Janice A. Barclay
Dr. Janice Barclay has a proven record of effective leadership and dedicated service to public education. Throughout her career, she has served as a classroom teacher, an assistant principal, principal, and a regional superintendent. As a principal, Dr. Barclay led her school in making dramatic gains in student achievement and received the noted distinction of becoming a Blue Ribbon School. During her tenure as an assistant superintendent, Dr. Barclay oversaw twenty-six diverse schools throughout the Nation’s Capital and supported school leaders in their efforts to improve teaching and learning. In this role, Dr. Barclay provided leadership and support in student achievement, professional development, strategic planning, school budgets, community relations, school climate, and human resources, resulting in system wide recognition of improved student achievement in many of her schools. Additionally, while working with new principals, Dr. Barclay recognized their need for more intensive training and mentoring which led her to establish the district’s first “New Principals” Mentoring Institute. In recent years, Dr. Barclay has focused on developing leaders and building the capacity of districts to improve student achievement outcomes. She has served as an Adjunct Lecturer at Harvard University, a Professor at the University of the District of Columbia, and in numerous consultancies with school districts across the nation. Throughout Dr. Barclay’s years in education, she has demonstrated her commitment to providing students, particularly those from urban communities, with high quality instruction and has been steadfast in partnering with families and communities in developing these future leaders.
E-mail: jbarclay@focusonresults.net