Servant Leader Apprentice

Role

Servant Leader Apprentice (In-Person Afterschool Programming Seasonal)

Reports to

Servant Leader Apprentice (SLA) Coach

Location

Pay Rate:

Memphis TN

$20/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.

Role Description

As the Servant Leader Apprentice (SLA), with up to two Junior Servant Leaders (JSLs), you are leading a classroom of up to 10 Scholars in first, second, or third grade.  You are committed to Black excellence in education.  You are a self-starter who learns from your own areas of strength and growth.  You will work with up to 2 high school students, JSLs, to maximize learning outcomes with Scholars.  In order to accomplish this outcome, you feel a sense of responsibility over student outcomes, follow the Freedom Schools Literacy Academy (FLSA) curriculum, analyze data to understand student outcomes, draft lesson plans aligned to curriculum, attend professional development workshops and rigorously engage in practice.  You are receptive to feedback, in charge of classroom management, support JSLs to implement relevant instructional strategies, model professionalism for JSLs, manage their learning about literacy development and teaching, continuous improvement, and assume leadership in enrichment activities. You will also be responsible for engaging families through meetings, phone calls and email.

This is an in-person, seasonal position from September 2023 - May 2024.. From September to May participants will be required to work 5 days a week from 3 pm - 6 pm specific hours may vary from sites. You will be required to complete paid online  asynchronous training to prepare for the role.

Role Qualifications

We seek educators from diverse backgrounds, with a particular interest in those whose experiences match those of the children we serve in Philadelphia PA, Memphis TN, SE Michigan. As a Servant Leader Apprentice, you will

Be the Instructional Leader in a classroom

• Teach literacy lessons
• Design lesson plans
• Analyze learning outcomes on a daily basis
• Implement best practices for classroom management

Assume responsibility for administrative elements and scholar supervision

• Supervise snack time
• Take attendance and drive toward attendance outcomes
• Communicate regularly with families
• Attend weekly 1:1’s with the Servant Leader Apprentice Coach
• Deeply committed to attending 100 percent of the training on-going professional development and academy dates.

Coach high school students

• Provide direction to JSLs on implementing instruction
• Practice lessons with JSLs

Prior Experience

What will help you to be successful:

• You have an interest in helping high school students to support learning outcomes with children.
• You are interested in mentoring high school students.
• You are interested in being a teacher and/or working with younger children in some capacity.
• You are open to learning how to give, implement, and receive feedback.
• You have a deep commitment to The Center’s mission, vision, and core values.

Skills

• • The ability to work in areas of gray in a fast paced, start-up organization.
  • Resilience in the face of challenges.
  • The ability to engage in courageous conversations.
  • You are committed to growing and learning.
  • You engage in constant reflection on your work—not just what you do but how you do it as well.

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

• Belief in the FSLA’s mission and instructional model.

• A ferocious desire to provide our students with a world class education.

Education

Being a college student is required.

Work Demands

• Occasional weekends and evenings required
• Ability to physically perform the duties and to work in the environmental conditions required such as maneuvering in classrooms
• Typing, making phone calls, grading student work
• Must be able to stand for up to 3 hours
• Must have a laptop and internet access at home