Servant Leader Apprentice Coach

Position Title: Servant Leader Apprentice (SLA) Coach (Seasonal)

Location: (In-Person) Philadelphia, SE Michigan, Camden, NJ

Reports to: Regional Manager

Pay Rate: $35/hr

About CBED

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

During the summer, CBED conducts a seven-week apprenticeship program for aspiring high school and college-aged educators called the Freedom School Literacy Academy (FSLA).  The goal of FSLA is to affirm low-income Black students by substantially increasing the number of Black teachers working with Black students, with a specific focus on social justice.

The Servant Leader Apprentice (SLA) Coach will be responsible for supporting the development of a high quality, academic-centered summer enrichment experience for Servant Leader Apprentices, scholars, and their parents. Servant Leader Apprentices (SLAs) attend weekly professional development sessions, receiving feedback and coaching in an effort to nurture an ecosystem of support and accountability. The Center commits to equipping future educators with pedagogical understandings and tools that extend beyond the traditionally euro-centric models currently prevalent in the field of education. By doing so, the Center hopes that our SLAs will emerge from their apprenticeship committed to entering the field of education upon graduation.  The Servant Leader Apprentice Coach will also be part of the onsite leadership and support the day-to-day logistics of the site.

This is an in-person, seasonal position from April to August 2023. Participants are asked to be available on a limited basis from April to mid-June for training, recruitment and hiring support.  From June to August participants will be required to work 5 days a week.

For In-Person and Virtual LeadershipTraining

• In-Person All Leadership Training in Philadelphia

• Location: Philadelphia

• Date: Thursday, April 27th- Sunday, April 30th

• 3 Additional Virtual Leadership Training Sessions:

• Session 1: Wednesday, May 10th, or Saturday, May 13th

• Session 2: Wednesday, May 17th, or Saturday, May 20th

• Session 3: Wednesday, May 31st, or Saturday, June 3rd

*Travel expenses will be paid/reimbursed for all leadership personnel outside of the Philadelphia Region

For Program Dates in your Regions:

• Philadelphia

• • Tuesday, June 20th- Monday, August 7th

• Camden

• • Tuesday, June 20th- Monday, August 7th

• Detroit and SE Michigan

• • Wednesday, June 21st- Monday, August 7th
• • *Must also be available on Saturday, June 25th

Responsibilities include:

Management & Coaching

• Work with the Center’s Regional Manager to plan and facilitate compelling and practical professional development workshops for SLAs
• Demonstrate a passion for supervising the growth of college-enrolled educators and high school students
• Use the Center’s curriculum and instruction model to observe instruction, providing coaching, mentoring, and feedback
• Provide leadership growth opportunities for SLAs, helping to enhance their instructional and behavioral management skills
• Provide onsite supervision to SLAs on weekdays from the hours of 8:00am-4:00pm.
• Observe SLA performance, visiting classrooms regularly to support instruction and literacy activities
• Attend weekly Mbongi/Think Tanks with SLAs
• Limited administrative task to support the supervision of SLAs (ex. timesheet review and submission)

Program Implementation

• Collaborate with the Regional Manager and Site Lead to make strategic decisions and track progress towards SLA goals and scholar goals
• Develop strategies to tackle programmatic challenges and create plans to implement them
• Incorporate learning goals to create positive academic experiences for elementary Scholars.
• Build sustainable relationships with Onsite Leadership Team (Site Lead and Junior Servant Leader Coach), SLAs, and school-based liaisons, communicating updates as needed
• Provide support to scholars experiencing academic or behavioral difficulties
• Order supplies and develop an inventory of learning materials

Data Collection & Analysis

• Collaborate with On-Site Leadership Team and Regional Manager to coordinate program logistics
  • Meet with Site Lead to review scholar attendance
  • Assess student data, using program benchmarks to achieve desired results.
  • Create high-quality, data-driven reports
• Collaborate with Regional Manager and Site Lead to develop and implement a tutoring program improvement process (goal setting, action plans, and assessment).

Requirements, background, and experience expectations:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field (Education, English, History, Literacy preferred but not required) with at three (3) years teaching experience and at least one (1) year in teacher coaching capacity
• Prior experience teaching or tutoring. Experience with elementary school students (K-4) preferred
• Ability to motivate others, demonstrating patience and follow through when working with colleagues.
• Interest in and ability to work as a part of an intergenerational and multicultural team
• Ability to operate Zoom, manage Google Sheets and work with online data tracking systems
• Interest in helping elementary school students achieve their personal learning goals
• A deep commitment to The Center’s mission, vision, and core values

Other work requirements:

• Must be able to work program dates listed above
• Must be able to attend program training dates listed above
• Must be able to work in-person during program operating hours of Monday - Friday from 7:45 am-4:00 pm each day
• Must be able to travel as needed
• Must be able to operate technical equipment such as projectors and smartboard