1. KELLI N. SPARROW MICKENS, MSW, PH.D.
5411 Westford Road Philadelphia, PA 19120
Phone: 267.226.4376  E-Mail: kellimickensphd@gmail.com
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Servant Leadership & Transition Coordinator, Sankofa
Freedom Academy Charter School
• Brokered local service opportunities for high school students
totaling over 10,000 hours of service
• Designed, arranged, fundraised and supervised international
service trips of high school students to Jamaica, The Dominican
Republic and The Gambia
• Recruited new students to the high school
• Guided juniors and seniors through the college and scholarship
application process
• Participated in the strategic planning process for the school
specific to servant leadership
• Edited the school newsletter for internal and external distribution
• Created curriculum for culturally relevant service classes for
grades 9, 10 and 11
• Taught culturally relevant service class to high school students.
2008 - 2014
Associate Director, Temple Writing Academy
• Recruited, interviewed and supervised staff of 10 graduate
students
• Planned and supervised day to day operations of 60 participants
and staff
• Recruited high school aged participants
• Edited end of summer volume of collected written works into a
publication
• Planned and implemented book signing event for youth and their
instructors
• Collaborated with Director on issues of research and development
• Provided final report to Funders
2008 - 2009
Writing Tutor, Temple Writing Center
• Implemented writing training
• Conducted research regarding the use and non-use of the Writing
Center
• Collaborated with Administration to host Mid-Atlantic Writing
Centers Association Conference (MAWCA)
• Provided specific feedback on writing assignments to graduate and
undergraduate students at Temple University
2007 - 2009
Senior Administrator, Philadelphia Freedom Schools –
Communities In Schools of Philadelphia
• Recruited and trained staff of 30 adults annually
• Planned citywide training of 100 college students and 200 high
school students annually
• Oversaw and edited the writing of the Pathways to a Stronger
Future Curriculum Volumes I and II
• Managed a training and curriculum budget of $500,000 annually
• Monitored a citywide program serving 800 – 1200 students
annually
2002 - 2007

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• Developed a training corps of college and high school students
• Supervised a year round citywide leadership development program
for high school students
Afterschool and Summer Coordinator, Children’s Service
Inc.
• Recruited and trained staff of 11 adults and 22 high school
students
• Oversaw the day to day operations of the afterschool and summer
program at the Martha Washington/Mill Creek Site
• Participated in national training with the Children’s Defense Fund
2001 – 2002
Director of Case Management, United Communities of
Southeastern Philadelphia
• Trained staff of four case workers in the prevention and truancy
departments
• Accepted court ordered cases from Truancy Court
• Collaborated with the Department of Human Services on
assistance to families in the southeastern Philadelphia area
• Planned and oversaw Parent Empowerment sessions for clients
• Referred families to needed services
1999-2001
Assistant Site Coordinator, Germantown Settlement
• Trained staff of 11 adults and 22 high school students
• Oversaw the day to day operations of the summer Freedom
School Program at the Germantown Site
• Participated in national training with the Children’s Defense Fund
1999
Prevention Program and Summer Coordinator, Friends
Neighborhood Guild
• Oversaw the day to day operations of the afterschool and summer
program at the Friends Neighborhood Guild Site
• Recruited and trained staff of 11 adults and 22 high school
students
• Participated in national training with the Children’s Defense Fund
1998 –1999
TEACHING & CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Professor 2013 – Present
Alvernia University – Philadelphia Center
 Plan and teach Social Work Classes to mid-career professionals
 Classes include: Death, Dying and Bereavement, Human Behavior and Social Environment I,
Human Behavior and Social Environment II, Social Work Practice I and Social Work Practice II
Mobile Therapist
Elwyn
 Provided therapy for children and their families in the home,
school and community based settings
 Wrote detailed case notes on
Ella Baker Trainer, Children’s Defense Fund
• Prepared senior administrators for the Children’s Defense Fund
2000 – 2002
1999 – 2002

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(CDF) Freedom Schools Model for summer programming
• Trained college and high school students on the CDF Freedom
Schools’ Curriculum, a literacy based summer curriculum
• Traveled to and participated in national conferences and events
designed to advocate for children and youth
• Provided technical assistance to sites nationally throughout the
summer
Prevention Specialist, Jewish Family and Children’s Service
• Taught drug abuse prevention workshops to preteen and
teenaged students at various sites in Philadelphia
• Taught Life Skills classes to pregnant and parenting young
mothers who were seeking their GED
• Taught Life Skills classes to women reentering the workforce
through a Welfare to Work Program
1997 –1998
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Urban Education, Temple University
MSW Social Work, Temple University
B.A. History and Africana Studies, Rutgers University
PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS
• The International Instructor Training Institute of the Inside-Out
Prison Exchange Program – Certified Instructor
• Innovation in Pedagogy through Preparing Servant Leaders as a
Strategy in Social Studies, Cultural Studies and Service Learning,
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
• Students in Servant Leadership and Rites of Passage Classes
Interrogate Multiple Meanings of Poverty The Freedom Schools
Way, American Educational Research Association (AERA)
2015
2014
2013
• Cultivating Servant Leadership in High School Students of African
Descent The Freedom Schools Way (dissertation)
2012
• Reading Our World, Writing Our Soul, National Council of Teachers
of English (NCTE Conference)
2009
• Assessing Attendees and Non-Attendees of the Temple Writing
Center, Mid-Atlantic Writing Centers Association (MAWCA
Conference)
2009
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
• Volunteer Instructor, Pan-African Studies Community Education
Program
• Volunteer Instructor, PASCEP Prison Outreach Projects (PrOPs)
• Team Captain, The Memory Walk
• Team Captain, AIDS Walk
• Walk Against Hunger, Team Captain
• Team Captain, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
• Team Captain, The Heart Walk
• Team Captain, Sickle Cell Disease Walk
1996-2002
2000-2002
2009
2010, 2011
2011. 2012, 2013
2011, 2012, 2013
2013