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“Innovation starts from the bottom up.
That’s where you find the true heart of the matter.”

鈥� Sue Brumbaugh, Fourth Grade Teacher, Havelock Elementary School, Havelock, North Carolina

The next TrueSchool Fellowship听runs Jan-Dec听2020. Educators participate as school teams of 4-6, including the school leader and at least 3 teacher leaders.听

Thanks to the generous support of our impact investors, the 2020 Fellowship experience is听fully-funded听for up to 20听school teams in Nebraska, North Carolina, +听Missouri. Every听team听successfully completing听the Fellowship receives a direct micro-investment听of $500-$2000, based on evidence + potential for student impact.

The School Leader OR a Teacher Leader may submit the application on behalf of their school. If you are an educator outside of NE, NC, or MO and听interested in applying for the TrueSchool Fellowship, . We have a limited number of funded Fellowships for school teams elsewhere in the U.S.

A printable brief overview of the 2020 TrueSchool Fellowship Application Overview can be downloaded as a pdf by clicking here.听

WHAT IS 黑料正能量?

TrueSchool is a social impact organization focused on realizing excellent, continuously improving education systems in which ALL students achieve and thrive. We do this by activating, developing, and investing in outstanding education leaders who are driving forward enduring systems-level improvements in schools, across districts, and throughout states.

WHAT IS THE 黑料正能量 FELLOWSHIP?

The TrueSchool Fellowship is a national, fully-funded, year-long learning experience for school teams. Schools that are selected create a 鈥淭rueSchool Team鈥� of 4-6 educators, including the principal and at least 3 teacher leaders. Every school successfully completing the Fellowship receives a direct micro-investment of $500-2000, based on evidence and potential for student impact.

During the Fellowship year, educators come together to address a critical call-to-action for educational equity. They adopt the mindset of innovators within their buildings and gain mastery of the TrueSchool Process for continuous school improvement. They stretch, grow, and develop as individual changemakers and exceptional school leadership teams. They connect with a learning community of visionary educators across their state. And they access a national platform to share their ideas and learn about the innovative work of other schools across the country.

The TrueSchool Fellowship has proven results and impact. By the end of the Fellowship year, each school team has created, implemented, and shared an innovative learning model to improve student achievement and equity. Across the cohort, the Fellowship significantly increases educator collective efficacy鈥攖he BEST leading indicator of student achievement. It also improves the commitment and retention of outstanding education leaders to their schools, districts, and the field of education. For more detailed information about the impact of the Fellowship experience, please visit our Impact page.

HOW ARE SCHOOLS SELECTED?

Each year, state-wide cohorts of school teams (100-200 TrueSchool Fellows per state) are selected through a competitive application process. The process is rigorous and selective, with only a small number of slots per state. We look for educators with exceptional drive and schools with potential to serve as models of student achievement and equity for their state and the country. When scoring the applications, we look for evidence of the following:

• Champions of equity
• Innovator鈥檚 mindset
  
• Sense of ownership and bias towards action
• Collaborative leadership and environment
• Willingness to empower teacher leaders

Schools that are nominated by a district leader and/or previous TrueSchool Fellow are given additional points in the application scoring process. If possible, we highly recommend securing the nomination of your district leader or a colleague who participated in a previous year

WHAT IS THE STRUCTURE + TIME COMMITMENT OF THE FELLOWSHIP?

The Fellowship experience includes three core components: Studios, Coaching, and Fieldwork Support

FOUR FULL-DAY STUDIOS: The core skill-building and community-building element of our Fellowship is our Studios: facilitated, fast-paced, cohort-wide workshops. There are four full-day Studios spread out over the 12-month period.

FIELDWORK: Between Studios, educators take everything they鈥檝e learned back to their schools and apply the process, engaging in a wide range of what we call 鈥淔ieldwork鈥� actions. Grounded in a human-centered approach, educators engage in fieldwork actions like interviews, shadowing, observations, and prototyping 鈥� continuously gathering feedback from students and stakeholders to improve. This empathy work continues to be core to everything we do.

COACHING: Between Studios, certified TrueSchool Coaches provide thought-partnership as teams
independently navigate Fieldwork actions, capture learnings in their digital TrueSchool Blueprints, and learn and improve fast. Coaching is differentiated based on school needs. Generally, each school team will have at least one Coach meeting between Studios.

WHAT ARE THE DATES + LOCATIONS OF THE IN-PERSON STUDIOS?

Studios are the only component of the Fellowship which will require teams to travel in order to meet in-person. There are four full Studio days on Saturdays spread out over the course of the Fellowship year.

2020 Studio Dates in Nebraska
Region A: Metro NE 鈥� 1/25, 4/4, 8/1, 10/10
Region B: Western NE 鈥� 2/1, 4/18, 8/8, 10/24

2020 Studio Dates in North Carolina
Region A: Eastern NC 鈥� 1/25, 4/4, 8/1, 10/10
Region B: Western NC 鈥� 2/1, 4/18, 8/8, 10/24