Sports Management Instructor (Virtual)

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Sports Management Instructor-volunteer

Are you a professional interested in imparting your wisdom to teens? Would you like to empower our youth and inspire them to enter your field of Sports Management?

Our new initiative, Generation-Z, is a program that makes college accessible and not just an impossible dream for Black youth. This project is an imperative program that gives Black youth a way out of poverty by way of advanced college courses being accessible in early high school years and empowering under-resourced high school students to unlock their potential while gaining access to new careers.

We are looking for enthusiastic and skilled professionals to provide introductory courses and training on the Sports Management field to our high school students (Grade 10 - 12). This course will help our students develop traditional management skills and learn to apply them to professional and amateur sports settings.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate the working knowledge of Sport Marketing, Sport Analytics, Event & Facility Management, Sociology of Sport, General Business Marketing and other closely related topics.
• Conduct weekly classes and teach high school students the fundamental theories and methods of Political Science.
• Draft a full curriculum that outlines all lessons from week-to-week [syllabi], projects, materials needed to perform projects, exams, and homework.
• Assist in developing and monitoring program goals and objectives for learning.
• Provide knowledge on different electives in the Sports Management field for the students to understand and choose their career path.
• Adopt interactive teaching techniques to help students understand the course and understand their learning capabilities.
• Introduce learning platforms like workshops and conferences to students for their professional development.
• Regularly communicate with parents to provide updates on their child's progress, reminders about upcoming sessions, materials list for individual sessions, and other communications.
• Maintain consistent communication with program directors via email and participation in scheduled facilitator meetings to update on student progress, class attendance, etc.
• Attend departmental, interdepartmental, professional and community based meetings as required.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or Sports Management, kinesiology, or a related field
• Minimum of 2 years of work experience in the Sports Management Field
• Prior experience in teaching and working with students required.
• Must have excellent communication, planning, organizing, and problem-solving skills.

Time: 4 + hours per week, 6 pm to 7 pm ET, teaching twice a week

Commitment: Fall College Semester to Spring College Semester