Judges Responsibilities

Overview

The Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA) by InnovateEDU is excited to launch our 2022 New Champions Fund opportunity.

The purpose of this sub-grant is to elevate the work and profile of not-yet-recognized leaders doing exceptional work who may struggle to be recognized in traditional national fundraising and communication efforts.

With this sub-grant, we are looking to identify and fund a “New Champion” in education. To us, this means we are looking for someone who is a:

• leader(s) of community based organizations (CBOs), schools and districts, non-profits, or for profit organizations (under $2 million in annual revenue);
• leader(s) of color or allies of the equity in education movement;
• actively working to support students with disabilities, including students who are marginalized or come from underserved communities and those experiencing poverty.

Applicants that meet the required criteria will fill out the 2022 EALA New Champions Fund Request For Proposals.

Applications will be first vetted by the EALA review team and then reviewed by the diverse group of New Champions Fund Judges (link) using this EALA New Champions Application Rubric.

Selected New Champions Judges Responsibilities

Promoting the Opportunity: We believe that outreach for this award is critical. We ask that Judges promote the opportunity within their networks, post on social media and actively promote the opportunity.

New Champions Social Media Kit

Time Expectations: Judges are anticipated to spend approximately 4 hours judging (maximum of 8 applications to review) and attend a 1 hour virtual summit meeting to discuss findings. Each application will be judged by 2-3 judges and each judge will review 8 applications.

Ethics Expectations: Judges are expected to judge, using the rubric, with the following principles:

• Confidentiality: Judges are expected to keep ideas and information within the application confidential throughout the judging process. EALA through InnovateEDU will take full responsibility for announcing the chosen applicant.
• Objectivity: Judges are expected to examine and recognize any of their own biases that may be present in evaluating others’ work, and agree to review applicants on the same scale within the provided rubric. Judges agree to review each applicant with the same degree of thoughtfulness and consideration to maintain a high level of objectivity across applications.
• Open-Mindedness: Judges are expected to stay open minded and first look for the strengths of each applicant before judging the weaknesses. Judges are asked to remember that this is a grant for mentorship so EALA is looking for applicants excited or willing to grow their skills and strategy.
• Conflict of Interest: If a Judges encounter an applicant whose work they recognize as someone they have active partnership with, have funded or are funding or that they personally know, they must reach out to the EALA team so the application can be reassigned to be reviewed by another judge. Each judge will be asked to declare any conflicts in early June.