UELC Fellowship in New York

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	Photo	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

Principals, assistant principals, and teacher leaders working in NYC DOE. District cohorts are encouraged to apply for principal, assistant principal, and/or teacher leader cohorts.