Janalee Jordan-Meldrum

Janalee leads accreditation, strategic planning, and other strategic projects for TenSquare partner schools. She has served as a strategic advisor and consultant to national, state, and local education agencies. In this capacity, she has helped lead and conduct several large-scale school improvement efforts in both the charter and traditional public school sectors, working with groups such as America Achieves; Communities in Schools; the Kansas State Department of Education; the National Association of Charter School Authorizers; DC Public Schools; and a number of public charter schools. Earlier in her career, Janalee served as Senior Program Officer for K-12 and Community Programs at the American Association of University Women (AAUW) Educational Foundation. There, she developed a leadership institute for women principals and superintendents, led a national fellowship program and professional development institute for teachers, provided grants and technical assistance to community-based organizations across the country, and coordinated a multi-year community-school improvement effort with support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Master of Arts in Politics/Political Theory from Arizona State University.