Spring 2025
ShaVon Savage, M.S. Ed., J.D.
Assistant Superintendent, Cheltenham School District
Penn State Abington Class of 2000
ShaVon Savage reflects on mentors, her college experience, and offers career and life advice.
ShaVon Savage has been a teacher, school improvement coordinator, education attorney, principal, and district level administrator, and she was named the assistant superintendent of the Cheltenham School District effective July 2024.
She was an associate professor of practice in the College of Education and Human Development at Temple University. Prior to her role at Temple, ShaVon served as the deputy superintendent of academic services for the School District of Philadelphia. In that capacity, she ensured students, families, and equity were central in all decisions. She restructured and supervised the academic services division, which included curriculum and instruction, professional learning, special education, early childhood, student support services, student life, and school operations and management.
ShaVon’s roles at the School District of Philadelphia also included deputy chief of specialized services, principal at Henry C. Lea Elementary School, and the director of student supports for Scholar Academies. From 2012 to 2014, she was the administrator for special student programs for the Lower Merion School District. She’s also been a classroom teacher at Discovery Charter School, Penn Alexander Elementary School, Mastery Charter Schools, and Shaw Middle School.
Following her graduation from the University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law, ShaVon practiced school and public finance law for six years.
She is the founder and managing partner of Mosaic School Support Solutions, a consulting, coursework, and coaching firm focusing on building school management and operational capacity in leaders of school entities.
A senior fellow in the Neubauer Fellowship in Educational Leadership program, ShaVon holds Letters of Eligibility for superintendency, and principal (Pre-K-12), mid-level mathematics (6-9) and elementary (K-6) certifications.
ShaVon graduated from Penn State Abington in 2000 with a bachelor’s in business administration and the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education with an M.S. Ed. in 2002 before earning her law degree in 2007.