Education Pioneers is uniquely positioned to find and support the talent needed to accelerate the recovery of our education sector.
The past two years of the COVID-19 pandemic presented unprecedented challenges to our nation's school systems. And although schools have battled to reopen and return students to classrooms, the road to recover learning, maintain safe and healthy schools, and reimagine a more equitable future for K-12 education remains urgent, complex, and capacity-intensive.
EP first brought critical capacity to the front-lines of K-12 crisis response through our dedicated COVID Response Fellowship. Now, we are proud to build on our impact with a new cohort: the COVID Recovery Fellowship.
We must seize this opportunity to grapple with the long-standing inequities within education. School systems need adaptive, inclusive leaders to disrupt the status quo. They need Pioneers.
The EP COVID Recovery Fellowship
As a trusted talent pipeline for more than 15 years, Education Pioneers will help the sector emerge from pandemic challenges 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 senior leaders 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 Recovery Fellows do?
Advance essential work over the course of 12 months. They’ll work directly with senior-level staff to tackle initiatives that meet urgent new challenges and effectively utilize the time-limited surge of resources intended to help students, families, and schools recover from the pandemic. They will coordinate and align resources, communicate with key stakeholders, and work to make sure that new efforts yield the support and results that students need.
Benefit from collective solutions. Fellows will have access to a cohort of peers executing similar work across the country for thought-partnership, problem-solving, and best practice sharing—accelerating progress for schools nationwide.
Leverage network support. Fellows will be matched with a coach to help them navigate their experience and will have the opportunity to pull in knowledge from the EP Alumni community to support their work.
Who are COVID Recovery Fellows?
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Mid-senior Level Education Leaders |
Proven Collaborators & Problem-solvers |
Adaptive, Inclusive, Equity-oriented People |
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MEET OUR FELLOWS
2022 Education Pioneers COVID Recovery Fellows |
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Amanda Baca Texas Education Agency |
Tayla Bloom DC Department of Employment Services |
Joi Chester Bard Early College High School |
Tal Havivi KIPP DC |
Christopher Hill Gt3 Partners |
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Lauren Hurlbutt Aspire Public Schools |
Scotty Jean-Baptiste Boston Public Schools |
Bridget Johnson Forte Prep |
Grace Kwon San Jose Unified School District |
James Mitaritonna DC Public Schools |
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Aria Montcrieff DC Prep |
Washington Navarrete ICEF Public Schools |
Hannah Prussin Coney Island Prep |
Kristen Sueing, DC Public Schools DC Public Schools |
Crystal Washington Ascend |
INVEST IN THIS PROGRAM
The talent landscape is at an inflection point across our economy, and Education Pioneers is committed to developing responsive approaches to the rapidly evolving talent needs in the education sector. This program is an important initiative in EP’s ongoing effort to provide transformational talent to our partners during this important time.
Learn More & Invest
- If you’re interested in investing in this program at a leadership level, email Terrence Kneisel, Vice President of External Relations.
- If you'd like to make a general gift to Education Pioneers to support this program and more, you can do so here. Thank you!
[Our] education challenges didn’t begin with the pandemic, but it exacerbated inequities in our educational system. These inequities will endure and prevent the potential of this great country unless tackled head on.