Fellow Spotlight:  Shy-Quon Ely II & Brooke Beavers

Shy-Quon Ely II & Brooke Beavers were selected for The Mind Trust’s Innovation School Fellowship in July 2016.  As such, the two are spending a year designing and launching Ignite Achievement Academy, a new Innovation Network School in IPS set to open in Fall 2017.

Ignite will be an elementary school that propels scholars academically through an accelerated curriculum that focuses on neuro-scientific instruction and learning, staff and community collaboration, as well as a holistic emphasis that incorporates physical, nutritional and mental wellness.

Shy and Brooke bring to the fellowship their experience launching and leading Tindley Summit Academy, a successful Indianapolis charter school that has produced exceptional results for its students.  In 2015, it was the second highest performing elementary school among Mayor-sponsored charter schools on the state reading exam with a pass rate of 88%.  Even with a new, more rigorous state standardized test, the school surpassed the state average for English proficiency and outperformed other schools with similar student populations.

Click here for more information on Shy & Brooke and their new school. 

TMT partners with national education school to help Indy principals excel

The Mind Trust is partnering with the Relay Graduate School of Education, a nationally recognized, nonprofit graduate school of education, to sponsor an instructional leadership program for Indianapolis principals to help them excel as educators and school leaders.

Through this partnership, The Mind Trust will sponsor and fund school leaders to enroll in Relay’s National Principals Academy Fellowship, an intensive, one-year program focused on instructional school leadership.
 

The Mind Trust will sponsor and fund up to 12 participants per year for three years, beginning in Summer 2017.  To apply for the program, participants must hold full-time leadership positions with a school or school system.  The final application deadline is January 31, 2017, and final participants will be announced by the end of March 2017.  

Click here for a recent article about our new partnership.