Cultivating Entrepreneurship: Improving Accelerator & Incubator Learning

• Examine the key advancements and trends in education for entrepreneurship and accelerator/incubator networks.
• Explore opportunities and challenges of education strategies (work-integrated learning, cooperative education), partnership development approaches and accelerator/incubator services.
• Discuss and examine a range of practices and approaches for education entrepreneurship strategic plan design, and strategic plan implementation for your organizational/unit entrepreneurship education goals, objectives, and commitments.
• Investigate and determine your education entrepreneurship improvement plan for advancing your incubator/accelerator commitment and learning performance outcomes.
• Explore creative and innovative approaches to sourcing opportunities and improving professional learning experiences within entrepreneurship education incubators and accelerators.
• Identify, define, and reflect on project challenges and how to mitigate them.
• Establish a network of connections to other experts within the education entrepreneurship community.
• Enhance and demonstrate Educational Leadership skills.

The OISE Professional Learning Fellowship is open to mid-career to seasoned Education Specialists and Leaders from post-secondary education institutions and community networks (e.g., Municipalities) who are interested in and/or accountable for improving entrepreneurship education experiences and outcomes of their network, team, and/or accelerator/incubator.  

A minimum of five years of progressive work experience demonstrating growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility is expected. 

Applicants should be individuals or teams who have interest in pursuing an in-depth, self-directed inquiry.