Ackerman creates new 'chief' position at $180,000
by Dale Mezzacappa on Apr 14 2010 Posted in Breaking news
Nunery will earn more than Mayor Nutter - a whopping $180,000 a year - as chief of institutional advancement and strategic partnerships. His catch-all job description involves fundraising, promoting outside partnerships, and revamping the Intermediate Unit (IU) to provide better and more organized technical assistance to both District-operated and charter schools.Superintendent Arlene Ackerman has created a new high-level post in her administration and hired Leroy Nunery, a former executive at Edison Schools and a finalist for Ackerman's position when she was hired nearly two years ago.
As a consultant last year, Nunery helped Ackerman develop the Renaissance Schools plan, which is engaged in the "turnaround" of low-performing schools primarily through bringing in outside managers and converting them to charters.
Nunery, who founded a consulting firm called Plus Ultre, also staffed theRenaissance Schools Advisory Board. In a report prepared for the District as part of that project, he was critical of how the diverse provider model was implemented in 2002, the first time outside managers were hired in Philadelphia to run schools. The managers agreed to work without autonomy over budgets and staff and there was little community buy-in. He worked for Edison Schools as its
