Education Pioneers is uniquely positioned to find and support the talent needed to build the education sector back better.
Navigating Challenging Times
School systems are facing unprecedented challenges in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The work to re-open schools safely, recover learning, and reimagine a more equitable future for education is complex, capacity-intensive, and budget-constrained. The average student may lose more than 7 months of learning due to COVID-19, with students of color and low-income students losing up to a year—widening existing achievement gaps by 15-20%.
We must seize this opportunity to grapple with the long-standing inequities within education and build back better. School systems need adaptive, inclusive leaders to disrupt the status quo. They need Pioneers.
The EP COVID Response Fellowship
As a trusted talent pipeline for more than 15 years, Education Pioneers will help the sector build back better by meeting this moment with what we’re uniquely positioned to offer: adaptive, inclusive, talented leaders equipped to transform the sector.
For this 12-month, paid Fellowship opportunity, we’ll connect Alumni of prominent education leadership development programs with a district, charter school, or state education agency where they’ll provide Chief of Staff-level support to senior leaders as they plan and implement adaptive approaches to evolving public health policies, operational processes, and academic practices while ensuring that schools are providing equitable student learning experiences.
What will EP COVID Response Fellows do?
Advance essential work over the course of 12 months coinciding with the school year. They’ll work directly with senior-level staff to tackle COVID-specific responsibilities; coordinating communications; liaising with public health and education agencies; and more.
Benefit from collective solutions. Fellows will have access to a cohort of peers executing similar work across the country for structured programming, thought-partnership, problem-solving, and best practice sharing—accelerating progress for schools nationwide.
Leverage network support. Fellows will have an advisor to help them navigate their experience and an EP Alum will provide mentorship to groups of Fellows.
Who are COVID Response Fellows?
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Mid-senior Level Education Leaders |
Proven Collaborators & Problem-solvers |
Adaptive, Inclusive, Equity-oriented People |
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Learn More
To learn more about how you or your organization can help the education sector build back better via EP’s COVID Response Fellowship, select your role below.
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EP COVID RESPONSE FELLOW
Position Overview
As an integral part of the organization's COVID-19 response, you will add vital capacity to senior leaders as they plan, implement, and iterate on new public health, operational, and academic practices. Since much of the work related to the new and evolving regulations sits outside existing structures and job responsibilities, you will lead coordination, data and information gathering, task management, delegation, and follow-through – often with cross-functional teams not accustomed to working together and without established roadmaps. You will enable the full-time staff and subject matter experts to spend their energy in their areas of expertise while you organize, communicate, and mobilize staff towards a collective goal.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
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PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
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Timeline and Process
- Candidates need to apply by Monday, August 17.
- Fellows will complete a selection process, including interviews with prospective partners, between mid-August and mid-September.
- Fellows will start their placement as early as October 2020.
Learn More
- Download this job description and Fellowship overview.
- If you have additional questions, email our recruiting team.
- Sign up to receive information about the COVID Response Fellowship in your inbox:
HOST A COVID RESPONSE FELLOW AT YOUR SCHOOL / DISTRICT
EP aims to utilize our unique network and platform to bring necessary and flexible capacity to meet your needs so you can quickly integrate the essential and additional capacity you need to build back better.
This is more than a person for a project, this is talent to transform.
We recognize that schools and districts will be facing immense financial challenges as a result of the economic impacts of COVID-19. We are raising funds to provide Fellows at no cost to Partners who have a clear need for their support. In partnership, we can move forward with engaging funders and finding top talent.
Timeline and Process
- Define position scope and complete scoping protocol
- Sign and send a letter of support
- Connect us to local funders
- Receive profiles and engage in selection process
- Welcome your Fellow in October 2020
Learn More & Partner
- Download this program guide.
- To start the process of hosting a COVID Response Fellow, please email our Local Impact team.
INVEST IN THIS PROGRAM
Schools and districts are facing immense financial challenges as a result of the economic impacts of COVID-19. We are seeking investors who can help us provide Fellows at no cost to Partners who have a clear need for their support. EP will cover all stipends, benefits, and costs for Fellows.
Learn More & Invest
If you’re interested in enabling the education sector to build back better and want to invest in this program, email Terrence Kneisel, Vice President of External Relations.
Planning for reopening will not be easy; and is not nearly as important – nor as difficult – as execution. We'll have to be problem-solvers, flexible and responsive to data, and willing to course-correct.