Harvard Strategic Data Project

?? Meet Hetal Thukral! Next up in our series profiling the members of the 2023-2025 SDP Alumni Advisory Board is #SDPfellow Cohort 4 Alumna, Hetal Thukral. As a fellow, Hetal was placed at the Howard County Public School System in Maryland. Currently, Hetal is the Division Lead of Evidence & Learning at the Center for Education at USAID. Read our Q+A with Hetal and stay tuned as we finish highlighting our outstanding Alumni Advisory Board members in the coming weeks: https://ow.ly/wYNq50TJ6h6

With generous support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, SDP will partner with the EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, NEW YORK STATE to answer the most pressing questions about New York's educator workforce, assessing how educator preparation programs are serving the state and diagnosing patterns of inequity by geography and student characteristics. Read the press release: https://lnkd.in/ejqGRkK3

Announcing our next informational webinar for prospective SDP Fellowship candidates on Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at 12:00PM ET. Join #SDPfellow Kristin Calderone and #SDPfellow alumna Abigail Todhunter-Reid to learn more about their fellowship highlights, capstone projects, and career pathways. Register here in advance: https://ow.ly/RrtY50Tzxv1 All registrants will receive a recording of the webinar.

This spring, more than 300 education data leaders will join us in Boston for #SDPconvening. Become an SDP Convening sponsor and join us as we explore what comes next for data in education. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dmN_BPbH

Are you looking to build a meaningful career at the intersection of research, policy, and practice? Are you looking to strengthen your analytic and leadership skills? "The SDP Fellowship is the most practical post-doc program for education data professionals... this experience has been truly transformative, not only for my data skills, but also for my leadership abilities" - Ruirui Sun, #SDPfellow Cohort 14 Alumna, Associate in Metrics and Data Analytics, The State University of New York The Strategic Data Project (SDP) Fellowship at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University enables you to: ? Advance your career while addressing high-impact analytic projects in the education sector ? Boost your leadership and technical skills with professional development and mentorship ? Connect with a dynamic community of 600+ education data leaders across the globe If you're ready to make an impact and advance your career, learn more about becoming an #SDPfellow and apply before the Round I application deadline on November 4th: https://ow.ly/vzQb50TzynT

Last week, our SDP-CTE Cohort 3 Fellows attended the ECMC Foundation Leadership Collaborative Convening in Chicago. The SDP-CTE Fellowship supports postsecondary institutions with career and technical training programs in using data to uncover insights to help CTE students to thrive in college, in the workforce, and in life. ?? If your education agency is looking to strengthen its analytic capacity and produce actionable insights, learn more about the benefits of partnering with the Strategic Data Project: https://ow.ly/vxBz50TAg6l

?? Build your career and expand your professional network by becoming a Strategic Data Project Fellow at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University "Every role I've gotten for the last 5 years has been a direct result of the people I met through SDP" - Elise Lenthe, SDP Fellow Cohort 11 Alumna (Atlanta Public Schools), Program Director at The Center for Outcomes Based Contracting at SEF & Principal Consultant at Lenthe Strategic Data Services. ?? Apply for Cohort 17 today and take your career to the next level with the support of a powerful community of 600+ education data leaders: https://ow.ly/hHhw50TzwLp

Applications are NOW OPEN for Cohort 17 (Fall 2025 - Summer 2027) of the Strategic Data Project Fellowship at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University. ? The SDP Fellowship is a unique opportunity, combining full-time employment as an education data analyst/data strategist at an SDP-approved partner organization (a school district, state education agency, postsecondary system, non-profit, etc.) and two years of intensive in-person and virtual professional development, training, and mentorship to build your toolkit as an education data leader. ?? Take the next step in your analytic career, use your data skills for good, and join a powerful community of 600+ forward-thinking education data advocates and leaders. ??? Apply now before the Round I application deadline at 9:00am ET on November 4th: https://ow.ly/Mnv850TreHM ?? Learn more by visiting our website or registering for an upcoming informational webinar: https://ow.ly/wVrM50TreJp

If you work with longitudinal data in education, don’t miss your chance to register for our fall #SDPinstitute workshop, Pathways to and Through College! Learn more about eligibility and cost: https://lnkd.in/edRyhMB5

When I applied to join the Harvard Strategic Data Project fellowship, one of the reasons I gave in my application was the desire to build my network. Even so, I didn’t realize how transformative it would be for my career. Every role I’ve gotten for the last 5 years has been a direct result of the people I met through SDP, and I’m confident that I wouldn’t currently have the job I love at The Center for Outcomes Based Contracting at SEF without the fellowship. Grateful for a full-circle moment!