The Holdsworth Center
Katie Jaron has extensive experience in education leadership, holding various roles such as Managing Director of Superintendent Pipeline, District Programs, and District Support. Prior to that, Katie served as Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff at the Recovery School District. Furthermore, Katie has also worked at Teach For America in roles such as Vice President of Teacher Leadership Development and Managing Director of Program. Katie holds a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Virginia, a Master's Degree in Educational Leadership and Policy from The University of Texas at Arlington, and is currently pursuing a Doctoral degree in Educational Administration at Texas A&M University.
The Holdsworth Center
The Holdsworth Center is a premier leadership institute based in Austin, Texas with the goal of supporting and developing public school leaders in order to improve, over time, the quality of education offered to every child in every classroom in Texas. We are developing a leadership culture within school districts that will build the foundation for greater student success. Our goal is to work with partner districts over a sustained period of time in order to create systemic change and structures around the identification, training, development and support of future leaders. We work hand-in-hand with districts to strengthen leaders and leadership culture through development programs that are aligned from the superintendent’s office down to campus principals. We help districts understand their own gaps in talent management, to establish their individual goals and priorities, and to develop action plans that will lead to sustainable changes. Throughout the partnership, the District Support team offers implementation assistance to ensure that key learnings from each immersive training session have an opportunity to take root.