Established in 1999, Freire Schools (www.freireschools.org) is a network of four charter schools across Philadelphia and Delaware whose mission is to prepare students from historically underserved communities for success in college and beyond. We're distinguished by our belief in every student who walks through our doors, our strong code of conduct and commitment to peace that ensures a safe environment for all, our sense of family throughout our community, and our joyous and engaged classrooms that focus on academic achievement. As evidence of our impact, in 2023 Stanford's Center for Research on Education Outcomes ranked Freire Schools in the top 15 in the country for academic gains out of 368 charter networks nationwide.
About the team
For this Athletic Coaching position, you'll be working for our high school in Wilmington, Delaware called Freire Charter School Wilmington (8th-12th Grade): Freire is all about Graduation x 2 – graduation from high school and from college. We challenge our students to achieve higher than they ever have before, and we give them the support they need to get there, including individualized college counseling. 95% of The Class of 2026 received acceptances into 52 unique colleges and universities and earned nearly $4.3M in scholarship award offers. This success is possible because the Freire Wilmington community is a true family, where students and teachers work together to build the future each student wants and deserves.
As a head coach or assistant coach, you'll be directly responsible for the supervision of all athletes under their purview to include travel to practices and games, the practices and games themselves, and ensuring athletes are supervised until released to parents or as designated. Freire Charter Wilmington opened its doors to a brand new athletic facility in the Spring of 2024 and it's not just your average gym – it's equipped with everything from a regulation basketball/volleyball court to a fitness room, a yoga studio, and more!
Sports with a coaching need:
Girls Soccer
Flag Football
Freshmen Boys Basketball
Cheerleading
- Attend and facilitate all pre and post season practices and enforce game/league rules and regulations
- Recruit students to participate
- Communicate roster changes and program needs to the Athletic Director
- Email school staff regarding student attendance/dismissals due to participation in sports and overall competition updates.
- Foster an inclusive, healthy, and competitive team culture
- Train student managers and leaders in all responsibilities related to team needs
- Communicate effectively with all parents regarding student athletes
You possess an unwavering belief that our students are capable of success, and you both exude and cultivate our values of equity, love, critical thinking, and diversity. You are driven to develop pride, teamwork, and a winning attitude among Freire's student athletes. And lead as a role model at all times while exemplifying the values of leadership and discipline.
- Previous experience working with urban youth
- Ability to obtain all clearances
- Availability in the afternoons and occasional weekend commitments
Head coaches are compensated $3,000 and assistant coaches are compensated $2,000 per season depending on the sport. This is a part time position and is not benefits eligible.
Freire Schools is committed to maintaining a workplace environment that is free from all forms of discrimination and discriminatory harassment, in service of the policy goal to provide all persons equal access to all categories of employment regardless of a person's actual or perceived race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity and expression), age, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, ethnic background, marital status, pregnancy or related conditions, disability, veteran/military status, or any other category protected by state or federal law.
