Youth Development Manager at URBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOLS – Bronx, New York

ABOUT THE POSITION:
Urban Dove seeks a dedicated leader to oversee and elevate our Sports-Based Youth Development coaches. As a lead in the Urban Dove Team, you'll oversee the coaching staff, ensuring they're well-trained and continuously developed. Manage all Sports-Based Youth Development (SBYD) sessions, monitor coach-student interactions, and student progress. You'll supervise coaching transitions, ensure curriculum rigor in SBYD, and use data-driven strategies for continuous improvement.

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:

• Hire and facilitate training for all coaches
• Plan and lead regular professional development sessions for coaches
• Arrange coverage for absences and latenesses
• Observe coaches and provide intentional and timely feedback
• Conduct intentional coaching cycles
• Conduct regular check-ins with every coach
• Conduct formal observations for accountability purposes
• Schedule and coordinate all SBYD sessions (including Academic Excellence, Circles, and Health)
• Monitor and manage coach gradebooks, call log records, attendance and intervention
• Plan, coordinate and manage all SBYD transitions
• Oversee accurate inventory of all SBYD materials
• Monitor regular completion of coach and student 1:1 meetings
• Monitor academic and behavior progress of each team, work with coaches to implement interventions as needed
• Get regular updates on coach interventions for students behavior, academics, and attendance
• Supervise coaches during transitions
• Ensure adequate, rigorous curriculum is being taught in SBYD and Health
• Analyze SBYD data
• Lead SBYD Data days every grading cycle
• Collaborate with C+I Manager to develop cross-departmental PD sessions every trimester
• Collaborate with (Tempestt new role) to identify staff needs and development plan for coaches

• Bachelor’s Degree; Master’s preferred
• 1-2 years of UD SBYD Coaching experience
• 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.

OUR MISSION:
Urban Dove energizes, educates, and empowers young people through our network of UD Team Charter Schools serving over-age/under-credited high school students. UD Team's innovative model uses sports, teams, restorative practices and mentoring to create a culture of high expectations and shared responsibility. By instilling our core values of Teamwork, Leadership and Communication, we develop our students into confident young adults ready to reach their full potential.

OUR VISION:
Urban Dove envisions a world where all children receive the high-quality education and support they need and deserve. Through education, they will acquire the critical skills needed to develop into economically, socially, and emotionally independent adults who are empowered to create a more just and equitable society for future generations.

EEOC:
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