WE ARE POET-ATHLETES
⚽ Soccer
✏️ Poetry
❤️ Community
Welcome to SCORES U Coach!
SCORES U has the curriculum and resources you need to lead engaging, fun, and impactful programs for your poet-athletes this year!
SCORES U also makes it easy to get coach orientation and training with our interactive Mini-Trainings.
SCORES is Positive Youth Development
SCORES uses 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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SCORES Core Values
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.
An incomplete list of more youth development values that we strive to incorporate into our program culture:
Belonging — SCORES provides opportunities for Poet-Athletes to develop a sense of belonging.
Encouragement — SCORES coaches encourage Poet-Athletes to do their best.
Engagement — Our activities promote active engagement.
Fair Play — We believe in positive and healthy and competition.
Joy — We want everyone to experience joy through playing soccer, writing poetry, and helping the community.
Safety — We promote physical, social, and emotional health and safety.
Skill Building — SCORES Coaches support Poet-Athletes in building skills.
Welcoming — SCORES Coaches give warm welcomes and create an inclusive atmosphere.
Youth Choice — Poet-Athletes have opportunities to make choices based on their interests.
Youth Voice — Poet-Athletes can express themselves and their unique identities.
QUICK LINKS
SCORES OVERVIEW
These 3 Mini-Trainings will take you through an overview of SCORES programs and culture.
CHILD SAFETY
If your primary employer is America SCORES Bay Area, go to the Child Safety Requirements page to complete the steps needed to work with youth.
If your primary employer is a partner organization (afterschool program or school district), please check with your SCORES point of contact regarding child safety policies and requirements.
GIRLS IN THE GAME
These 4 Mini-Trainings discuss how coaches can support girls* in SCORES and practice inclusive coaching.
* “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 3 Mini-Trainings dive deeper into positive youth development.
BEST PRACTICES
These 4 Mini-Trainings explore proven strategies for creating a safe and supportive team culture.
