Join this summer’s Freedom Schools Literacy Academy by becoming a Servant Leader Apprentice.
Through participation in FSLA, you will be eligible to apply for our Black Teacher Pipeline Fellowship.
WANT TO HONE YOUR TEACHING SKILLS WITH EDUCATOR-ACTIVISTS?
SERVANT LEADER APPRENTICE
ROLE AND QUALIFICATIONS
We are seeking highly-motivated self-starters who are interested in developing professionally as future teachers and receptive to feedback. As an SLA, you will be responsible for leading a classroom of up to 10 scholars.
You will receive professional development, training, cycles of feedback, and individualized coaching, equipping you with 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 (for in-person FSLA).
Ideal applicants are college-aged individuals committed to racial justice, educational equity and Black excellence in teaching and learning.
This position is fulfilled remotely for virtual FSLA or in-person for Philadelphia-based FSLA.
Applications for Summer 2025 will open soon. Stay tuned!
Noel Baynes
Servant Leader Apprentice 2021
Noel Baynes
Servant Leader Apprentice 2021
I learned the importance of leading by example and teaching with justice.
A lot of times the system causes our sisters and brothers to be forlorn and out of pocket, but that’s not their fault. If you give them the tools, they will rise to the challenge. They want to succeed.
Tarik Timothy
Servant Leader Apprentice 2021
Tarik Timothy
Servant Leader Apprentice 2021
I want to be what I had growing up as an educator, so I want to instill that sense of pride and expansive knowledge.
Trent Petty
Servant Leader Apprentice 2021
Trent Petty
Servant Leader Apprentice 2021
I want to see more Black teachers!
My ultimate vision is to have more Black educators in cities that may not be predominantly Black.
I think it is important for Black youth to pursue a career in the education industry because I see it as an investment for the future of our people.
Feven Shonga
Servant Leader Apprentice 2022
Feven Shonga
Servant Leader Apprentice 2022
Working with the Center for Black Educator Development pushed me to expand my views on literacy and inspired me to take a course on literacy when I returned to school.
Overall, being an SLA has increased my passion about the education of Black children and pushes me to do well in my own life in order to contribute to the well-being of my community.
Christian Sabree
Servant Leader Apprentice 2021
Christian Sabree
Servant Leader Apprentice 2021
I see Freedom Schools Literacy Academy as an opportunity that is a door that leads to a corridor of more doors.