Fwd: NZ Coach Mag - May 2022

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Making a meal of it Those of you who consistently dip into Coach Mag will know most of the stories we share are bite-sized (i.e. small). However, occasionally, we feel the need to include something that captures the wonderful complexity of youth sport, and is therefore comprehensive (i.e. big!). 'Just Let Them Play' is one such story. You may want to think of it like a nice meal – take your time. Similarly, we occasionally find stories from a different context which we believe contain ideas that apply to Aotearoa's youth sport environment. The youth voice story ('Youth voice can be a game changer'), from Sport England, highlights an area of growing mahi for the Sport NZ sport development team. Enjoy! Ngā mihi,   The Sport Development Team  'Just Let Them Play': Complex dynamics in youth sport, why it isn't so simple This ethnographic case study examines the long-term impact of youth sport coaching within tennis, using observations, field notes, and interviews as data sources.  [www.frontiersin.org] Autonomy-Supportive Coaching   Motivation is one of the foundations of successful sport performance, and coaches play a critical role in developing or undermining this attribute in their athletes.  [psychology.iresearchnet.com] Early or late specialisation? High-performance perspective There are a lot of debates among sport scientists and coaches about the best way for developing high-class athletes. The main tendency in coaching is participation in sports and specialisation in a chosen one as early as possible. [www.sportsciencesupport.com] Should I Allow My Child to Quit a Sports Team? It's not uncommon for kids to want to quit an activity. Whether it is a sports team, a musical instrument, or a club they've joined, sometimes they just don't want to stick it out.  [www.verywellfamily.com] Norway's radically different approach to sports helped it climb to the top of the Olympic podium When the Winter Olympics start next month in Beijing, there will be plenty of upsets and surprises. But there's one thing you can count on: The country most likely to top the medal standings won't be the United States, Russia or Canada, it will be Norway – again. Note: Norway topped the medal table with 37 medals including 16 Gold. [theglobeandmail.com] Get over yourself Ego. Why does it dominate coaching? Player Development Project Editor & academy coach, Dave Wright challenges the place of ego in coaching questioning where it comes from, the difficulty of removing it and accepting that as a coach, you may not have all the answers. [playerdevelopmentproject.com] Is your child a sports star? Identifying your child as a high achiever in PE and sport will help to make the most of their ability – but Andrew Shields cautions against believing that stardom beckons. [www.the schoolrun.com] Youth voice can be a game changer During #iwill week, our head of volunteering Kristen Natale lays out why we should be listening to the voices of young people and how it can have a positive impact on sport and physical participation levels. [sportengland.org]

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Fwd: Please read-- very important-- Making our City safer--Great need to increase the numbers of teens applying for City summer jobs.

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From: Richard Flanagan

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From: Richard Flanagan
Date: Fri, Apr 29, 2022

Subject: Please read-- very important-- Making our City safe

If I can support the Mayor, PPS, P4W,  and you in any way please do not be afraid to ask. 

There is great need for a hands on youth recruitment campaign if you are going to meet your summer jobs placement numbers.

The attached scope of services should help you visualize what needs to be done. Recruitment of these teens needs to be time consuming and intensive.

More than willing to meet if you so wish. Thank you for all you do.

Thanks,

Rick Flanagan

Cell 412-913-4360

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(Hard copy sent to the Mayor's office) (Attached and below is a proposed recruitment work scope.)

April 28, 2022

To Mayor Edward Gainey, City of Pittsburgh

From: Rick Flanagan

           Email: Rickflanagan2010@gmail.com   Cell: 412-913-4360

I greatly appreciate your focus on teenage violence. I am writing this letter to express my concern on one of your best tools to having a peaceful summer is in trouble. With your leadership the path forward could become very positive.

 

I have had the opportunity to talk with some Community and Organizational leaders about the numbers of youth that are applying for your summer jobs program. My sense of things is that the numbers of applicants are down from last year. Remembering that last year's numbers were down from previous years because of the pandemic.  You may want to request a detailed report from the lead agency who you have entrusted with the management of the summer program-----Partner4Work.  I would recommend you gain specific data on the youth applicant pool coming out of neighborhoods like Homewood, Hill District, and Garfield.

 

Our City really needs for you take control of the situation and move towards having hundreds of our most vulnerable youth apply for summer employment. Failure to do this will result in more youth being out in the streets this summer.

 

For over 20 years I worked in partnership with the City on campaigning around having low income youth apply for summer employment. Presently I am retired and volunteer from time to time. I am willing to volunteer some time and support you if you wish to take control and mount a recruitment campaign.

 

Included with this mailing is a work scope of activities that I firmly believe will result in the applicant pool greatly increasing. Many of these activities have a direct role for you to play and other activities require your leadership to hold other leaders accountable for taking action. I have CC'd this letter to other City leadership to encourage them to get back to you with what they can do.

 

If you wish to meet to go over these action ideas, I am more than willing to meet. Most important to me is that our City takes control and moves to have our youth apply for your program. Time is running out.

 

Thank you for your leadership and I stand ready to support you.

