Plácido Gómez Senior Associate Plácido Gómez is a Senior Associate at Safal Partners. Prior to joining Safal, he was a field manager for a US Senate campaign in Houston where he managed the outreach and communication strategy and was responsible for the daily operation of nine [...]
Ruchika Salunkhe Business Development Manager Ruchika Salunkhe, Business Development Manager at Safal Partners, brings a unique and diverse experience in Project Management and Business Development. She has an MBA in Project Management from Dublin Business School. Before joining Safal, Ruchika gained global experience by working at [...]
Shivani Chatterjee Senior Associate Shivani Chatterjee, Senior Associate at Safal Partners, is passionate about education as a tool for equity and social mobility. She specializes in improving social outcomes with the analysis and creativity of a business mindset. Prior to working at Safal, Shivani was with Communities In Schools National Office for [...]
Adrianna Chrestopoulos Project Manager Adrianna Chrestopoulous is a native Texan and has returned to her roots to work with Safal Partners as a Project Manager for the Texas Education Agency’s Career and Technical Education Resource Integration Project. Adrianna most recently was the Dean of English Language [...]
Ali Al Hamadani Data Scientist Ali Al Hamadani is a Data Scientist at Safal Partners. He has a Software Engineering and IT work background, including Computer System Administration, programming and Web Development. Ali holds a Masters of Science in Data Analytics from the University of Houston-Downtown [...]
Cynthia Brennan-Jones, Ed.D. Dr. Brennan-Jones is an accomplished and committed educator with a proven track record in curriculum development and instructional design. As a curriculum developer and as a classroom instructor, she has successfully integrated effective e-learning technologies, best practices, CTE, Career Pathways, and learning styles [...]
Engaging English Learner Families in Charter Schools. English Learner (EL) students are the fastest growing demographic group among school children in the United States, with the number of ELs in K-12 public schools increasing by about 14% from 2002-03 to 2010-11. Research and practice suggest that greater family engagement with schools can be a critical [...]
English Learners Video Case Studies: El Sol, Alma del Mar, and Folk Arts Alma del Mar (“Soul of the Sea”) Charter School is a K-8 Expeditionary Learning public charter school that opened in August 2011 in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Alma del Mar is committed to setting all of the students on a college trajectory and [...]
Legal Guidelines for Educating English Learners in Charter Schools This report, authored by Safal Partners and Public Impact, investigates the legal parameters that charter schools need to be aware of as they attempt to serve the needs of ELs. Specific areas explored by the paper include: Federal and State Legal Framework Requirements and [...]
District-Charter Collaboration: A User’s Guide. This paper is intended for use by district and charter representatives interested in establishing a new collaboration or in increasing the effectiveness of an existing collaboration. The paper presents our methodology, an overview of the nature of district-charter collaborations, and a framework based on lessons learned from leaders [...]