John Clemente

Before founding South Bronx Community, John was a Director of School Design providing leadership and expertise to EPIC Schools’ competency-based academic program. Prior to joining the Expanded Success Initiative School Design Fellowship in 2013, John was the Director of Educational Services at Teaching Matters, a non-profit whose mission is to develop and retain great teachers and measurably increase their ability to give students in urban public schools an excellent education. John led their team of over 35 instructional coaches for six years. He also previously served as an instructional coach and wrote culturally relevant performance-based curriculum for several large scale programs. He was an inaugural member of the New York City Teaching Fellows, teaching middle school in the South Bronx for four years and also served as an AmeriCorps VISTA working with foster teens and adjudicated youth in Paterson, New Jersey. He holds a Masters in Education from Lehman College, a Masters in Media Studies from New School University and a Bachelor of Arts from New York University. On July 1, 2018 John stepped into the role of Executive Director.