Sports Based Youth Development Specialist - Assistant Coach
ABOUT THE POSITION:
The UD Team SBYD Assistant Coach will use his/her passion and expertise in sports, health and fitness to change young lives. As a member of the UD Team, Assistant Coaches will use the power of sports and physical activity to engage, educate, and energize at-risk youth. Using an SBYD framework, where life skills are taught in conjunction with sports skills, Assistant Coaches will use sports to help struggling students to re-engage in the academic community.
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION:
Urban Dove Team Charter School (UD Team) is a distinctive network of sports-based high schools catering to over-aged, under-credited youth. We fuse a robust academic curriculum with sports-based youth development, ensuring our graduates receive a diploma, a stepping stone for higher education, and essential job skills.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Supervising students as needed during meals, dismissal, and school-wide events
- Supervising students during physical activities
- Assisting in the coordination of special events
- Initiate contact with families or alternate contact persons as requested by staff and assist in delivering messages
- Monitoring student transitions in the hallways and throughout the school building and effectively communicating with appropriate staff about student behavior
- Daily one on one check in with students
- Conducting aggressive student outreach and ensuring that student attendance is in place and reportable
- Providing students with continued support and feedback (both academically and socio-emotionally)
- Working with parents/guardians to ensure involvement in student’s academic career
- Keeping accurate documentation of student’s progress towards their goals and next steps in the process
- Knowledge of coaching and sports based youth development
- Demonstrated ability to “multi-task” and deliver high quality work
- Commitment to the UD Team mission and core values of Teamwork, Leadership, and Communication
- Commitment to the use of restorative practices and a strength-based, youth development approach to student issues
- Ability to function well as part of a team and work independently
- Must be team-oriented, with a strong work ethic, excellent communication skills, a passion for serving at-risk youth, and a sense of humor
- Ability to actively engage with students and move throughout the school as needed.
- Ability to navigate stairs and assist with setup or materials as required. Accommodations available per ADA.