Job Title: Education Entrepreneur Fellowship
Organization: The Mind Trust
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Salary: $90,000 per year, plus $10,000 in funds for travel and professional
development
FT Regular
 
Job Description:
The Mind Trusts Education Entrepreneur Fellowship is a nationally unique
incubator for transformative education ventures. The Fellowship offers
promising education entrepreneurs the opportunity to develop and launch
their break-the-mold education ventures and the support necessary for
success. Fellows receive two years of salary, benefits, coaching, customized
training, a travel budget and more. With this support, fellows will be able
to realize their visions and achieve extraordinary results for some of the
nations most underserved students.
 
Fellowship ventures target underserved or disadvantaged populations with
solutions that attack the root problems in the delivery of public education.
The Fellowship is for people who envision entirely new approaches to the
challenges of public education, and possess the relentless drive necessary
to exploit opportunities to fulfill their visions. Fellows join a growing
network of education entrepreneurs dedicated to forging dramatic change in
public education.
 
The Mind Trust plans to select three highly capable people to join the
second cohort of fellows. It is expected that the second cohort of fellows
will be selected in early December 2008. Each fellow works with The Mind
Trust staff to establish an appropriate start date.
 
Fellows are full-time employees of The Mind Trust throughout the Fellowship.
Fellows receive a $90,000 annual salary during the Fellowship and a full
benefits package that includes medical, dental, and retirement benefits. In
addition, fellows receive stipends of $5,000 per year ($10,000 over two
years) for travel and $5,000 per year ($10,000 over two years) for
professional development. The Fellowship is a full-time responsibility;
fellows should not have additional employment, consulting contracts, or
other professional responsibilities. Fellows may live anywhere in the United
States during the Fellowship, but will be required to participate in
meetings with their cohort of fellows in Indianapolis at least quarterly. In
addition, Fellows must include Indianapolis as part of their initial growth
plans.
 
About The Mind Trust
 
The Mind Trust is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to dramatically
improve public education for underserved students by empowering education
entrepreneurs to develop or expand transformative education initiatives. To
achieve its mission, The Mind Trust has two principal strategies: (1) a
nationally unique Education Entrepreneur Fellowship that serves as an
incubator for transformative education ventures; and (2) a Venture Fund to
recruit to Indianapolis the nations most successful entrepreneurial
education initiatives.
 
How to Apply:
The Mind Trust is now accepting Statements of Intent online through
September 5, 2008. Select applicants will be invited to submit Full
Applications. Full applications are due on October 17, 2008. Statements of
Intent and Full Applications are accepted only via The Mind Trusts online
application form. Visit www.themindtrust.org for the application form and
more information on the Education Entrepreneur Fellowship. Fellowships for
the second cohort will be awarded by December 1, 2008.
Organization Web Site: www.themindtrust.org/
 
Email replies to: fellowship@themindtrust.org