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Academic Leadership Association, LLC
Our award winning program is on a mission to empower youth to make positive changes within themselves and their community through mentoring, literacy, and self advocacy while addressing their social emotional needs.
Our caseworkers serve as school based mentors and advocates to provide tiered intervention and supports to help support the staff, students and parents. In addition to this, our caseworkers are available to conduct home visits when necessary and to participate in community outings. We are looking to bridge the gap between school, family, and the community.
Education Consulting Services
Professional Learning for Educators
Equity in Action
If you want to truly be about equity, it all starts with your student- teacher relationships. These relationships are the foundation of equity! We will give you the recipe for success.
Our PD series includes:
• Identifying independent and dependent learners
• Recognizing our implicit bias
• Following the 5 steps of relationship-building
• Building a classroom community that values all voices • Forming solidarity with your students
School-Based Mentoring
A Comprehensive Approach to Student Engagement
Meet the ALA team
Yeselie Tulloch
Business Operations Manager
Cheryl Tulloch
Clinical Supervisor
Dr. Tim Allen
Chief Consultant
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Vilenti D. Tulloch, MA.Edu, LSWA
Consulting with Purpose
Vilenti Tulloch is an award-winning community leader, recognized for his dedication to service with accolades that include an NAACP Community Service Award and several other honors throughout Western Massachusetts. He serves as the CEO of the Academic Leadership Association (ALA), a school-based mentoring and leadership program whose mission is to empower youth to make positive changes within themselves and their school communities through mentoring, leadership development, and advocacy. In this role, Vilenti oversees mentor training, leads school-based mentoring initiatives, and provides professional development to multiple school districts across Western Massachusetts.
In addition to his role at ALA, Vilenti is the Co-Founder of the Academic Leadership Association of Greater Springfield, a non-profit organization offering free summer enrichment camps, after-school programming, and community-engaging field trips for youth in the middle school empowerment zones of the Greater Springfield area.
Vilenti also serves as the President of The Forum, an organization dedicated to increasing the number of Black and Brown male educators in K-12 schools in Western Massachusetts to improve student outcomes, especially for underserved populations.
His commitment to community extends further as a member of the Gun Violence Elimination Alliance in Springfield and as a board member for the Caring Health Center in Springfield, MA.
Driven by a passion to provide equitable educational opportunities, Vilenti focuses on addressing the needs of underserved and overlooked student populations. His academic achievements include a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from Westfield State