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Janice

Janice Harris

Chief Schools Officer

About Janice

Janice Harris is a Chief Schools Officer at Attuned Education Partners, where she leads cross-department strategic initiatives and provides coaching for leaders at the school and system levels who seek to build strong teams, refine instructional systems, improve accountability, and navigate change effectively. Her work is focused on ensuring that leaders have the plans and the capacity to deliver and sustain meaningful impact. Janice has successfully supported state-level leaders in designing and implementing program progress monitoring systems to improve outcomes for “persistently struggling” schools. In addition, Janice’s work with the Louisiana Department of Education through their Coherence Cohort initiative resulted in double-digit growth for all schools in the cohort around culture indicators,  as well as indicators of increased alignment and impact in pilot schools.

Career Summary

Prior to joining Attuned, Janice served as Instructional Superintendent with DC Public Schools, where she led a network of schools spanning PK-8th grades that achieved double-digit gains in math proficiency and narrowed achievement gaps in math and ELA. Previously, she spent a decade as the principal of Haddam Elementary in Connecticut, where she built a strong instructional culture and designed a math approach that led 100% of third graders to mastery on the state assessment. Earlier in her career, as a teacher and leader in Bermuda, she received recognition for the effective integration of technology into the core curriculum. 

Education, Awards & Fellowships

Janice holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College, an M.S. from the College of New Rochelle, an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from Nova Southeastern University, and is a graduate of the School System Leaders Fellowship.

My Why

Janice was raised by a family that believed deeply in education as the path to opportunity. Her own trajectory was shaped by a teacher who recognized her potential and helped her family navigate an unfamiliar system, which revealed to her the power of strong school–family partnerships to change outcomes. That early lesson continues to drive Janice’s work—she is motivated by the belief that every child deserves access to educators who see their full potential and systems that empower families and schools to work together to realize it.

What Brings Me Joy

Outside of work, Janice is an avid theater-goer who loves exploring new languages, traveling, and learning about other cultures. She also enjoys singing with her husband and son—especially during their family road trips.