The Fellowship Model
An Innovative Approach to Three Issues
Issue: Lack of high-quality professional opportunities for community members
Solution: Investing in Community-Rooted Talent
- Competitive wages
- Ongoing professional development and coaching
- Valuable career training
- Education Award
Issue: A persistent opportunity and access gap and low reading proficiency in under-resourced communities
Solution: Accelerating Student Growth
- Daily, individualized early literacy instruction
- Sustained, 1:1 relationship-building based in evidence-based best-practices
Issue: Lack of community representation in the teacher workforce
Solution: Creating Pathways to Education Careers
- Exposing community members to education careers
- Developing essential instructional skills
- Highlighting pathways to future teaching careers and helping interested Fellows to enter the teacher pipeline