First Baptist Church of Hampton Servant Leader Internship Application
First Baptist Church of Hampton (FBCH) will sponsor their inaugural Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools® Program in summer, 2024. The FBCH Freedom School program is free of charge to all of its participants and will operate from June 17, 2024 – July 26, 2024 serving fifty-(50) Scholars (grades K-3).
Nature and Scope
The Children’s Defense Fund’s mission is to ensure every child has a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. The Children’s Defense Fund’s Freedom Schools program is a direct service initiative coordinated nationally by the Children’s Defense Fund’s Freedom Schools in partnership with local community organizations. The program is an educational and cultural enrichment program that provides summer options for children and strengthens family and community involvement.
The mission of the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools program is to boost student motivations to read, generate more positive attitudes toward learning, increase self-esteem and connect the needs of children and families to the resources in their communities. The program serves children in grades kindergarten through twelfth for six to eight weeks. The activity based Integrated Reading Curriculum (IRC), which is aligned to the Common Core State Standards, integrates reading, conflict resolution, and social action, and is designed to promote social, cultural, and historical awareness. A multi-year assessment of the program sites continuously demonstrates the effectiveness of the IRC, which has proven to avert children’s summer learning loss in reading achievement.
College-age young adults (ages 18-30) and recent college graduates play a key role in the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools program in the position of Servant Leader Interns (SLIs). Each Servant Leader Intern serves as the teacher for a maximum of 10 scholars. Servant Leader Interns participating in this paid internship have access to further leadership development and networking opportunities geared toward continued direct service and advocacy on behalf of children and families.
To learn more about the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools and the program’s impact, visit www.childrensdefense.org/programs/cdf-freedom-schools/our-impact/