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