The ACCESS Fellowship
The NC ACCESS Fellowship is a yearlong, immersive professional development program designed to support school leaders with the skills and knowledge needed to lead with purpose and promote equity for all. The Fellowship is designed to support leaders from each NC ACCESS subgrantee school in the first year of their subgrant, as well as select leaders from other charter schools and state Restart model school leaders.
What’s the purpose of the Fellowship?
The NC ACCESS Program is committed to increasing access for educationally disadvantaged students in high-quality charter schools in the State of North Carolina. As a result of this commitment, the NC ACCESS Program has developed the Fellowship for subgrantee charter school leaders to learn, develop, and demonstrate best practices in serving educationally disadvantaged students and fostering collaboration within the charter school community and between charter and traditional public schools. Fellowship sessions include opportunities to build supportive and collaborative networks, share best practices, and engage in critical conversations with state and national experts who have experience in leadership best practices, developing, expanding, and replicating successful high-quality schools, and working with educationally disadvantaged populations.
Equipping leaders with the skills and knowledge to lead with purpose and promote equity for all.
What do Fellows learn about?
Fellows participate in equity-focused development sessions centered on developing leadership capacity and equipping leaders with the skills and knowledge to create and lead a learning environment that promotes learning for all students, especially those who are educationally disadvantaged. Fellows can expect to dig into topics like: equity and the effect of race and socioeconomic status; parent and community engagement; teacher leadership; intentional marketing and recruitment; social emotional learning and adverse childhood experiences; literacy and differentiated instruction; data-driven decision-making; culturally responsive instruction; serving all student subgroups; and much more.
What are the participation requirements for Fellows?
Participation in the Fellowship includes opportunities to build supportive and collaborative networks, share best practices, and engage in critical conversations with state and national experts who have experience in leadership best practices, developing, expanding, and replicating successful high-quality schools, and working with educationally disadvantaged populations. The following are major components of the program that require participation:
Monthly Professional Learning Community meetings
Completion of a portfolio of strategies, best practices, and lessons learned that will be posted publicly
Present at a state or national conference
Host a collaborative event at the subgrantee’s school
Provide mentorship and development support to future fellows
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