{"id":42,"date":"2017-02-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/indiana\/2017\/02\/07\/meet-coach-j\/"},"modified":"2018-12-06T14:40:30","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T19:40:30","slug":"meet-coach-j","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/indiana\/2017\/02\/07\/meet-coach-j\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Coach J"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Coach Clifton Jackson, \u201cCoach J,\u201d\u00a0is the engine that drives recess powered by Playworks at the Kindezi Academy, formerly Joyce Kilmer IPS #69. Coach J joined the Playworks Indiana team in the fall of 2016 and is making change happen one recess at a time.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Raised in central Indiana, Coach J understands what makes our community move. As a dad, he knows how to motivate, empower, and engage students.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Coach J\u00a0puts his football experience and\u00a0history as the \u201cking of kickball\u201d into practice\u00a0to develop his students&#8217; athletic and kindness skills. Aware of the external factors at work outside of the school walls, Coach J is focused on making sure his recess is always a safe and healthy place to play, every day.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe kids I serve have so much dark in their lives,&#8221; said Coach J. &#8220;I just want to be one of the few\u00a0consistent, bright lights that they see every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Thanks for rocking recess,\u00a0Coach J!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Favorite Playworks cheer: <\/strong>Oh! A milkshake.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Most rewarding recess moment:\u00a0<\/strong>I was moved when a student insisted on my\u00a0return to the school next year. I knew that I was in the right place at the right time. 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