Coach Across America Coach

Coach Across America•Baltimore, MD

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Coach Across America is a national nonprofit organization founded in 2010 that focuses on 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 among the most transformative adults in young people's lives, inspiring success on the field, in the classroom, and in life. The Youth Sports Coach & Mentor role is primarily focused on direct sports-based youth development, mentoring, and leadership programming with teenage and elementary-aged youth in Baltimore City. The Coach will utilize sports as a platform to help young people develop essential life skills such as communication, teamwork, discipline, confidence, resilience, leadership, and healthy decision-making, while fostering meaningful relationships with caring adults. Key responsibilities include planning, leading, and assisting with sports practices, skills-development sessions, fitness activities, games, mentoring, and character/leadership activities. A significant aspect of the role involves developing teenage participants into youth coaches by preparing them to lead younger children, teaching them coaching and communication skills, observing their coaching, and providing feedback. A major responsibility will be assisting 10:12 Sports in designing and piloting an elementary-aged youth sports outreach initiative in Sandtown/West Baltimore. This includes developing age-appropriate activities, directly serving elementary-aged participants, supporting programming at neighborhood schools and community sites, coordinating equipment and activity plans, gathering feedback, and assisting with program evaluation. The Coach will also support existing 10:12 Sports programs, including football, basketball, year-round mentoring, summer programming, youth leadership activities, and school- and community-based sports opportunities.

Requirements

Must meet all eligibility requirements for the Coach Across America/AmeriCorps program.
Must be able to successfully complete the required 1,700-hour full-time service term.
Strong interest in mentoring, coaching, and developing young people through sports.
Ability to build appropriate and consistent relationships with teenage and elementary-aged youth.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with youth, families, staff, volunteer coaches, schools, and community partners.
Reliable, mature, professional, and able to demonstrate integrity and good judgment.
Willingness to receive feedback and participate in ongoing coaching and training.
Comfortable leading or assisting sports practices, games, clinics, mentoring activities, and youth leadership programming.
Ability to serve a flexible schedule averaging approximately 35–40 hours per week, including afternoons, evenings, and periodic Saturdays/weekends.
Ability to pass all required background checks and complete all required training and service-term requirements.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in coaching, mentoring, teaching, camps, recreation, athletics, or youth development is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Serve as a coach and mentor for teenage and elementary-aged youth in Baltimore City.
Plan, set up, lead, and assist with sports practices, skills-development sessions, fitness activities, games, and youth development activities.
Build consistent and positive mentoring relationships with youth participants.
Use sports to reinforce teamwork, communication, discipline, perseverance, responsibility, leadership, and healthy decision-making.
Help develop teenage participants as youth coaches by preparing them to lead younger children.
Teach teen participants coaching, communication, leadership, and teamwork skills.
Observe teen coaches and provide constructive feedback and encouragement.
Help design and pilot an elementary-aged youth sports outreach initiative in Sandtown/West Baltimore.
Develop and facilitate age-appropriate sports activities for elementary-aged participants.
Support programming at neighborhood schools and community sites.
Assist with program equipment, activity planning, and program logistics.
Gather participant feedback and program information to help evaluate and improve programming.
Support existing 10:12 Sports programs, including football, basketball, year-round mentoring, summer programming, youth leadership activities, and school- and community-based sports opportunities.
Communicate effectively with youth, families, staff, volunteer coaches, schools, and community partners.
Complete required attendance, program evaluation, service-hour documentation, and Coach Across America/AmeriCorps reporting related to youth-development responsibilities.
Participate in required trainings, team meetings, coaching, and professional development opportunities.
Other duties as determined by your supervisor.