My Schools Newark Enrollment Fellowship

Announcing the My Schools Newark Enrollment Fellowship!

Newark has nearly 200 schools and multiple systems for enrollment. My Schools Newark aims to help families learn about all of their options and choose the schools that best fit their needs.

We are seeking community-minded members who are interested in serving Newark families in the process of finding and enrolling in schools that work best for their children. 

Learn more below and/or apply today at this application link

The My Schools Newark Enrollment Fellowship will: 

  • Train Fellows in how to get the most out of the explorer tool on the My Schools Newark website
  • Lead participants in a deep focus group to contribute to the upgrades of My Schools Newark’s website so that it is providing the valuable information that families need
  • Show Fellows how to help families apply through the two main public school enrollment systems: Newark Enrolls (all of the district schools and 1 charter) and Newark Common App (most of the charter schools)
  • Create space for like-minded community servants to discuss important Newark school topics, including crossing guard shortages, pre-k enrollment, after school options, learning to read strategies, parent advocacy, etc.

If selected for the Newark Enrollment Fellowship, participants will join one of three six-week cohorts and receive a $1,500 stipend for full participation. Each cohort includes five virtual training sessions held on Wednesdays and one final in-person session held on a Saturday.

 

Cohort Virtual Wednesday sessions Final in-person Saturday
Cohort 1 Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28 and Nov. 4 Nov. 7, 2026
Cohort 2 Nov. 18; Dec. 2, 9, 16; and Jan. 6 Jan. 9, 2027
Cohort 3 Jan. 20 and 27; Feb. 3, 10 and 17 Feb. 20, 2027

 

Full attendance and participation in all virtual and in-person sessions are required to receive the stipend.

Ideal candidates have some or all of these qualities:

  • Already works with students, families or schools either as a full time or part time employee or through volunteer work with an organization that works with families and children (parent liaisons, family advocates, PTO/parent organization members, intake coordinators, community engagement personnel, etc.)
  • Are tech savvy and/or are bilingual, particularly in Spanish, Portuguese or Haitian Creole
  • Care about collecting information about parent challenges to enrollment and helping them solve those issues
  • Understand that families make choices on schools for a wide variety of reasons and as advocates and family educators, we respect, celebrate and support any of the choices they make without judgment
  • Lives or works in Newark, or both

Application process: 

  • Complete and submit the online application.
  • Answer all questions included in the application.
  • Applicants will be notified of the final decision before their cohort begins.

Fellowship Cohorts end February 2027 The work of My Schools Newark is funded by the New Jersey Children’s Foundation, a non-profit organization in Newark whose mission is  to provide parents with centralized information about every school in Newark.