Parent Organizing Fellowship · Cohort 2

Apply for the Parent Organizing Fellowship

Application closes on Friday, September 18, 2026.

The Parent Organizing Fellowship supports the development of parent leadership in public schools across Missouri. We are looking for 10–15 parent leaders to join our 4-month paid, part-time fellowship. The goal is to seed stronger parent organizing across the state to protect the rights of every child — no matter their race, background, mental or physical abilities, or zipcode — to an amazing and fully funded public education.

Fellows build their own base of support at their school, including a core leadership team, and organize other caregivers into localized action and events in their communities. Read the full fellowship overview here.

Cohort 2 runs Sept 29, 2026 – Jan 26, 2027

Contact info

First name

Last name

Phone

Street address

City

ZIP

Website

About your public school connections

School(s)

School district

Current role or engagement Do you have any current role or engagement with your school(s) or district? Tell us about that. Your kids Tell us about your kids. How old are they? What is their school experience like?

About organizing others

Talking to strangers Organizing others requires talking to strangers, doing outreach, and engaging fellow parents from your school community. What excites you about that? What scares you about that? Leadership What does leadership mean to you? Why organize Why do you want to organize other parents to be leaders? Hope What gives you hope about what can be possible through organizing? Drop off / pick up Outreach often needs to happen during school drop off or pick up. Are you able to be present at drop off/pick up times at least once a week?

Yes No

About what you want to build

Team type Do you plan to build a school-based or district-based team through this fellowship?

School-based District-based Not sure yet

Why? Magic wand What do you want to see changed about public schools in Missouri? If you had a magic wand to change something, what would it be?

Core leadership team size (optional) Parents from your school/district building and organizing with you — they help recruit others and plan strategy. Totally OK if the answer is zero; it just helps us track growth.

Supporter base size (optional) The number of people you can bring out to an event about public schools. Zero is a fine answer here too.

Final questions

Your questions What questions do you have for us about the organizing fellowship? How did you hear about the fellowship?

Key dates + expectations

Can you commit to each of the following? If an answer is no, tell us more — a no is not automatically disqualifying.

Application received.

Thank you for applying to the Parent Organizing Fellowship. The team reads every application and will be in touch soon about next steps.