 

Scope of Services For Summer Job Recruitment 2022

1. Broad Based Recruitment

a. Develop a social media outreach campaign to students and other agencies involved in the recruitment process. City should campaign to their own income eligible staff.

b. Make phone calls to students and families. Call every student that applied over the past two years. Have the City's Parks and Recreation Department call families they work with. Have Parks and Recreation take the City's lead partnering with Partner4Work on recruitment. Have Parks and Recreation be directly accountable to Mayor Edward Gainey on the success of an enhanced recruitment effort.

c. Send out recruitment text messages to students, parents, and agencies utilizing a text message service. City leadership can access a master list of 1,000's of phone numbers to text.

d. Answer or respond to phone calls from applicants, parents, and agencies. Partner4Work plays a key role in this matter as manager of the program.

e. Make copies of the template application for distribution.

f. Collect interest forms from PPS students during lunch time recruitment sessions and campaign to these students to have them follow thru on the application process. Mayor Gainey could visit a few of the schools that have the most at risk students. Make it a media event.

g. Conduct trainings helping city organizations understand the application process and encourage them to conduct recruitment activities.

h. Have Pittsburgh churches post information in their church bulletins.    

i. Distribute flyers in varying places of business that families and teens visit.

j. Conduct postal mailings and email campaigns to non-profit and corporate leadership in Pittsburgh.

k. Engage Learn and Earn contractors encouraging and supporting their efforts to recruit Learn and Earn applicants. Have these contractors understand that if summer recruitment goals are not meant there may not be adequate numbers of youth to fill their summer contracts.

l. Encourage and support the juvenile court system and Pittsburgh's foster care agencies in an effort to have their children apply for Learn and Earn.

m. Distribute the City of Pittsburgh tee shirts and other giveaways to City students that fill out a Learn and Earn interest form during lunch room recruitment session.

n. Work with the media to distribute information.

 

 

2. School Based Recruitment

a. Collaborate with Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) to have PPS make calls to their families utilizing their robo-call system. Have the Mayor be the voice on the robo-call.

b. Engage counselors and other staff at PPS, private schools and charter schools about the application process so they can aid their students in completion of the application.

c. Send emails to staff at PPS, charter and private schools.

d. Develop a close working relationship with PPS and recruit students during the school day. Go into every high school classroom and recruit.

e. Send emails to staff at charter and private schools.

f. Send a recruitment mailer out to all PPS students 14 years and older. Get mailing labels from PPS. This would be about a 6,000-piece bulk mailing. (This is very important.)

g. Post promotional materials at the schools. Create a City produced flyer or acquire a flyer from Partner4Work.

h. Encourage school based personal to lead recruitment campaigns in their schools.

i. Have schools make regular morning announcements.

j. Hands on work with PPS to conduct an ongoing systemwide recruitment campaign. Work in partnership with PPS.

*** Raise more funds from the foundation and corporate community in order to serve the larger number of applicants resulting from an intensive recruitment campaign.

*** Tie grant funding directly into the numbers of youth served.

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Richard Flanagan
1635 El Paso Street

Pittsburgh, PA  15206

Cell 412-913-4360

Email RickFlanagan2010@gmail.com

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[Art-All-Night] Call for Artist and Volunteers for the 25th Art All Night April 23-24 2022

CALL FOR ARTISTS AND VOLUNTEERS

The 25th annual Art All Night will be held April 23rd - April 24th, 2022! This year we have a new location, 6 30th Street in the Strip neighborhood of Pittsburgh PA. The show will be open to the public from 4 p.m. Saturday all night long until 2 p.m. Sunday. View art, hear music, create art, meet friends, and make memories "All Night" long!

Artists
We invite you to submit one (and only one) piece of artwork during this one-of-a-kind neighborhood event attended by thousands of people each year. Artist registration instructions are available at www.artallnight.org where you can use the online registration system anytime. We HIGHLY recommend registering online as registration lines at the event can get long. Artists submitting art pieces must show a photo ID during both registration and pick up.

All artwork must arrive READY TO HANG or be displayed. Wall mounted pieces must be ready to hang from a nail(s). A limited number of clips will be available for unframed artwork. Registration is Saturday April 23rd from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m sharp. We do not accept any artwork after 2 p.m. Pick up is Sunday April 24th, from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. with no exceptions.

Video artists must submit their work by Tuesday, April 19th. Please visit our website for more details.

Volunteers
We need everyone to help with this wonderful event by volunteering. Shifts are as short as 2 hours and we need YOU. Your help is the only way the show goes on and the only way it continues. Please help us put on one of Pittsburgh's great events. Check out the volunteer section of the website www.artallnight.org.

Art All Night... No fee. No jury. No censorship. 412-235-1950

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Fwd: Don't Miss Saving Lives, Keeping the Peace This Sunday

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Don't Miss Saving Lives, Keeping the Peace A Forum on Policing and Social Justice Sunday, April 10 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. First United Methodist Church 5401 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15232 (Revival Chili Food Truck available at 12:00 noon) (Vigil from 12:30 p.m. –  1:00 p.m.) MASKS REQUIRED. Dedicated to the memory of Jim Rogers and Peter Spencer, Black Pittsburgh residents whose tragic deaths show the need for reform and accountability. This event will be an opportunity for participants to explore how communities of faith can be supportive of the on-going, long-term efforts of organizations that have been working with law enforcement and local government to bring about changes for the common good.  This gathering will be a space to listen, learn, ask questions, and identify how we can best do our part in this important work. Featuring guest speakers and panel discussions. Ask questions. Speak your truth. Hear from Black clergy, police, and let them hear from you! Register online today.

Show your support - Donate today to help us continue this important, life-saving justice work.

Moving People of Faith to Action: Pennsylvania Interfaith Impact Network office@piinpa.org www.piinpa.org Follow us on Facebook and Twitter Phone: 412.621.9230   Fax: 412.621.1057 PIIN - Pennsylvania Interfaith Impact Network None Pittsburgh, PA None United States

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