Omaha Bilingual Leaders Preparation Program

Overview

The Omaha Bilingual Leaders Preparation Program is an innovative and unique leadership development program designed for aspiring, bilingual school leaders who seek to develop critical leadership skills needed to support the multilingual students and families in the Omaha area. We are seeking bilingual mentors to help support these aspiring leaders in their year-long journey through the program! This unique experience will have mentors joining virtually from all over the country to support their Omaha mentees to create a community of sitting bilingual leaders.

Requirements for Mentors:

current, or within the past 2 years, bilingual Principal, or Principal Supervisor, of a school that supports multi-lingual populations
proficient in (at least) English and Spanish
provide 2 reference letters: one from your current supervisor (or most recent supervisor, if retired), and one from someone who can speak to your mentoring experiences

Details for Mentors

Training Workshops: Mentors will be provided 3, 2-hour mentor training workshops over the 2022 summer, as well as periodic check-ins across the school year to level-set with their fellows Mentors
Check-ins: Mentors will establish and facilitate twice a month, 60-minute long check-ins with their mentees around their job-embedded learning and interactive year-long project centered around day-to-day leadership in a diverse, urban, multilingual district

Candidates of BLPP will engage in a 8-day summer intensive in July, as well as monthly, day-long in-person sessions. Mentors are not required to attend these sessions.

Benefits of Participation

Engaging in mentor training at the beginning of the year with The Leadership Academy
Creating a country-wide network of bilingual leaders to connect with
$2500 stipend per mentee (dependent on cohort size)

Next Steps and Commitments

If you have any questions, reach out to Kanyon Chism at kanyon.chism@ops.com.