What type of training and support is provided through the Education Entrepreneur Fellowship?
The Mind Trust individually supports each Fellow, both financially and professionally, with the resources and guidance necessary to develop and launch the Fellows’ ventures. • Fellows receive a $20,000 stipend over the course of the two-year Fellowship to support their work. This stipend may be used for customized training, travel or other reasonable purposes that advance their initiatives. • Fellows are matched with a local “Champion” who can provide guidance, support, and access to people or groups necessary for the Fellow’s success. Champions (likely to be senior-level business and community leaders) are committed to the Fellow’s work and success. They recognize that education entrepreneurship can bring about transformative change in public education; they champion this cause. • Fellows receive ongoing support from The Mind Trust’s Board, staff and advisers at every stage. This support may include (but is not limited to) introductions to education leaders, policy makers, community l
The Mind Trust will work with each fellow to design the customized package of support the fellow needs to develop and launch the fellow’s proposed venture. This package of support will include: • Fellows will receive $20,000 over the course of the Fellowship to support their work. These resources may be used for customized training, travel or other reasonable purposes that advance their initiatives. • Fellows will be matched with a Champion who can provide guidance, support, and access to people or groups necessary for the fellow’s success. Champions, likely senior-level business and community leaders, will be people committed to the fellow’s work and success and people who recognize that education entrepreneurs can bring about transformative change in public education. • Fellows will receive ongoing support from The Mind Trust’s Board, staff and advisers at every stage. • Fellows will also receive constructive feedback from an advisory committee that will evaluate fellow’s ongoing wor
