Benefits – Coach

BENEFITS  – THE COACH

Here are some of the benefits you will receive when you offer coaching programs.

You will:

• Become involved in extra-curricular activities in your community.

• Develop leadership skills and become known as a leader in the community.

• Create a good reputation in your community

• Enhance your portfolio of skills.

• Learn to take on challenges

• Show initiative.

• Gain self-confidence and self-esteem.

• Improve your ability to work with, motivate and interact with people of all ages.

• Learn to lead youth and help them develop critical skills they will need as they age.

• Inspire youth to learn communication and leadership skills and to gain self-confidence.

• Innovate approaches to assist youth to develop coping skills.

• Receive regular feedback on your coaching/teaching skills.

• Enhance your management skills.

• Set yourself apart from the rest of the job applicants for various positions.

• Supplement your income by running coaching programs for youth.

In addition to the above, if you are a student teacher, such as a B.Ed student, running such coaching programs will enable you to:

• Gain practical experience of working with youth.

• Develop skills in communicating with parents.

• Enhance your classroom management skills.

• Create a good reputation and enhance your teaching portfolio.

• Set yourself apart from the rest of the applicants for teaching positions.

• Grow personally as youth-adult partnerships have a positive impact on the adults involved.

• Become involved in extra-curricular activities and enable you to develop leadership skills.

• Receive regular feedback on your coaching/teaching skills.

• Improve your ability to motivate and interact with students.