Joy Coates

Project Manager

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Joy Coates is a project manager for the Student Information System project, part of the Early College High School Initiative. The SIS, a tool for improving practice and outcomes for young people, is a secure, confidential collection of data about students attending early college schools throughout the United States. The SIS provides information and analyses that help guide the development and improvement of early college schools. It also provides evidence on how well early college schools are achieving their mission: to help young people progress toward the education and experience they need to succeed in life and a family-supporting career.

Before joining JFF, Ms. Coates was executive assistant for the Urban Strategy America Fund. She has held key support positions in the fields of development, marketing, and consulting for WGBH, Monitor Group, and Houghton Mifflin Publishing. She stays active in her community by holding offices on the boards of two local nonprofits that champion workplace diversity in their chosen industries.

Ms. Coates earned an Associate's degree in recording arts from the Art Institute of New England and her Bachelor's degree in visual/media communications from Emerson College.

Jobs for the Future develops, implements, and promotes new education and workforce strategies that help communities, states, and the nation compete in a global economy. In 200 communities in 41 states, JFF improves the pathways leading from high school to college to family-sustaining careers.