Bring the Fellowship to Your School System

Expand and diversify your system’s principal pipeline by sponsoring your teachers to join our principal certification program. The Fellowship equips full-time teachers with the skills and practices they need to become highly effective school principals in 40+ states and in as little as 11 months.

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Develop Leaders Who Remove Barriers to Student Success

Designed in partnership with two preeminent minority-serving institutions, Clark Atlanta University and Morehouse College, the Fellowship is uniquely designed with leaders of color, for teachers of color.

The Fellowship combines New Leaders 20+ years of proven, effective principal preparation expertise with equity-focused scholarship from our accredited university partners.

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Build Your Bench of Leaders Who Are Principal-Ready

Fellows exercise leadership before stepping into the principal role with unique features like personalized coaching throughout the principal residency. We partner districts to prepare effective principals while also:
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Retaining Teachers

with a cost-effective option for career advancement
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Improving Learning Outcomes

and removing barriers to student success
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Advancing School Cultures

that promote equity, inclusion, and excellence
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Reducing Recruitment Costs

by building the capacity of your existing staff
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Your Roadmap to Partnership

The Fellowship meets the educational requirements for licensure in 40+ states.
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Schedule a needs assessment with our partnerships team
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Identify the number of aspiring principals you’d like to enroll
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Leverage New Leaders resources to recruit interested teachers
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Receive regular updates on applicant progress and admissions activities
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Hear What Our Fellows Are Saying

Results You Can Count On

New Leaders has the most effective approach to principal development in the country. Multiple independent evaluations have proven that in schools led by a New Leaders principal:

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Students perform better in reading and math
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Students have better attendance rates
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Students gain additional months of learning
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Principals themselves stay longer in their roles
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Our Fellowship Creates Impact By Design

100%
of Participants
feel the Fellowship increased their ability to support the improvement of academic outcomes for students
95%
of Participants
would recommend the Fellowship to others
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Michelle Means
Fellowship Alum, '23
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