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The Ryan Fellowship

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TOP PROSPECTIVE PRINCIPALS FOR CHICAGO, NEW YORK CITY, AND LOS ANGELES CHARTER SCHOOLS

The Ryan Fellowship is a unique yearlong fellowship preparing a group of the most accomplished teachers in the United States, with the highest leadership potential, to become principals ready to create student achievement-accelerating urban charter schools.

Inspired by the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, The Ryan Fellowship Identifies and selects the highest leadership potential urban teachers in the United States, each of whom has demonstrated the ability to accelerate student achievement as a teacher or administrator.

The Ryan Fellowship grew out of the record breaking and nationally recognized success of Alain Locke Charter School and ExSL, both founded by Pat Ryan Jr. with teams from The Alain Locke Initiative.

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Application Period for 2012 closes March 2

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The Fellowship is named after the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Foundation; which has generously created this platform to develop exceptional urban school principals. Learn More

THE RYAN FELLOWSHIP: Inspired by the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship

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ACADEMIC FOUNDATION

One of a kind summer institute covering cutting edge entrepreneurial business and school leadership principles and practices that must be mastered to create a high achieving urban school.

In partnership with Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.

 

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FIELD STUDY AND LEADERSHIP THESIS

Each Fellow spends the Fall semester on the leadership team of an urban charter school reflecting on their strategy in the real world context of their new placement and evolving their personal Leadership Strategy and Playbook in light of insights gleaned from their Field Study.

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MENTORED LAUNCH AS A PRINCIPAL

Ryan Fellows are hired by a charter school or management organization as a principal preparing to open or take over leadership of a new charter school campus the following school year, and have support from a Ryan Fellow Mentor as they implement their Leadership Strategy and Playbook as a new principal.

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"The Charter Movement is putting itself at risk by allowing too many second-rate and third-rate schools to exist. The goal is quality, not quantity."
U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan on the risks from too many charter schools underperforming their potential

ANSWERING THE CALL FOR ACHIEVEMENT-ACCELERATING CHARTER SCHOOLS

Our start-up Participant schools have seen an average +32% increase in
student achievement in their first year of operation.