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Cheerleading Coach

New York, New York, United States

Positions Report to: Director of Athletics

Start Date: November 3, 2025

End Date: April 30, 2025 

Hours: 3:30 - 5:00pm weekly + additional hours necessary for games

Compensation: $8,000 Stipend

Who We Are

Founded in 1958 as a children’s reading group, East Harlem Tutorial Program (EHTP) has grown into a dynamic multi-site after-school program for students in traditional public schools and a network of public charter schools dedicated to dramatically increasing the college graduation rate in East Harlem. We believe that all young people deserve access to an excellent education without having to leave their community. East Harlem is a vibrant neighborhood that has long faced systemic educational inequities, and we work in close partnership with students and families to help them unlock their limitless potential. Our schools and programs provide rigorous, engaging academics combined with holistic support, ensuring that students develop the critical thinking skills, confidence, and knowledge necessary to excel in college and beyond.

At EHTP, we strive to be an agent of change in the fight for racial equity, recognizing that education is a powerful tool for transformation. Through a rigorous, student-centered curriculum, we prepare our scholars to challenge the status quo, think critically, and become leaders who shape a more just world. Our commitment to anti-racism is woven into every aspect of our work—from our instructional practices and professional development to our organizational policies and community engagement. As educators and staff, we continually examine our own biases and identities, ensuring that our classrooms and programs are spaces of inclusion, empowerment, and academic excellence. Read our racial equity statement here.

About the Opportunity

The role of the Cheerleading Coach is to be responsible for coaching, character development and providing direction to student athletes so that they might achieve a high level of skill as well as an appreciation for discipline, sportsmanship and teamwork in cheerleading. This job requires you to interact thoughtfully and respectfully with student athletes, fellow coaches, staff, parents and community. Positive communication strategies, organizational skills, and safety awareness are key requirements.

Who You Are

  • You hold yourself to high professional and ethical standards
  • You have experience with, or are excited about researching best practices in anti-racist pedagogy
  • You enjoy and/or have experience working with diverse populations of students and communities
  • You believe that every student can and will learn when provided with a quality education
  • You have demonstrated success in fostering the artistic proficiency of students who historically have not had equitable access to education opportunities
  • You are willing to be flexible in your role and adapt to school and student needs
  • You are committed to continuous improvement and learning through professional development
  • Consult with the Athletic Director regarding any off-season training programs including scheduling dates for summer camps/practices, uniform fitting, pre-post tryout informational parent meetings
  • Work directly with school athletic trainer in reporting injuries, teaching precautions and procedures to ensure staff/student safety and help students prevent injuries
  • Model good sportsmanship behavior and maintain appropriate conduct towards opposing team, fans, parents, officials, spectators and community
  • You have an Associate’s degree
  • You have 2-4 years of experience cheerleading at the high school level (head coaching experience preferred)
  • You possess effective coaching techniques and skills
  • You possess knowledge of the rules, regulations, strategies, and techniques of the sport.
  • You possess the ability to establish and maintain an effective working relationship with school administration and governing organizations (Charter School Athletic Association) opponents, staff, parents and students.
  • You have your CPR and AED certification

What Success Looks Like

  • Plan, organize, advertise, and conduct tryouts for the cheerleading program; inform Athletic Department and participants of final selections. Maintain the integrity of the selection process
  • Create a safe environment conducive to learning and appropriate for the physical, social, and emotional development of students by ensuring that team rules and regulations regarding conduct and eligibility of the athletes are clearly communicated and followed
  • Embodiment and effective modeling of our core values for students to exhibit and practice them
  • Sets clear expectations and institutes routines so as to establish and maintains a purposeful, supportive, and fun environment for learning, in which student athletes feel safe, valued, and respected by adults and their peers
  • Builds a team culture where restorative practices are actively modeled and used to navigate student and community challenges
  • Demonstrates a Team First mindset, through proactive contributions to the community, and advances his/her practice through reflection, development opportunities, participation in the professional community, and actively engaging families and community members

Thank you in advance for taking the time to apply to East Harlem Tutorial Program.

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