Coach Across America- STRIVE
About The Position
Coach Across America is a national nonprofit organization that leverages the power of coaches to transform the lives of vulnerable youth and their communities through sports. The organization believes that highly trained coaches can be transformative figures in young people's lives, inspiring success on the field, in the classroom, and in life. Coach Across America is a proud member of the AmeriCorps community, which provides opportunities for Americans to serve and improve their communities. AmeriCorps members are participants, not employees, and are not eligible for unemployment compensation. Strive: How You Lead Matters is a non-profit dedicated to character-driven leadership, delivering dynamic experiences in sport, school, and community spaces. Strive's mission is to spread the power of character-driven leadership and ensure individuals from all backgrounds can become leaders through its social-emotional learning curricula and programs. Strive is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Requirements
- Must be at least 18 years old.
- Must have, or be working towards a High School diploma, GED, or equivalent.
- Must have access to reliable transportation.
- Successful completion of criminal history background checks.
- Ability to perform all service term requirements satisfactorily.
- Other requirements as required.
- AmeriCorps is open to U.S. citizens, nationals, or lawful permanent residents.
Nice To Haves
- Some experience working with youth, sports, or both.
- Proficiency in Google Platform (Docs, Sheets, Gmail, etc).
- Experience in teaching, coaching and/or facilitating.
Responsibilities
- Coach teams and/or programs for youth in the community.
- Deliver high-quality leadership, mentoring, and sports-based programming to middle and high school students.
- Facilitate in-school and out-of-school sessions.
- Lead afterschool sports programs including homework support.
- Provide PE/recess support.
- Coach school and community-based sports teams.
- Create learning environments that are positive, energetic, and joyful.
- Assist PE teacher in class lessons.
- Facilitate a structured recess.
- Head coach or assistant coach a sports team.
- Work with identified students one-on-one and in small groups.
- Develop sport skills by student level, physically displaying and encouraging sport activity.
- Implement a behavior management system for students.
- Develop social-emotional skills throughout their day, using evidence-based strategies learned during Coach Across America Training.
- Collaborate with program or school staff and team members to collect surveys and roster information.
- Create an engaging, safe, and healthy play space for youth to thrive.
- Complete the minimum required hours (900 hours) of service and training.
- Attend the Coach Across America Coach orientation.
- Complete bi-weekly timesheets.
- Attend days of community service.
- Attend/participate in Coach Across America trainings, meetings, and special initiatives.
- Attend Coach Training Institute.
Benefits
- Stipend: $12,150.00 paid in equal amounts throughout your service term
- Segal Service Award: $3,697.5
- On-going training opportunities
- Lend you a laptop for work-related tasks if you do not have one.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
