Fellowship FAQ

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What will fellows be able to do after participating in the fellowship?

Design and lead systems that create conditions of wellbeing and thriving for the underserved and most vulnerable student groups.

 

How long is the fellowship? 

Nine months

 

Are the fellowship sessions in-person or virtual?

Both.  There are four two-day in-person seminars, four two-hour virtual sessions, and monthly virtual coaching sessions.  

 

What is the cost of the fellowship?

EJAF is a no cost opportunity for Fellows.  This is intentional to eliminate the financial barrier for leaders and districts who have a vision for educational justice, but not the financial resources to invest in the leadership development, coaching, and strategic planning necessary to achieve it.  

 

What are the core focus of the fellowship?

• Identifying the components of the current system design that perpetuate disparate outcomes and the ability to design a more equitable system.

 

• Utilizing the system change frameworks and coaching to help staff understand the need to move toward equity-based actions that accelerate results for today’s most vulnerable students.

 

• Understanding how race, class and culture impacts decisions and predictability of disparate experiences and outcomes of specific groups of students, in order to remedy it in system design. 

 

What support will the fellows receive?

• Seventy-eight (78) hours of including, but not limited to: fellowship orientation; community building; skill acquisition, including leadership frameworks and strategies; designing, implementing, and progress monitoring an intervention to change a specific adult behavior/policy; and data analysis, including implementation, outcome and capacity data.

 

• Nine hours of individual coching to support advancing fellows projects and strategic planning through adaptive challenges.

 

Who can apply for the fellowship?

Individuals who are:

• Currently in a position to influence policy or allocate people, time and/or money.

• Demonstrably committed to improving conditions of learning and well-being for marginalized student populations.

• Resilient and willing to move from talk to action in high-conflict, high-stakes areas.

• Committed to serve their respective districts/communities for 3-5 years.

Who facilitates the seminars and sessions?

Leadership Practitioners and Strategists who have experience designing systems, programs, and professional learning; developing plans for implementation and progress monitoring for improvement and sustainability. Additionally, Leadership Practitioners are trained in and practitioners of Results Count and  Results-Based Facilitation (RBF) supporting moving groups from talk to action, managing the time and tasks of large groups to accelerate results, holding neutral to all those in the room to be engaged in and own the work, and acknowledging and being strategic to engage the multiple interests represented by the attendees.