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The Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP) is a professional development program that provides potential leaders with the knowledge and networks to advance the core issues of education policy. It is an initiative of the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education and is co-sponsored by the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University and the Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach at the University of Georgia. Applications are now being accepted! Download the form here and fax it to us no later than June 30. What Are the Personal Benefits? How Will This Benefit Georgia? How Will the Fellows Be Recruited?  The EPFP is a national program, although an organization within each participating state has local autonomy. By bringing EPFP to the state, the Georgia Partnership along with co-sponsors - the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University and the Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach at the University of Georgia - will connect potential educational leaders with one another to build the capacity for our state to raise the bar for student achievement. Within the state of Georgia, well-educated professionals continually enter into arenas that impact public education. Within the legislature, school boards, school districts, businesses, social service agencies, educational organizations, and non-profit organizations are talented individuals who have a unique opportunity to influence education policy at the local and state levels. To maximize this impact, these individuals need adequate knowledge and training about both the issues and the policies -- federal, state and local -- that impact a student’s learning. The program seeks to address the need for an education leadership development program in the state to provide potential leaders with the knowledge and networks to advance the core issues of education policy. It will serve as a critical resource for individuals, organizations and the state to increase the knowledge about education policy and linkages between policy and practice. Ultimately EPEP seeks to improve the chances of children and youth to succeed.  The participants in the program, the Fellows, will be chosen through a rigorous selection process to ensure a cohort of broad-based, multi-cultural leadership. Plans now call for classes of 12 – 20 Fellows each year starting with the inaugural class later this year. A cohort would include representatives from organizations such as:
 The Fellows will commit nine months and concentrate on three program strands: public policy, leadership, and professional networking. They will remain in their full-time positions and use their work environment as the context for examining important leadership and policy issues in Georgia.  The program will provide Fellows with a unique personal development laboratory for applying new insights and for cultivating new skills. The participants will hear and discuss education policy with the most respected policy makers in the state and nation. At the end of a year, EPFP Fellows will be better informed, more skillful advocates for sound public policy. Fellows are given the opportunity to:
 With the implementation of the EPFP, the Georgia Partnership, the Andrew Young School of Public Policy, and the Office of the President for Public Service and Outreach at the University of Georgia will cultivate strategic leaders who have the capacity to advocate for and create sound public policy to improve public education. Ultimately, EPFP seeks to improve the chances of children and youth to succeed.  Applications are now being distributed. Deadline is June 30. The application is also available for downloading on this web site. 
 GEORGIA EDUCATION POLICY FELLOPWSHIP PROGRAM Calendar of Events Welcome Reception Opening
Colloquium #1
National Leadership Forum Colloquium #2 Colloquium #3 Colloquium #4 National Policy Seminar Colloquium #5 Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Public Policy Creation and Implementation in Georgia
Colloquium #6 Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Following the Money Stream: P-16 Funding Issues:
Colloquium #7 Wednesday, June 3, 2009 Forward Thinking: What Can We Do and How?
Graduation Ceremony Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Time: TBA  Ms. Kelley Dean, Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education, GA EPFP Coordinator kdean(at)gpee.org or 404.223.2280 |
NEW! - Education Policy Fellowship Program Annual Bus Trip Across Georgia
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