FOUND AND LEAD A SCHOOL: THE BUILDING EXCELLENT SCHOOLS FELLOWSHIP
The Building Excellent Schools Fellowship is a rigorous, yearlong, full-time training program in urban charter school creation and leadership. There are currently 37 BES Schools in 17 cities across the country which will serve over 16,000 students at capacity.
BES is looking for the next cohort of entrepreneurial leaders who are driven to start outstanding urban charter schools that are independently managed.
After the Fellowship, BES Fellows receive additional support and coaching as they guide their schools successfully through start-up and early operations. Schools founded by BES Fellows are free-standing, locally controlled, and independently managed.
The Building Excellent Schools Fellowship is a rigorous, yearlong, full-time training program in urban charter school creation and leadership. There are currently 37 BES Schools in 17 cities across the country which will serve over 16,000 students at capacity.
BES is looking for the next cohort of entrepreneurial leaders who are driven to start outstanding urban charter schools that are independently managed.
After the Fellowship, BES Fellows receive additional support and coaching as they guide their schools successfully through start-up and early operations. Schools founded by BES Fellows are free-standing, locally controlled, and independently managed.
HOW IT WORKS
Building Excellent Schools believes that dramatic student achievement in urban public schools is possible within a highly structured, no excuses, results-oriented school culture in which leadership drives, communicates, and supports instructional expectations in every class every day.
Get the Training: Through 85 training days, an extended leadership residency in a high-performing urban charter school, 20 to 30 school visits and structured work in your home territory, we teach you the essential practices to ensure your students succeed. The culmination of the Fellowship year is the submission of a well-written, thoroughly researched charter application that reflects the best practices in urban school design.
Take the Lead: You become the lead founder of a charter school in your proposed territory. You choose the community; you build the board; you build stakeholder support, you make critical design decisions and write the application. Most importantly, you build an independently managed school that you will lead once it opens.
Get the Support: Your full-time job is to design, build, and lead your charter school. After your charter is approved, BES supports your school through its opening through Follow-On Support.
WHERE DO FELLOWS FOUND SCHOOLS?
For the 2010-2011 Fellowship, we welcome applicants who wish to start charter schools in:
* CALIFORNIA: Bay Area and Los Angeles
* MISSOURI: St. Louis
* COLORADO: Denver
* NEW YORK: New York City
* MASSACHUSETTS: Multiple locations
* TENNESSEE: Memphis and Nashville
* NATIONAL FELLOW: Additional Locations
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Building Excellent Schools is looking for high-capacity individuals deeply committed to creating an outstanding urban charter school. Building Excellent Schools Fellows have:
· An absolute belief that academic achievement drives everything: leadership, school design, school culture, decisions, and governance
· A track record of exceptional impact: in their professional pursuits and/or in their communities
Building Excellent Schools Fellows are:
* High-capacity: strong communicators, strategic thinkers, highly flexible and urgent
* Relentless achievers: They get the job done, no matter what
* Humble: Always willing to learn
· Demanding of themselves and others: Good is not good enough; only great will suffice
Qualifications
* Professional experience that could include education, business, law, and/or public administration
* Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
· An $80,000 professional stipend with health benefits
· Travel budget and accommodations while in Boston for training days
· Eligibility to apply for $250,000 in start up money for your school
MORE INFORMATION
For more information about the BES Fellowship, visit our website, or contact recruiting@buildingexcellentschools.org.
We also offer online Information Sessions on the following Wednesday evenings 8-9pm (EST):
November 4
December 9
January 20
February 3
HOW TO APPLY
Visit our website to begin the application (www.buildingexcellentschools.org). Application Deadlines for the 2010 BES Fellowship: November 15, 2009, February 15, 2010 and May 15, 2010. The BES Fellowship begins in September 2010.
Building Excellent Schools believes that dramatic student achievement in urban public schools is possible within a highly structured, no excuses, results-oriented school culture in which leadership drives, communicates, and supports instructional expectations in every class every day.
Get the Training: Through 85 training days, an extended leadership residency in a high-performing urban charter school, 20 to 30 school visits and structured work in your home territory, we teach you the essential practices to ensure your students succeed. The culmination of the Fellowship year is the submission of a well-written, thoroughly researched charter application that reflects the best practices in urban school design.
Take the Lead: You become the lead founder of a charter school in your proposed territory. You choose the community; you build the board; you build stakeholder support, you make critical design decisions and write the application. Most importantly, you build an independently managed school that you will lead once it opens.
Get the Support: Your full-time job is to design, build, and lead your charter school. After your charter is approved, BES supports your school through its opening through Follow-On Support.
WHERE DO FELLOWS FOUND SCHOOLS?
For the 2010-2011 Fellowship, we welcome applicants who wish to start charter schools in:
* CALIFORNIA: Bay Area and Los Angeles
* MISSOURI: St. Louis
* COLORADO: Denver
* NEW YORK: New York City
* MASSACHUSETTS: Multiple locations
* TENNESSEE: Memphis and Nashville
* NATIONAL FELLOW: Additional Locations
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Building Excellent Schools is looking for high-capacity individuals deeply committed to creating an outstanding urban charter school. Building Excellent Schools Fellows have:
· An absolute belief that academic achievement drives everything: leadership, school design, school culture, decisions, and governance
· A track record of exceptional impact: in their professional pursuits and/or in their communities
Building Excellent Schools Fellows are:
* High-capacity: strong communicators, strategic thinkers, highly flexible and urgent
* Relentless achievers: They get the job done, no matter what
* Humble: Always willing to learn
· Demanding of themselves and others: Good is not good enough; only great will suffice
Qualifications
* Professional experience that could include education, business, law, and/or public administration
* Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
· An $80,000 professional stipend with health benefits
· Travel budget and accommodations while in Boston for training days
· Eligibility to apply for $250,000 in start up money for your school
MORE INFORMATION
For more information about the BES Fellowship, visit our website, or contact recruiting@buildingexcellentschools.org.
We also offer online Information Sessions on the following Wednesday evenings 8-9pm (EST):
November 4
December 9
January 20
February 3
HOW TO APPLY
Visit our website to begin the application (www.buildingexcellentschools.org). Application Deadlines for the 2010 BES Fellowship: November 15, 2009, February 15, 2010 and May 15, 2010. The BES Fellowship begins in September 2010.
