Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Harlem Lacrosse is dedicated to helping students in low-income communities reach their full potential, and they are seeking a Program Director. The Program Director will serve as a coach, tutor, and mentor, designing programs and supporting students academically and athletically.
Responsibilities
- Designing culturally relevant and trauma-informed academic, athletic, and social-emotional programming
- Mentoring and tutoring students during daily study halls at the school
- Planning and leading lacrosse practices
- Traveling with the team to clinics, games, and tournaments as well as field trips to professional work environments, educational institutions, museums, cultural or historical sites, and outdoor activities (some overnight travel with the team is required)
- Building meaningful relationships with parents and families, as well as faculty, staff, and administrators at the school site to support student progress
- Recruiting volunteers to help with student services and capacity building
- Supporting students on their path to college and/or career
- Collecting data about participants' academic, athletic, and social emotional growth through the program
Skills
- Passionate about lacrosse
- Committed to the belief that all students deserve equitable opportunities to achieve academically, athletically, and socially
- Ability to design culturally relevant and trauma-informed academic, athletic, and social-emotional programming
- Experience mentoring and tutoring students
- Ability to plan and lead lacrosse practices
- Willingness to travel with the team to clinics, games, and tournaments as well as field trips
- Ability to build meaningful relationships with parents, families, faculty, staff, and administrators
- Experience recruiting volunteers to help with student services and capacity building
- Ability to support students on their path to college and/or career
- Ability to collect data about participants' academic, athletic, and social emotional growth
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