WE ARE
POET-ATHLETES
⚽ Soccer ✏️ Poetry ❤️ Community
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SCORES U has the curriculum and resources you need to lead engaging, fun, and impactful programs for your Poet-Athletes this year!
SCORES U makes it easy to get coach training through our interactive Mini-Trainings.
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SCORES mission is to inspire youth to lead healthy lives, be engaged students, and have the confidence and character to be agents of positive change in their communities.
We use ⚽ soccer, ✏️ poetry, and ❤️ service learning as a platform to deliver high quality youth development programs.
SCORES builds teams of Poet-Athletes who use their voice to express themselves, serve as leaders in their communities, and speak up against injustice.
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TEAMWORK — Poet-Athletes work collaboratively with others, striving together for the benefit of the whole.
LEADERSHIP — Poet-Athletes have opportunities to practice leadership skills.
COMMITMENT — We show up for our teammates and our community.
INCLUSIVITY & CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT TRAININGS
6 WAYS TO BE AN ANTI-RACIST EDUCATOR
ADDRESSING LGBTQ+ BULLYING
STRATEGIES FOR BETTER CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
SCORES OVERVIEW
These Mini-Trainings provide an overview of SCORES programs and culture. SCORES Coaches create a brave space for creativity, expression, and growth. A caring coach is a crucial ingredient when it comes to positive youth development.
CHILD SAFETY
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SAFESPORT CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION POLICY & RESOURCES
America SCORES Bay Area is dedicated to maintaining zero tolerance for Prohibited Conduct. As such, it is imperative that everyone actively participates in the protection of youth. America SCORES encourages everyone to report SafeSport Code violations and stresses that coaches are mandatory reporters per applicable state and federal law.
Under the SafeSport Act, the reporting obligation is triggered when a mandatory reporter becomes aware of “facts that give reason to suspect” a child has suffered an incident of child abuse. Child abuse includes physical or mental injury, sexual abuse or exploitation, or negligent treatment of a child. Sexual Abuse is defined to include the employment, use, persuasion, inducement, enticement, or coercion of a child to engage in, or assist another person to engage in, sexually explicit conduct or the rape, molestation, prostitution, or other form of sexual exploitation of children or incest with children. Mental Injury means harm to a child’s psychological or intellectual functioning which may be exhibited by severe anxiety, depression, withdrawal or outward aggressive behavior, or a combination of those behaviors, or a change in behavior, emotional response or cognition.
The law requires that a report must be made if a mandated reporter has a “reasonable suspicion” that a child has been the subject of child abuse or neglect. Definite proof that a child may be subject to abuse or neglect is not required.
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Additional Resources
SafeSport Training & Resources:
U.S Center for SafeSport: Official Website
U.S. Center for SafeSport Code
GIRLS IN THE GAME
These Mini-Trainings offer tips, inclusive coaching strategies, and ideas to help coaches and program coordinators meet the needs of girl-identified athletes.
* “Girls” refers to gender-expansive youth (cis girls, trans girls, non-binary youth, gender non-conforming youth, gender queer youth and any girl-identified youth).
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
These Mini-Trainings dive deeper into positive youth development. Build on what you already know about youth development and social-emotional learning to be a supportive coach and mentor.
BEST PRACTICES
These Mini-Trainings explore proven strategies for building a safe and supportive team culture and for creating a positive learning environment.
PROGRAMS & CURRICULUM
Here you can find the curriculum, resources, and Mini-Trainings for the SCORES core curriculum areas: Soccer, Poetry, and Service Learning.
SOCCER
The Soccer Overview Mini-Training covers the basic rules and language of soccer.
On the Soccer Curriculum & Resources page you can get coaching resources including fun games and skill-building activities to help you run great practices.
HIP HOP POETRY!
SERVICE LEARNING
The SCORES Service Learning Coach Trainings explore the curriculum and provide tips to help you engage youth in community action.
On the Service Learning Curriculum & Resources page you’ll find the Service Learning Coach Guide, Community Action student workbooks, project examples, and more!
