Educate 2 Elevate

🌟 WE ARE HIRING! 🌟
Join the Freedom School Chattanooga team for an unforgettable summer experience empowering scholars, building community, and making a lasting impact through education! 📚✨

We are currently seeking Summer Teaching Interns for our 2026 Freedom School program!

🗓 Program Dates: May 28 – July 24, 2026

✨ Internship Benefits Include:
✔️ Paid summer internship
✔️ Professional training & development
✔️ Hands-on experience facilitating a culturally affirming curriculum
✔️ Opportunities to advocate for Black and Brown children and their education
✔️ Building meaningful relationships with students, families, and community leaders

If you are passionate about education, youth empowerment, literacy, and leadership — we would love to hear from you!

📩 To apply, send your resume and cover letter to:
[email protected]

Help us educate, elevate, and empower the next generation. 💚💜❤️

📚✨ COMMUNITY READ ALOUD GUESTS NEEDED ✨📚

Freedom School Chattanooga is inviting community leaders, parents, professionals, educators, college students, grandparents, and changemakers to become Read Aloud Guests this summer! ❤️💛💚

Help us inspire young minds by sharing your favorite children’s book during our morning Harambee experience — a joyful, high-energy start to the day centered on literacy, culture, and community.

🗓 Pick a day Monday–Friday
📅 June 15 – July 24
⏰ Just 15–20 minutes can make a lasting impact!

Your presence matters. Your story matters. And our scholars would LOVE to hear from you!

📖 Sign up today here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C044AABA72EA5F8C52-64018317-mystery #/

Together, we can educate, elevate, and empower the next generation. ✨

We look forward to seeing all scholars and parents on the student’s grade level assigned orientation date. Attendance is required of ALL returning and new students to the Ramily!

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🚨 The Educate 2 Elevate - CDF Freedom School Registration is NOW CLOSED! 🚨

Thank you to everyone who has shown interest and enthusiasm in The Educate 2 Elevate - CDF Freedom School!

We are at our maximum capacity of 30 scholars!! We exceeded that with a few on a waiting list! Our hearts are full and we are so grateful for each of you! ❤️

To those who have successfully registered, get ready for an exciting summer ahead! Stay tuned for further updates and instructions.

For those who missed out this time, don't worry! Keep an eye out for future opportunities. This is just the beginning. 💫

APPLY TODAY at https://forms.gle/bznnM5pQ6wdEkTkR9

The Educate 2 Elevate Fund, will sponsor CDF Freedom Schools® summer literacy program for children in grades kindergarten (children must have completed kindergarten prior to the start of the program) through five in the Chattanooga/ Hamilton County area.

The program provides summer enrichment around five essential components: high-quality academic enrichment, parent and family involvement, civic engagement and social action, intergenerational leadership development, and nutritional, physical, and mental health. Enrichment is driven by the Integrated Reading Curriculum (IRC) which primarily focuses on literacy to curb summer learning loss and close opportunity gaps.

The six-week summer program provides literacy building and personal-empowerment activities, meals, snacks and field trips at no charge to families. The CDF Freedom Schools® model also includes extensive testing and evaluation to measure academic progress.

Dates:
June 10 - July 19, 2024
(Monday - Friday)
Program will be CLOSED June 19 and July 4-5, 2024
Attendance is important during the six-week program. Absences are limited to three.

Program Hours:
8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Monday - Friday

📢LOOKING FOR A PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIP!! Look no further than….

The Educate 2 Elevate - CDF Freedom School leadership team are recruiting dedicated college leaders to guide our scholars for summer of 2024.

Why should you join the best internship in Chattanooga?

✨Inspire the next generation
🤝90+ hours of training and professional development
🎉Make friends for a lifetime
📅Evenings & Weekends Off
✊Be a part of a movement

Join us in combating summer learning loss. Apply today! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1mGo4btTq7xyuCUfJDnNVMInJdSYVcqEMapLgBWQkv8w/edit