Junior Coach Leadership Conference –\u00a0May 2016 – Temple University, Philadelphia<\/p>\n
This year more than\u00a0200\u00a0fourth and fifth\u00a0graders across Philadelphia participated\u00a0in Playworks’\u00a0Junior Coach program.<\/p>\n
Our Junior Coaches are trained four days a week, after school, on topics such as conflict resolution, leading recess games and public speaking. They receive homework help, and participate in\u00a0literacy projects\u00a0and social\/cognitive skills building.\u00a0Junior Coaches play a leadership role in creating a safe and inclusive recess and learning environment in their schools. They practice their leadership skills first hand on the playground with\u00a0their peers in K-3rd grade every week.<\/p>\n
Our program ends with a celebratory and educational Junior Coach Leadership Conference at the end of the school year. This year’s keynote was Temple University’s Head Football Coach Matt Rhule.<\/p>\n
Through participating in the Junior Coach program, students develop the academic, social and leadership skills needed to stay on a pathway of life-long success.<\/p>\n