Position Title: Program Assistant, Seasonal

Reports To: Site Lead

Rate: $30.00/hr

Location: Philadelphia, PA

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 Site Lead, the Program Assistant supports the strong implementation and day-to-day operations of FSLA. They assist the site lead and the site-based team in ensuring programming is being operated with fidelity and we are providing an enriching experience to scholars, families, and apprentices. The Program Assistant must be a strong communicator, organized, and adept at multitasking and problem solving.

This is an in-person seasonal position. Though subject to change, the schedule is as follows below:

• Virtual Training (5:30-7:30pm): April 2nd, April 9th, April 23rd, April 30th, May 7th, May 14th, May 21st, May 28th, June 4th, and June 11th, 2025

• About 30 hours of asynchronous work time between April and June 2025

• In-Person Training (8:00-4:00pm): June 16th to June 27th, 2025

• FSLA Scholar Program (7:45-3:45pm): June 30th to August 1st, 2025

• Scholar Testing: 14 hours of scholar testing (Schedule TBD)

• Parent Orientation Night: June 2025

Responsibilities

Support with:

• Daily site operations and all systems (arrival, attendance, snack, lunch, dismissal, and transitions)

• Staff and scholar attendance tracking

• Relationship building and partnership with scholars, parents, onsite staff, and school-based liaisons, communicating updates as needed

• Planning and execution of field trips

• Afternoon enrichment programming

• Site inventory of learning materials

• Scholar experience

• Strategies to tackle programmatic challenges and implement plans to address them

• Other duties as assigned

Skills & Qualifications

• Must be high school graduate

• 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

• Technical skills and ability to manage Google Sheets and online data tracking systems

• Interest in helping elementary school students achieve their personal learning goals

• Belief in FSLA’s mission and instructional model with a ferocious desire to provide our students with world-class educational experience.

• Deep commitment to The Center’s mission, vision, and core values.