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= **What aspects of the FUEL Academy do you find intriguing and exciting?** = = =

Team #1: 1. The fact that it is a minority based program. 2. Connection found between students, families and leaders being minority. 3. Development of further leadership beyond basic administrative courses. 4. Networking to further develop with collegues with the same background. 5. Blind model of figuring out what is best for kids in a charter setting and collaborate with others. to use best practices a nd vice versa. 6. Choice schools challenging inquities. 7. Bringing in a group of people who want to work to develop high achieving teaching. 8. Developing role models.

Team # 2: A. The end goal of developing the pipeline, both the curriculum and the graduating the fellows and seeing where they end up. B. It's exciting to have the students have more role models that they can identify with. C. Providing an opportunity to those who may not have had the opportunity or place at the table. D. Having a high bar and a vision of excellence. E. Intriguing to think about how to support this program and see it grow. F. How do whites feel about this type of program. How will it be perceived and received? G. Having other growth opportunities in the sector. Especially in this time of economic hard times, where younger people in the sector may be pushed out due to finiacial problems. H. Systemic issue that addresses this idea of institutionalized racism. For instance, charters seek out people for their boards that have power and money to help the school. But in doing that, they are left with a small pool of people since most people that fit that are white, maybe male, and from priveldge. I. 300 people in 5 years is extremely aggressive. I find it intriguing that Partners could pull this off. J. Intriguing how you can support this initiative from an infrastructure standpoint. How do you sustain this with the right tools. K. Teaching about how to drive INSTRUCTIONAL improvement. At the heart of good schools is good teaching.

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