First Tee - Silicon Valley - Youth Development through Golf - Volunteer Life & Golf Skill Coach - Palo Alto

Mentor youth and make a positive difference. Be part of a supportive community. Learn coaching and leadership skills. Join our team as a Volunteer Coach!

Why Volunteer – Benefits and impact of volunteering

• • Make a positive impact by providing participants the tools to build character.
  • Meet like-minded people and be part of a supportive community.
  • Learn and develop new skills including coaching, communication and leadership.

Watch our course program video and hear from First Tee – Silicon Valley participants, parents and coaches about their FTSV experience!

Requirements – What your responsible for

Coaching:

• • Assist in delivering our life skill and golf skill curriculum through golf games.
  • Provide a supportive, safe, and positive experience for our participants.
  • Provide life skill tools to build character.
  • Coach classes with a team of coaches (we have a lead paid coach for every class).
  • Choose which grade group you want to coach - 2nd-4th graders, 5-6th, 7-8th, 9-12th

Time:

• • Commit 2.5 hours a day, once a week for an 8-lesson season.
  • Choose from several class options by season, location, day of week, and time.
  • Help at least 2 of 4 seasons and at least 6 of 8 lessons each season.
  • Attend a 2.5-hour life and golf skill mentor training prior to each season.
  • No golf experience necessary!

Curriculum - what we teach

• • We seamlessly integrate our proven life skills and golf skills curriculum in interactive and fun games to strengthen character for success in life.
  • Participants learn to different tips to respect others, collaborate with others, build positive self-identity, make good choices, pursue goals, and overcome challenges.
  • We have an additional teen Ace program that explores the following topics - college, careers, and community service, and professional development.

Coach Approach - how we teach

Kids and teens become a better version of themselves when they have the space to be who they are, surrounded by passionate people who guide them to see what they are capable of. We provide a supportive, safe, and positive environment where relationships can form and participants feel empowered and included. We make learning fun by providing activity-based experiences where participants learn and apply our life and golf skill curriculum through games. Additionally, we deliver process-focused coaching that encourages mental growth.

Become a Volunteer:

Visit our website, www.firsteesiliconvalley.org, click on the volunteer link, then click the “get started – join us” button to begin the onboarding process. Thank you for giving your time and talents to our participants!

We welcome Junior Volunteers! Junior Volunteers must at least be in 9th grade and must be an active participant, have been a First Tee participant, or is referred by a FTSV coach.