Do you like working with kids and playing sports? This one-credit, Arts and Letters internship offers the opportunity to help coach local youth in a variety of sports. Students will be placed in pairs with teams and coaches from different South Bend Community School Corporation elementary and middle schools, and volunteer for a couple of hours at least twice a week, Mon-Thurs afternoons, throughout the semester. In addition to receiving mentorship from South Bend School coaches and staff, students will learn coaching strategies to foster children’s physical, social, emotional and moral development. Students will be asked to attend about six evening meetings on Tuesdays from 7-8pm, regularly assist with team practices and possibly competitions, sign an Internship Agreement, and write a short midterm and final reflection. This class is co-taught by SMAC Director Annie Coleman and Internship Coordinator Christine Becker with support from community partners. Students may take it for either 1 or 0 credit hours, and enrollment is limited by instructor approval. Please apply to register below and contact acolema3@nd.edu with questions .
Our first meeting is Tuesday August 26 - please attend if you are interested even if you have not applied or registered for the course yet.
On Tuesday Sept. 2 all students must be registered - at that meeting we will match students with school coaches.
apply for approval to register here
Originally published at smacminor.nd.edu.