Kellie N. Sparrow Mickens has over 20 years of experience in administrative, teaching, and clinical roles focused on youth development and education. She has held leadership positions at several charter schools and non-profits where she developed programming in areas such as service learning, literacy education, and college preparation. Her experience also includes teaching social work courses at the university level and providing mobile therapy services to children and families.

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