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Basic Curriculum
for CITs in CREST Youth Sports Leagues and Santa Monica Sports Experience
and Camp Santa Monica
INTRODUCTION
The Youth
Sports Mentor Program is for young adults ages 15-17 who are looking to expand
their leadership skills and gain valuable work experience.
PROGRAM
GOALS
The Youth
Sports Mentor Program gives the youth an opportunity to develop their team
management skills and coaching ability in our youth sports program as an
“Assistant Coach or Coach-in-Training” and by developing their
group management skills and activity planning in our sports camp program as a “Counselor-in-Training”
These goals are achieved through leadership and opportunities to lead games,
practices, organized activities and assisting with supervision of program
participants.
The Youth
Sports Mentor Program incorporates the following components:
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Working
with Lead Staff to set and work towards personal goals
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Attending
staff trainings and all staff meetings
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Working
closely with Lead Staff in planning and organizing practices, activities and
games.
EXPECTATIONS
FOR CITs
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Develop
their personal initiative
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Develop
their sense of responsibility
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Develop
their leadership skills
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Maturity
level must be that of a lead staff (You are not a participant!)
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Ability
to create and maintain boundaries between themselves and program
participants despite being close in age.
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Participants will work along side the lead staff to plan, supervise, and
lead all program activities.
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Be a role
model to youth sports and sports camp participants
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Work with
lead staff to keep the programs running smoothly
From the
program participants’ perspective, CITs are full staff members and are due the
same attention and respect as all other staff members charged with leading
activities, creating a positive environment, enforcing safety rules, negotiating
interpersonal issues, and serving as roles models. However, due to their age
and minimal to no work experience, CITs are not able to supervise program
participants without another staff member being present (ie. CITs can lead
activities, give instruction etc…- but cannot bear the ultimate responsibility
for participant supervision). |
