Jacy Ippolito

Jacy Ippolito, Ed.D., is a professor of literacy and leadership in the McKeown School of Education at Salem State University (Salem, MA), where he currently co-directs graduate programs in Educational Leadership and is the co-founder and co-leader of the Center for Educational Leadership (CEL@SSU). Prior to Salem State, Dr. Ippolito was a middle school reading specialist, drama teacher, and literacy coach in Cambridge Public Schools (MA). Jacy completed both his doctorate and master's in education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). His research, teaching, and consulting focus on the intersection of instructional coaching, educational leadership, adolescent/disciplinary literacy, and school reform. The results of his research and consulting work can be found in a number of journals and books, including: Best Practices of Literacy Leaders (2026), The Power of Instructional Coaching in Context (2024), Disciplinary Literacy Inquiry & Instruction (2019, 2024), An UnCommon Theory of School Change (2019), Investigating Disciplinary Literacy (2017), Cultivating Coaching Mindsets (2016, 2025), and Adolescent Literacy in the Era of the Common Core (2013) among others. For more about Jacy's work, please see his online profiles and CV.