Servant Leader Apprentice

Position Title: Servant Leader Apprentice (SLA), Seasonal

Reports To: Servant Leader Apprentice (SLA) Coach

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Rate: $20.00/hr

About The Center for Black Educator Development

The Center for Black Educator Development exists to (re)build a national Black Teacher Pipeline to achieve educational and racial justice by ensuring there is equity in the recruiting, training, hiring, and retention of quality educators that reflect the cultural background and share common socio-political interests of the students they serve. Launched in June 2019, the Center for Black Educator Development is revolutionizing education by dramatically increasing the number of Black educators so that low-income Black and other disenfranchised students can reap the full benefits of a quality public education. Learn about our key strategies to build a national Black Teacher Pipeline by visiting our website at www.thecenterblacked.org.

About the Position

As one of the Teaching Pathway programs that CBED offers, Freedom Schools Literacy Academy (FSLA) is a 5-week summer apprenticeship program that prepares high-school and college-aged aspiring educators by way of providing literacy intervention to elementary school scholars. Reporting to the SLA Coach, Servant Leader Apprentices lead their classroom of up to 10 scholars with the support of Junior Servant Leaders, high school apprentices. SLAs will receive professional development, training, cycles of feedback, and individualized coaching, equipping them with the black pedagogical understandings and instructional skills. SLAs develop lesson plans aligned to the curriculum, analyze data to drive scholar outcomes, co-lead social action projects with scholars, and support Junior Servant Leaders in their professional development. Through participation in FSLA, it is our aim that college students will emerge committed to entering the field of education upon graduation.

This is an in-person seasonal position from Wednesday, June 18th, 2025 to Friday, August 1st, 2025. This includes 1.5 weeks of training and 5 weeks of programming. SLAs are required to work Monday through Friday, from 7:45am-3:45pm.

Responsibilities

Be the Instructional Leader in a classroom

• Create thoughtful lesson plans, aligned to the provided curriculum

• Internalize lesson plans and provide high-quality instruction

• Analyze learning outcomes and data on a daily basis

• Implement best practices for classroom management

• Support the intellectual, emotional, and social development of scholars

Develop professionally

• Actively participate in weekly coaching and professional development sessions

• Be receptive and implement feedback

• Take ownership for personal development and growth

Assume responsibility for administrative elements and scholar supervision

• Supervise snack time

• Take attendance and support strategies towards attendance outcomes

• Communicate regularly with families

• Complete instructional deliverables, surveys, and forms in a timely manner

• Adhere to CBED’s FSLA policies and procedures with fidelity

Coach JSL high school students

• Model professionalism for JSLs

• Provide direction to JSLs on implementing instruction

• Practice lessons with JSLs and support their instructional development

Skills & Qualifications

• You are interested in being a teacher and/or working with younger children in some

capacity.

• You are interested in mentoring high school students.

• You are open to learning how to give, implement, and receive feedback. You engage in constant reflection of your work–not just want you do but how you do it as well.

• You are a self-starter and able to work in areas of gray in a fast-paced, start-up organization.

• You are a results-oriented individual, a flexible thinker willing to do “whatever it takes.”

• You believe in FSLA’s mission and instructional model and have a ferocious desire to provide our students with a world-class education.

• You have a deep commitment to The Center’s mission, vision, and core values.

Education Preference

• College enrollment strongly preferred but not required