School Launch Fellowship - Letter of Intent

The Letter of Intent serves as an opportunity for the selection committee to get to know candidates as individuals and their capacity to lead complex projects with a focus on school leadership, equity, entrepreneurship, and community engagement. This is also a candidates first opportunity to introduce the selection committee to the school model and vision they have for their new school.

Deadline: January 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM EST

If you have any questions or concerns regarding your Letter of Intent Application or the Fellowship process, please email llopez@themindtrust.org

All essays have a maximum word amount of 750 words.

Key Definitions to complete this section:

Vision: A vision statement is where the school hopes they will be going in the future if they can fulfill their mission.

Mission: The mission statement describes what you plan to do, who you plan to serve, and the benefit that your school will provide.

2.3 Please complete below based on your current, best thinking

3.1 Provide a presentation below of your existing school(‘s) data and evidence of advancing student proficiency and growth. Please use a range of quantitative measures, including the most recently released data.

Please provide achievement data and student suspension/expulsion data that is disaggregated by race.
Provide the results you have achieved at your school(s), and describe your direct involvement in achieving the results.
Provide your continued goals for student growth and performance in your existing school as well as in the first five years of your new school’s launch.
Describe the leadership strategies you deployed to support students who qualify for the following support services: Special Education Supports, Multilingual Supports, etc.
Describe the instructional leadership model that you will use to ensure accountability toward the goals you hope to achieve.