The Office of Leadership Development

The Office of Leadership Development is housed within the Division of School Support and Transformation in the Boston Public Schools. Its mission is to recruit, hire and retain exceptional School Leaders and Administrative Team Members for BPS' 115+ schools, as well as to cultivate and development the talent that these leaders bring to the district. To achieve this mission, the Office oversees the following efforts:

RECRUITMENT

Working closely with community partners, universities, and a recruitment fellow team comprised of current School Leaders, the Office builds robust pools of Principal, Head of School and Admin Team Member candidates each year.

HIRING

The Office screens and evaluates candidates for leadership positions through a multi-step process, including in-depth interviews and reference checks. It ultimately matches schools with specific candidates based on the screening process, and ensures that each school has its leadership vacancies filled with exceptional talent.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Working with facilitators from within and outside the district, the Office provides year-long professional development programming for first and second year School Leaders and Administrative Team Members.

MENTORING AND COACHING

The Office recruits and selects experienced leaders from within the district to serve as one-to-one mentors for School Leaders and Administrative Team Members who are within their first or second year of leadership. It also partners with outside organizations to ensure each new School Leader receives one-on-one coaching support. Lastly, the Office staff themselves serve as primary liaisons, supports and mentors to all new School Leaders and Administrative Team Members.

Dr. Monica Hall

Director of Leadership Development

mhall4@bostonpublicschools.org

Dr. Monica Hall is the Director of Leadership Development for the Boston Public Schools. In this role, she oversees the development of first- and second-year principals and heads of school. In addition, Dr. Hall oversees professional development opportunities for assistant principals and other administrative team members, coaches administrative team members, leads the recruitment and hiring process for school leaders, and develops pathways and pipelines for future school leaders. Prior to coming to Boston Public Schools, she was a principal, district director, assistant principal, instructional coach, and teacher mentor. Her career spans three states -- Georgia, Massachusetts, and Texas -- in both public and charter school districts. She has worked in the field of education for the past two decades. Monica holds degrees in Business Administration, Elementary Education, Guidance Counseling, and Educational Leadership. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and five children.

Patrick Vale

Assistant Director of Leadership Development

pvale@bostonpublicschools.org

Patrick Vale is the Assistant Director of Leadership Development for Boston Public Schools. He began teaching as an adult ESL instructor at El Programa Hispano in Gresham, Oregon, during his year of service with Americorps and the Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest. Following this, he taught ESL for the City of Somerville, and later moved to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Fellowship. He began working for BPS in 2019 as a Human Capital Staffing Manager supporting elementary and middle schools and subsequently served as the Director of Human Capital Development. Patrick is fluent in Spanish and proficient in Portuguese. He holds a B.A. from Boston College and an M.Ed. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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