly depending on the legislative calendar and meetings with stakeholders.
2. A significant portion of the job involves aligning information across teams and the agency to ensure unified efforts.
3. The role includes creating engagement tools, setting up stakeholder meetings and site visits, and participating in numerous meetings.
Transcript
What does the day in the life of the director of stakeholder engagement look like?
You're probably going to hear this many times, and you've likely heard it already. It depends on the legislative calendar and meetings with our priority stakeholders.
What it can look like is engaging with the direct team, getting updates on how my team is doing on initiatives or priorities I've mentioned. It also involves connecting with my manager for a wider perspective on what's happening at his level and across the agency.
The underlying theme is alignment—how information is passed throughout the agency and teams so we're working cohesively and unified. It also includes engaging with other teammates.
I know this isn't very specific, but it can really vary. It might look like creating the tools I mentioned, engaging with stakeholders, or setting up meetings for site visits. It can also mean participating in bigger meetings.
Basically, it's a lot of meetings, and you hope to have time to actually sit down and get work done. Hopefully, you like the people you're meeting with, because chances are you're going to be in a lot of them.