Coruscant Academy Council (Jedi Renaissance)

The Coruscant Academy Council was a satellite administrative body subservient to the Council of First Knowledge and charged with the upkeep of the political academy within the Jedi Temple on. A seven member body, the Academy Council oversaw the curriculum taught to the Jedi Knights and Masters studying within the ancient Temple's academy. Focusing on political philosophy and skills needed to preform in the Order's diplomatic arm, an extensive group of Jedi Rangers also were stationed at the Temple and answered to this body.

Organization
Following the Clone Wars, the Jedi High Council and the Council of First Knowledge departed Coruscant and their longstanding home in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant was left largely abandoned. While still hosting the Council of Reconciliation high up in the summit of Tranquility Spire, the Temple's academy was left without purpose. To ensure that the facility maintained its usefulness, the Council of First Knowledge decided that the Temple would house the Order's political academy where Jedi could train to serve as diplomats, ambassadors and political theorists. While the Council of Reconciliation was preoccupied maintaining relations with major galactic powers, a new Council was to be convened to oversee the academy and maintain the Temple as a Ranger headquarters as well. Meeting within the former chambers of the High Council, the seven member Academy Council consisted of a Headmaster, Chief Ranger and five members of the academy staff.

The leader of the Council was the Headmaster, who served as the chief administrator of the academy facility and the steward of all of its students. The Headmaster was the executor of academy business and interacted with local governments and maintained the academy's supplies. While a master of political discourse, their time was split between study, teaching and administrating. The Watchman of Coruscant, the Headmaster worked closely with the Chief Ranger to ensure that the security of the system and the planet itself were secured. The Chief Ranger sat on this Council and was responsible for the training of the Jedi Rangers operating in the Coruscant system. Overseeing their assignments and their education, it was vital that these Jedi were familiar with the inner workings of the Senate so as to best serve that capital world in event of political uprisings or violent protests. Being able to predict these events was an essential part of being a Ranger, and therefore tied the Rangers closely to the political academy. The Speaker of the Order was the Order's liaison officer to the press and would brief members of the media elite within a press box off of the Diplomat's Entrance to the Jedi Temple.

Like all academies a Master of Lightsabers was appointed to ensure all students and teachers maintained a certain level of physical activity and lightsaber skill. The most martial of the academy's staff, they not only oversaw daily training and sparring bouts, but whoever held this title was responsible for the facility's defense and security. Temple Security answered to the the Master of Lightsabers, who was appointed by the Order's battlemaster, who served at the Grand Academy on Ossus. Likewise, the Master of Visions was the academy's most respected, and typically only, Seer. The Master of Visions probed the Force to ensure that the academy's mission was fulfilling the Order's mandate to maintain Balance, and that the activities conducted by its students and teachers did not tip the scales in anyway. The Chief Librarian of the Temple Archivies sat the Council and was tasked with organizing and updating the Academy Archives. Much larger than the simple libraries found within most satellite facilities, the Archives of Coruscant was the largest repository of political knowledge in the known galaxy. Because of the size of the facility, the Librarians' Assembly maintained offices within the Temple and were dedicated to the acquisition of political wisdom, using the nearby Senate Building as a primary source of information. The Chief Healer of the Halls of Healing was a leading member of the Circle of Healers and not only served as the primary healer and physician for all of the academy's students and staff, but oversaw the treatment of special cases from Galactic City's population. Staffing the Halls of Healing with members from the Medical Corps, the Chief Healer coordinated their staff with the other Chief Healers on Ossus and Tython.