2024 Neubauer Fellowship in Educational Leadership Application

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Welcome to the application for the 2024 Cohort of the Neubauer Fellowship in Educational Leadership. Please fill out your answers to the prompts below, upload a resume and share with us the contact information for three professional references.

Once you have completed the application, click "Submit" to review your answers. You must then click "Confirm" to submit your application to the system. While your application is in progress, you may save your application at any time by using the "Save my progress" feature at the top of the page so you do not lose any information. We recommend drafting your responses to the essay questions separately in a word processing program and pasting them in the application when complete.

Should you have any questions about the application or the selection process, don't hesitate to reach out to our team at star@phillyschoolleaders.org. We look forward to receiving your application!

PERSONAL INFORMATION

First Name:

Last Name:

Title:

School Name:

School Type:

If other, please describe your school type here.

School System Name:

If other, please list the name of your school system here.

Work E-mail address:

Personal E-mail address:

Which email address do you prefer?

Mobile phone number:

Office phone number:

Which phone number do you prefer?

Home Address - Street:

Home Address - City, State:

Home Address - Zip Code:

School Address - Street:

School Address - City, State:

School Address - Zip Code:

WORK EXPERIENCE

School year when you first became principal in your current school.

If other, please list the school year when you first became principal in your current school.

Number of years you have been the principal in your current school (including this year):

Total number of years you have been a principal in any school (including this year):

Total number of years you have been an educator (teacher, administrator, etc. - including this year):

CERTIFICATIONS

From what university/program did you earn your administrative certification?

In which state(s) do you hold administrative certification?

Did you complete an alternative pathway program for teaching or school leadership?

If yes, list the program(s) below.

If yes, did you gain certification through this program/these programs?

If yes, please list which program(s) and type of certification.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

Describe any relevant awards, recognition, certifications, or other achievements.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY INFORMATION - OPTIONAL

The following questions are optional. They will not have any impact on the selection process or decisions. Providing this information is strictly voluntary. You will not be subject to adverse action or treatment if you choose not to provide this information. If you choose not to provide this information, please select "prefer not to respond" or leave the question blank.

Gender:

Please self-describe below.

Pronouns:

Please self-describe below.

Birth Date (MM/DD/YYYY):

Ethnicity:

If other, please include below.

APPLICATION QUESTIONS

1. Why would you like to participate in the Neubauer Fellowship? In your response, be sure to address:

a. What unique skills, qualities, and perspectives will you bring to the fellowship?

b. What, specifically, would you like to learn or develop through the fellowship, and how will this impact you, your school, and/or Philadelphia students?

c. Why is this the right time in your career for the fellowship? (Maximum of 300 words)

2. What is the vision for your school? What are your top priorities, and how do these relate to your vision? What are your three most important leadership actions to realize the vision and priorities? Why are these leadership actions aligned and most important? (Maximum of 400 words)

3. What specific steps have you taken in your current school to increase student achievement? In your response, address the following:

a. How have you created a culture focused on high expectations and accountability for student achievement?

b. How have you developed teachers’ abilities to provide rigorous instruction for all students?

c. How have you used data and effective practices to increase student achievement?

c. What are the specific, measurable student outcomes resulting from these efforts?

(Maximum of 500 words)

4. What specific steps have you taken to nurture a safe, respectful, supportive, and inclusive environment that fosters a culture of belonging for the most important stakeholders in your school community to include students, staff, and parents/caregivers (Maximum of 350 words)

5. What is one specific and substantive leadership growth area where YOU need to improve? In your response, address:

a. Why did you select this growth area? What evidence do you have that this is the highest leverage growth area to drive student outcomes in your school?

b. What specific steps have you taken/are you taking to improve in this area?

c. What are the results thus far?

(Note: This should be a leadership skill/growth area, not a student outcome result. For example, a leadership growth area may be strengthening your ability to identify high-leverage next steps to improve teacher practice. It would not be to increase PSSA scores by X%.) (Maximum of 350 words)

6. Is there anything else that you would like to share with us? (Maximum of 150 words)

SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENTS

Please upload and submit the following documents (files cannot exceed 20 MB).

Updated Professional Resume:

Please provide three professional references, including your current supervisor:

REFERENCE 1 - CURRENT SUPERVISOR

Current Supervisor's Name:

Relationship: Direct Supervisor

Current Role:

School System or Organization:

Supervisor Email Address:

Work Phone Number:

Cell Phone Number:

REFERENCE 2

Name:

Relationship (e.g. former supervisor):

Current Role:

School System or Organization:

Email:

Work Phone Number:

Cell Phone Number:

REFERENCE 3

Name:

Relationship (e.g. former supervisor):

Current Role:

School System or Organization:

Email:

Work Phone Number:

Cell Phone Number:

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