Note: This is a 1-year, full-time AmeriCorps position.
Member Duties : The Physical Activity Coordinator position is a full-time role bringing physical activity to Community Schools as a means to alleviate stress in youth, engage youth in important team-building skills, and rally communities around positive gatherings like sports games. Members are provided with extensive training and serve alongside teachers, school administrators, and other National Service members to implement physical education programs. In this role members will:
*Use sports-based youth development as a model to create and deliver physical education activities during and after school
*Enhance during and after school programming to increase student knowledge of anger management & conflict resolution for students
*Serve as the point of contact for Community Education Sports Programming by assisting with youth recruitment and game scheduling
Program Benefits : Training , Choice of Education Award (approx $5800) or End of Service Stipend ($1500), Childcare assistance if eligible , Living Allowance (approx $12,000/yr), Health Coverage.
About the Flint Community Schools Corps: The Crim Fitness Foundation supports a Community Schools Corps made up of AmeriCorps members and NCCC teams who provide during and after-school and summer learning activities for K-12 grade students and build capacity for community education in all Flint Community Schools schools. AmeriCorps VISTA members serve in schools and create systems to connect the school administration, parents, social service supports and community members in ways that improve academic outcomes, and recruit and manage a core pool of parent and community volunteers to help deliver during and after-school and summer programs.
