Fellowships

Design to EdRupt

“Design to EdRupt was the catalyst that shifted my thinking of leadership and entrepreneurship. I left Explore with greater capacity to fulfill my role as a school leader. I have also developed a stronger drive and tools to launch a program for impact in education. It was truly time well spent!” – Cesserly Rice, Explore Cohort I

Opportunity 180’s Design to EdRupt looks to disrupt the current educational landscape by surfacing and supporting underrepresented PreK-12 future and current education leaders and helping to reimagine the future of learning. During the fellowship, individuals will have the opportunity to explore the idea of designing and launching a new learning environment, such as a school or program.

This fellowship exists in 3 stages:
Explore: This stage will provide fellows with an opportunity to assess and explore their leadership readiness to design and launch a new school or program, develop and pilot a learning environment that is co-created with students and families, and identify multiple pathways (e.g. school or program operating within schools) to launch their idea. Explore involves 15 interactive sessions, one-on-one executive coaching, individualized coaching from our lead team members, and the opportunity to launch your concept at a signature culminating event at the end of the program.

Cultivate: Fellows who are interested in and ready to continue to the Cultivate Stage will continue to “pilot” their ideas and try their hand at launching an idea from scratch, while planning, managing, and executing logistics, operations, and providing team support.

Prepare to Launch

Current educators and/or emerging leaders, in a youth-facing or supporting role.

Explore: January – June
Cultivate: August – December
Prepare to Launch: TBD

  • Attendance and participation in all sessions
  • A $250 tuition fee (Scholarship options available to qualifying applicants)
  • Completion of pre-work for all sessions (usually 1-3 hours)
  • A commitment to accountability norms
  • Confidentiality for conversations that happen during session

To learn more about the program, click here! You can also email ode@opportunity180.org or complete our interest form.

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Surge Academy

Surge Academy is a cohort-based program that unites, elevates, and empowers emerging leaders of color in education so that they, as a coalition, can go on to build movements that influence, innovate, and transform the education space with their own communities.

Surge Academy operates in four other major U.S. cities, with Surge Academy Las Vegas debuting in 2023. Explore this year’s fellows!

  • Las Vegas-based leaders of color roughly between the ages of 28 to 40
  • Bachelor’s degree (minimum)
  • Minimum of six years of work experience
  • Employed in education or youth-serving role (district, charter, public policy, philanthropy or advocacy/non profit) at the initiation of and for the duration of the fellowship
  • Passion for positively impacting the lives of young people and their communities

April – October
The fellowship cohort participates in monthly full-day sessions.

Application Opens: Jan
Application Due: March

https://surgeinstitute.org/las-vegas/

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National Fellowship for Black and Latino Male Educators

The National Fellowship for Black and Latino Male Educators believes that representation matters and seeks to build community and a coalition of Black and Latino leaders in Las Vegas education. This cohort focuses on both the adaptive and technical leadership skills that they will need to change outcomes for our students and community.

Emerging leaders, existing leaders, entrepreneurs, and educators interested in leadership positions

https://www.nfblme.org/

Watch the video featuring the Las Vegas fellows here!

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Transcend’s Great Schools for the Future Fellowship

Transcend is a national nonprofit with a mission to support communities to create and spread extraordinary, equitable learning environments. The Great Schools for the Future fellowship extends the vision that all young people learn in ways that enable them to thrive in and transform the world.

Aspiring school principals or school founders

Participants will deepen their mindsets and build tools to engage the Clark County community to work collaboratively to reimagine school and improve learning experiences for students.

https://transcendeducation.org/what-we-offer/professional-learning/

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Attuned’s Accelerate Leadership Fellowship

Attuned builds the capacity of PK-12 organizations to drive educational equity and excellence for underserved students. Our team of practitioners partners with school systems to prioritize, tailor, and implement a diverse set of proven practices. We blend rigor and empathy, planning and implementation, district and charter expertise, and aspirations of quality and scale.

Aspiring school principals or school founders, including deans, assistant principal, instructional coaches, or strategists looking to sharpen their instructional leadership skills

Participants will deepen their mindsets and build tools to engage the Clark County community to work collaboratively to reimagine school and improve learning experiences for students.

  • You have successfully led students to strong outcomes and have evidence of that
  • Current role lends itself to coaching others and ability to apply cohort learning to their school site
  • Deeply self-reflective, hungry for feedback, and eager to embrace new knowledge and skills
  • Committed to equity and reflecting on their own identity
  • Is able to meet commitments of the program from August 2023-May 2024 (i.e. attend modules & coaching meetings, complete pre-work & deliverables for each module, & has full support of manager or principal)

https://attunedpartners.com/

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UnifiED Explorers

The UnifiED Explorer program prepares leaders of charter, district, and independent schools to deliver an excellent, integrated education in their respective communities. Through this fellowship, fellows are exposed to different school models, cross-sector collaboration and are encouraged to apply their learning with support from individualized learning.

Aspiring school principals or school founders, including deans, assistant principal, instructional coaches, or strategists looking to sharpen their instructional leadership skills

Participants will deepen their mindsets and build tools to engage the Clark County community to work collaboratively to reimagine school and improve learning experiences for students.

  • You have successfully led students to strong outcomes and have evidence of that
  • Current role lends itself to coaching others and ability to apply cohort learning to their school site
  • Deeply self-reflective, hungry for feedback, and eager to embrace new knowledge and skills
  • Committed to equity and reflecting on their own identity
  • Is able to meet commitments of the program from August 2023-May 2024 (i.e. attend modules & coaching meetings, complete pre-work & deliverables for each module, & has full support of manager or principal)

https://diversecharters.org/unified-explorer

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Propel School Launch Fellowship

Propel School Launch fellows incubate in a high performing partner school for one year in preparation to design and launch their own high-quality public charter school. The fellow will also have extensive exposure to leadership roles at their incubation site and the opportunity to observe the school leader’s ability to set a powerful vision for student achievement, motivate others to follow that vision, and execute towards that vision. In this fellowship, the propel fellow will cultivate relationships, learn hands-on how to lead a school through start-up and into a school year, and work with the community.

By participating as a Propel fellow, leaders are matched with supports and experiences designed to help bring their vision to life.

School leaders or aspiring school leaders who have the capacity to incubate at a highly performing school aligned to the leader’s school concept or model

Check out the description here.

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Propel staff in a awards event with opportunity 180