6.+Critical+Components


 * What content and ideas are critical to the success of FUEL Academy/Fellows? **

Team #1: 1. Alignment between the developer and developee. Alignment with what is being offered and its relevancy to mentee's current position. 2. Building a cohort of people to depend on and be able to network. 3. Clarity around who and how to tailor the content. Possiblity of tiers or different pathways for different current positions. 4. Ensuring coaching development of the mentor. 5. Clear idea around performance matrix that can lead to the content that is actually taught. (Backwards mapping)

Team #2:


 * 1) Quality Curriculum
 * 2) Defining the competencies
 * 3) Defining the end goal
 * 4) Marketing strategy and outreach strategy
 * 5) Screening process
 * 6) Process for being data driven, what does that mean, and what does it look like
 * 7) Having an open mind about the candidates, don’t cast someone off because they don’t have a traditional educational background
 * 8) Being able to make mid-course adjustments in the curriculum if needed – based on feedback from the participants. Don’t get locked into the curriculum if there is a need to move in a different direction.
 * 9) Don’t scale up too quickly, especially if it sacrifices the quality and the support of the new leaders.
 * 10) Significant conversations about what causes the achievement gap… What are the social/emotional needs within the context of each school. Don’t avoid the actual issues that may be faced by schools. Solutions-driven.
 * 11) Contextualize the experience of each school community. Unlearn what you think you already know and analyze the particular circumstances of each school.
 * 12) Can this group of leaders be so different that they truly change the way children are educated? Perhaps this can be totally new and exciting concepts in education.
 * 13) Benchmarking and data analysis.

Team #3: