Jesse Corburn | Learning Facilitator & Leadership Coach

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Jesse Corburn is currently a doctoral candidate at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, as a member of the Doctor of Education Leadership (Ed.L.D.) Program’s Cohort 13.  Most recently, Jesse served as a Regional Superintendent with Uncommon Schools from 2016-2023.  In this role, Jesse provided weekly coaching to principals and instructional leaders across high schools in New York, Boston, Camden, and Newark, focusing on leadership to build and sustain schools defined by strong community and high achievement.  Over this time, Jesse was also a lead designer and facilitator with Relay Graduate School of Education’s National Principal and Principal Supervisors Academy and was a member of Relay’s Leverage Leadership Institute’s (LLI) second cohort.  Jesse has consulted with districts and trusts across the U.S. and U.K. in their quest for school improvement and has recently published a series of reports on School Leader Playbooks with partners at Relay.

 

Prior to his regional role, Jesse was the founding Principal of Uncommon Collegiate Charter High School (UCC) in Brooklyn, NY, which opened in 2012.  During Jesse’s time as Principal, UCC’s student body earned a 75% AP Index by the time they graduated, exceeded the national SAT college-ready benchmark, and sustained a graduation rate of 100%.  Prior to becoming a Principal, Jesse was a founding teacher at KIPP King Collegiate High School in San Lorenzo, California where he taught AP World History and then served as Assistant Principal from 2007-2011.  Before this role, Jesse started his teaching career in Harlem, NY, teaching high school history and English as a Teach for America Corps Member from 2003-2007. Jesse holds a B.A. in Near Eastern Studies from Cornell University and an M.S. Secondary Education from Pace University.

 

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