The NISN School Design Fellowship seeks to co-develop pre-K–12 Indigenous schools over a three-year paid fellowship program. The schools are developed with Independent and Charter School frameworks in mind.
Fellows receive guidance, best practices, and mentorship from NISN staff to:
Develop community schools anchored in the four big ideas (Community-led, Academics, Holistic Wellness, Cultural Identity development);
Receive successful authorization;
Are ready to operationalize their community-led mission and vision and;
Prepared to implement their own Mission Driven Story Cycle;
A salary of $85,000 with benefits paid for by NISN for the length of participation in the three-year fellowship program.
Who is eligible?
Communities ready to establish community-led, public charter/independent school or convert their existing school from BIE to a tribally controlled school.
Learn more about what to include in your letter of interest:
CURRENT FELLOWS
Ramey Growing Thunder, Ph.D.
Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, Diné
Craig Merrick
Dakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne Tribe
SCHOOL DESIGN ALUMNI
Boyna Bear, 2016
Kayla Begay, 2013
Terri Bissonette, 2018
Lucía Verónica Carmona, 2016
Tracey Cordero, 2015
Cesar Cruz, 2019
Mike Dabrieo, 2014
Tiarra Little, 2018
Kimimila Locke, 2018
Ventura Lovato, 2016
Joey Martin, 2015
Marie Sweet Martinez, 2016
Blanca Adrianna Ontiveros, 2018
Zane Rosette, 2015
Alayna Eagle Shield, 2018
Erin Shije, 2018
Leroy "Buster" Silva, 2010
Valerie Siow, 2010
Gavin Sosa, 2009
Brett Stidham, 2016
Gwen Torivio, 2015
Lane Towery, 2014
