Jonas S. Chartock is a policymaker and national expert on teacher development, education leadership, and United States public education, specifically public charter schools.
Education
Chartock earned an Editor.D. at the University of Texas at Austin. He holds an Editor.M. in School Leadership from the Graduate School of. An Master of Arts in: Curriculum and Instruction from Chapman University.
And a Bachelor of Surgery in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
Career
He currently resides in New Orleans, Louisiana. Doctor Chartock is the first Chief Executive Officer of Leading Educators, a New Orleans-based national non-profit focusing on teacher leadership development. His work leading the national expansion of the organization began in January, 2011.
Chartock was named Executive Director of the Charter Schools Institute of the State University of New York in May 2008, and he left that position in November 2010.
In that role, Chartock lead the process of evaluating initial applications for the opening of charter schools, ongoing monitoring of student academic performance and overall school operations, and presenting findings and recommendations regarding the renewal of a school’s charter to the State University Trustees. State University of New York is the largest university-based charter authorizer in the country.
Chartock previously served as the Founding President and Chief Executive Officer of the Charter School Policy Institute (CSPI) in Austin, Texas, a position he held since 2005. At CSPI, Chartock provided overall strategic and tactical leadership to the organization, managing all daily operations and executing the policies of the CSPI board of directors.
Prior to starting CSPI, Chartock served as Executive Director of Teach Foreign America in Houston, Texas, where he was responsible managing both a regional staff and board of directors dedicated to ensuring the effectiveness of over 500 firstand second-year teachers.
Chartock has served on the boards of The British-American Project and The National Association of Charter School Authorizers. He has been profiled and published via a wide variety of media outlets. Chartock was included in the 2013 list of the Good Worldwide GOOD 100.
Chartock is active on social media and tweets at jonaschartock.
Raised in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Chartock is the son of political scientist and commentator Doctor Alan South. Chartock and education professor and author Doctor Roselle Kline Chartock.
Membership
Chartock is a vocalist and guitar player, and has been a member of a number musical acts. Chartock has also performed as a featured member of "The EdReformers" and "The BAP Band.".