UELC Fellowship in New Orleans

2017-2018 Session

Cost & Application Process

Cost: $1,750/participant (2017-2018); Payment due prior to July 1, 2017.

Application Deadline: June 1st, 2017

Process: Online Application, Resume, Supervisor’s Recommendation, StrengthsFinder Assessment

Program Timeline
July 2017 - May 2018 (1 year) - 8 Days of Professional Learning, scheduled in consultation with Fellows and Fellow Supervisors, concluding with conference in May 2018. UELC Fellows also participate in online learning experiences approximately 1-2 hours/week.

Continuing Education
Columbia University Teachers College Certificate of Completion & 12 CEUs

The UELC Fellowship in New Orleans is a cohort model of job-embedded professional learning programming designed to grow teacher leaders’ capacities for future administrative roles within their current organizations. In its pilot year of 2017-2018, the UELC will work with a small portfolio of schools to tailor fellowship experiences to meet both strategic and emerging organizational needs for the growth of leaders in New Orleans schools. Leveraging the expertise and research initiatives of Teachers College faculty and expert facilitators, the UELC Fellowship in New Orleans will provide New Orleans schools with local access to Columbia University Teachers College.

With a track record of excellence in New York, Charlotte, New Orleans, and Los Angeles, the UELC is engaging sitting and aspiring leaders at the classroom, building, and district levels in engaging, relevant, and sustaining professional learning experiences across the country. The D16 Leadership Collaborative Pilot in New York City currently provides an entire district in Brooklyn, NYC with intensive monthly professional learning programming aligned to the professional growth goals articulated by their superintendent. In offering year-long programming tailored to the context of each district, UELC is able to adapt programming content, format, and outcome measures to support local leadership needs in urban school systems.

Fellowship Topics

Collaborative Leadership
Strengths-based Leadership
Empowering Teacher Leaders
Instructional Leadership
Intercultural Competencies in School Leadership
Adult Learning Principles
Giving Effective Feedback to Adult Learners
Strategic Thinking and Planning
School Climate and School Culture
Fiscal Management of School Improvement Initiatives
Branding School Improvement Initiatives
Action Research to Impact Student Outcomes
College and Career Readiness
Culturally Responsive Academic Learning
Professional Learning Planning

Fellowship Learning Objectives for UELC Fellows

Develop a strategic mindset when approaching school improvement initiatives as demonstrated by portfolio submissions of 1) School Improvement Action Research Initiative Video, 2) CRAL Action Plan for College & Career Readiness, 3) Professional Learning Plan.
Demonstrate capacity to lead collaborative decision-making teams as demonstrated by participation in UELC EDLEx simulations and measured by competency-based collaborative decision-making rubric.
Develop intercultural leadership competencies to promote equity in schools as demonstrated by participation in Intercultural Development Inventory leadership training and portfolio submissions of 1) Equity Commitment Statement and 2) School Climate Needs Assessment.

UELC Fellowship Faculty

Name & Title	Fellowship Role	Qualifications & Background
Dr. Brian Perkins, UELC Director & Teachers College Faculty	Instructor: Module 1; Director	Leading expert in school culture and school climate Director of EdD Urban Education Leaders Program & UELC
Dr. Sarah Benis Scheier-Dolberg, UELC Associate Director	Instructor: Modules 1-4; Fellowship Director	UELC Expert Facilitator in nationwide programs Expertise in teacher leadership, adult learning, and coaching
Dr. DeWayne Davis, Deputy Superintendent & Teachers College Adjunct Professor	Instructor: Module 3	Turnaround principal in Los Angeles County Director of Secondary Instruction to scale high school turnaround efforts
Dr. Ben Ploeger, Principal & Teachers College Adjunct Professor	Instructor: Module 2	Fiscal school turnaround leader in Colorado charter high school Turnaround leader in New Orleans with STEM focus
Dr. Rosa Delgado, Chief Education Officer, Education Consortium, LLC	Instructor: Module 3	Professional development provider for successful turnaround efforts in Brooklyn, NY focused on intensive support for multilingual learners
Dr. Marcelle Mentor, Leader Professional Development Advisory, CPET at Teachers College	Instructor: Modules 1, 3, 4	Professional development provider for Teachers College CPET, focusing on literacy coaching, diversity, equality, and cultural competencies.
Phillip Smith, Research Assistant, Institute for Urban and Minority Education	Instructor: Module 1	Research and coaching expertise relating to culturally responsive approaches to leadership in low performing schools and districts
Maria Akinyele, Educational Consultant, UELC	Instructor: Modules 1-4	Expertise in social studies, literacy, diversity in teaching and learning, and coaching in urban schools K-12