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SalaryABOUT THE POSITION:
The UD Team SBYD Assistant Dance 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 Dance Coaches will use dance 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 and supporting during SBYD Sessions, and athletic games/performances
- Substituting for Coaches as needed including after school athletic events.
- 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
OUR MISSION:
Urban Dove engages, educates, and empowers over-age high school students through sports, team dynamics, and mentoring. With our core values of Teamwork, Leadership, and Communication, we mold students into confident young adults primed to unlock their utmost potential.
OUR VISION:
We aspire for a world where all children are equipped with vital skills through high-caliber education, paving their path to becoming self-reliant adults capable of fostering a just and equitable society.
EEOC
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