Faculty & Staff

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Name

Positions

Dr. Mama Ayesha Imani

Head of School/ Founder

Bro. Isa Clark

Director of Operations / Annex Site Administrator

Mama Geraldine Newton

Business Manager

Mama Diane B. Holliday

Upper School Lead Teacher 

Sis. Nakia Brown

Middle School Coordinator / Lead Teacher /6th grade literacy

Mama Patricia Morales

Early Years Coordinator / l Lead Teacher

Dr. Sis. Kelli Mickens

Transition and Servant Leadership Coordinator

Bro. Maurice Patterson

Lower School Student Support Specialist

Mama Renee Butler

Early Childhood Support Specialists – Kindergarten Team Leader

Sis.Kenyatta Norris

Kindergarten Teacher (k-2)

Sis. Nia Jackson*

Kindergarten Teacher (k-1)

Bro. Shawn Davis

Kindergarten Support -2

Sis. Brenda Saavedra*

Elementary -1B

Bro. Ayinde Purnell

Instructional Support Specialists – 1st

Sis. Lisa Hooper Clark*

Elementary 2A

Sis. Erin Johnson

Elementary - 2B

Sis. Precious Daughtry

Instructional Support Specialist – 2nd

Sis. Katina Mackey-Green

Elementary -3A

Mama Tavina Hill

Elementary -3B

Bro. Tristan Wilmore

Instructional Support Specialist 3rd Grade

Sis. Toni Winston

Elementary -4B

Sis. Loretta Bryan-Robinson*

Elementary -4A

Bro. Antoine Parks*

Instructional Support Specialist – 4th Grade

Bro. James Malamut

5th grade team – social studies 

Sis. Sarah McGee

5th grade literacy

Sis. Tionya Robinson

5th grade ISS

Bro. Brian Glover

6th grade math

Sis. Victoria Foreman Graham*

7th grade Literacy

Sis. Ashley Cobb

7th grade math

Sis. Joy Douglas

Middle School Science

Bro. Brandon Tyler-Padmore*

Middle School Social Studies

Bro. David Fatherly*

Middle School Instructional Support Specialists

Bro. Darrius Rowser

Middle School Dean

Bro. Ras Angola Tafari*

Special Ed Coordinator / Middle School Special Ed Teacher

Bro. Kristin Green-Hayes*

Special Education Support

Bro. Charles Graham

Resource Room 9, 10 / African American Studies

Sis. Karisa Martin

Lower School Self-Contained/ Resource Room

Sis. Crystal Robinson*

Upper School Special Education

Sis. Crystal Jones

Upper School English 

Sis. Brandee Blocker*

Upper School English (11,12)

Mama Kilolo Moyo-White

Upper School Social Studies 

Bro. Anup Somalwar*

Upper School Math

Sis. Zimife Umeh

Upper School Math 

Bro. Indika Ekanayake

Upper School Science 

Sis. Kathryn Crump

Upper School Science

Bro. Dane Galloway

Spanish / Music

Mama Nicole Cameron

Upper School Cultural Arts – Assistant to Dean

Bro. Isaiah Thomas

Upper School ISS

Baba Norman Bayard

Upper School Dean

Bro. Anthony Newton

 Custodial Support - Annex

Baba Anthony Purnell

Custodial Support - Main

Baba Charles King

Lower School Non-Teaching Assistant

Mama Malaika Reid

Cultural Arts Infusion Specialist/GS Support

Sis. Dasha Halkin

Cultural Arts Specialists (k,1)/International Travel Coordinator

Bro. Elisha Kwaku Tigah

Technology Specialist

Sis. Alicia Reed

Administrative Assistant - Operations

Mama Kim Hopson

Lead Administrative Assistant

 Sis. Ramona Poindexter-Garcia

Health & Wellness Coordinator

 
Sankofa Freedom Academy Charter School 4256 Paul St. Philadelphia, PA 19124 - Phone: 215-288-2001 Fax: 215-288-2099