Accelerate Institute is closing the achievement gap by creating high-impact school leaders who accelerate student achievement.
**APPLICATIONS ARE DUE MARCH 15, 2017**
The Acceleration Grant is being launched in Chicago and Northwest Indiana starting Summer 2017. The $250,000 Acceleration Grant includes:
- 3 years of customized coaching and mentoring, including individualized strategic planning support for your school's leadership team
- Instruction and cohort gatherings with Hall of Fame principals
- Opportunity to study with leadership experts at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University
- $25,000 grant for academic accelerator systems
Acceleration Grant schools will meet the following criteria:
- Charter schools in Chicago and Northwest Indiana with clearly identified successes and areas for growth
- Student data that is either stable or has seen some improvement over the past 3 years
- School leadership team that acknowledge the need for change/growth in their school and make a commitment to the program for the next 3 years
- Principal managers (CEO, board chair, etc.) who will support the principal and school-based leadership team through the program
The selection process includes:
- Questionnaire (February 8-March 15)
- Complete the brief questionnaire on the right of this page with the school principal's contact information
- Attach resumes for all participants, including: principal, principal manager (board chair/CAO/ED), and school-based leadership team members (*If you have more than 4 additional leadership team members, please email resumes to Erin Brooks at ebrooks@accelerateinstitute.org)
- Application (February 8-March 15)
- Upon completing the questionnaire, you will automatically be directed to the application
- Written application with information about school successes, challenges, and interest in the Acceleration Grant
- Please make sure to have school data from the past 3 years (2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16) available
- This should take no more than 45 minutes to complete
- Phone Interview (March 20-March 31)
- School visit and assessment (April 3-April 28)
- Accelerate Institute's team will schedule a school visit and assessment with your team. Further details will be provided to finalists as we schedule the visits.
- Grantees will be announced in May
To learn more about the Acceleration Grant, please schedule a time to speak with Erin Brooks, Senior Director of Talent and Partnership, by
clicking here or via email at
ebrooks@accelerateinstitute.org.
Instructions
Please complete the questionnaire below with the school principal's contact information. Please make sure you have resumes for all participants (principal, school-based leadership team members, and principal manager).