Recruitment for 2015 Learn & Earn Participants

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If you love to swim, love to run, love to exercise. And, if you love to work with kids and play sports yourself.

Or, if you love TECHNOLOGY,

Then your job placement can be with Swim & Water Polo Camp with Pittsburgh Public Schools’ Summer Dreamers.clemente2

You can send me an email or call any time: Mark@Bloomfield-Garfield.org
My cell: 412-298-3432. More at CLOH.org.

Seeking young men and women who want to swim every day this summer. We also run and exercise. We compete in the Liberty Mile on Friday evening, July 31. If you can’t swim well, yet, we will work on that and improve this summer. We might be able to get you a lifeguard job by the end of summer (if you are old enough). Or, get you set up so you can be a guard in NEXT summer.

We are also going to play water polo. Both boys and girls too. We meet various times with sessions in mornings, afternoons and evenings. (some flexibility) We gather at PPS Langley, PPS Brashear, Citiparks Sheridan pool, Citiparks Sue Murray on Northside, Citiparks West Penn (Polish Hill), Citiparks Ream (Mt. Washington).Ammon-Pool_face_open

For technology, our efforts with DIGITAL BADGES is going to rock the city. We are getting 7-inch Android tablets to use with our camper kids and community. Our staff makes wiki pages, trades lesson plans with email, and does multi media coverng exercises, swim videos, yoga and more.

Our Tech Literacy fun is going to be HIGH — and we’ll be learning that on the job too.

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The best and brightest, those that want to be successful engineers, doctors and writers – and those that want to go far in life – do so with a sports background. Learn about your environment by stretching your limits with athletics. Physiology, biomechanics, psychology and education lessons are woven into everything we do. Understand physics by mastering a dive and underwater streamline. Learn teamwork and cooperation by scoring a goal on a counter attack in water polo.

Get to deal with, on a moment to moment basis, with the two most precious assets of Pittsburgh – without a doubt. We are working with our children. And, we are working on ourselves. Our city kids need your leadership, your spirit, your attitude that dives in and provides safety yet confidence.

Our team is working to change the city for the better. Help us. These recreational and coaching opportunities are going to make drastic improvements long-term, thanks to the work we do in the weeks to come. We are the pathfinders. The pressure is on us. We teach how to play well with others – and prove it all summer.

If you are responsible, with vigor and zest, and know how to raise your voice at the right times to cheer on a mate, sign up. You can build your career with education, health sciences, sports, recreation, life-long fitness and technology with us. Or, become a leading professional in those other fields later, after getting personal strength with us in 2015. Swim & Water Polo has been a proving ground for working the next summer in the White House as an intern in Michelle Obama’s office. Trust me: Our kids go places, and I will help you beyond this summer’s camp.

Hope you want to play hard. Make contributions. Be treated fairly. And inspire the youngsters.

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Prime Time, Noon to 4 pm, M-F with Summer Dreamers Swim & Water Polo!
PPS sites for Swim & Water Polo is at Brashear HS & Langley K-8 (plus Faison/Homewood in east). First day of classes is Monday, June 29. Last day is Wednesday, August 5. We supervise about 200 students, grades 2 to 7. We coach the kids from noon to 4 pm, Monday to Friday.

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Open invites, no cost, casual, swim lesson and rookie water polo play:

Fridays, 5 pm to 8 pm, Thelma Lovette YMCA, 2114 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 (412) 315-0990
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Mondays & Wednesdays, 6 to 7:30 pm, Lower Northside’s Citiparks Sue Murray Pool, 301 Cedar Avenue, Pgh. 15212. (412) 323-7914
(weather permitting)

Morning practices at West Penn (Mondays and Wednesdays), Sheridan (Tuesdays & Thursdays), Homewood (Tuesdays & Fridays).
(weather permitting)

Check out our 30+ DIGITAL BADGES at CLOH.org.

Thanks for the consideration:

Mark Rauterkus Mark@Rauterkus.com
PPS Summer Dreamers’ Swim and Water Polo Camp Head Coach
Varsity Boys Swim Coach, Pittsburgh Obama Academy
Recent Head Water Polo Coach, Carnegie Mellon University Women’s Club Team
Pittsburgh Combined Water Polo Team

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Coach, swimmers, employees get photo taken at the Y with water polo caps.
Practice at the Thelma Lovette YMCA included a game with Bob, a lap swimmer.

FAQ & A (Frequently Asked Questions & Answers)

What about a possible worker who is not a strong swimmer?
We do not need strong swimmers. After three days with a good coach, most people can be a good swimmer. Even on the first day of work, anyone with a calm approach and respect for safety can help. Sure, a kid can’t be disruptive and run and push, but a non-swimmer, for example, could help around the pool and in our sessions, by taking photos.
  1. Be okay with getting wet. If not, then help with Mindful Eating as that class doesn’t go swimming.
  2. Be okay with short nails for the summer. Long nails don’t work in water polo with scratches. If you can’t give up the glamor nails, then help with the Mindful Eating class as they are not a problem in yoga.
  3. We need people who are able to read, especially read their email.
How many Learn & Earn workers are going to help with Mindful Eating, the non-swimming workers?
The new BGC class with Summer Dreamers, “Mindful Eating, Yoga & Multimedia,” can be a placement for four individuals. Those are the workers who won’t even go to the pool. We hope for four, but the last three posts get assigned after having the swimming fully covered. The workers with the Mindful Eating class get duties with students in the classroom, garden, walking, running and doing yoga.  Non-swimmers are prime candidates for the Mindful Eating, Yoga and Multimedia class.
What about non-athletes?
In general, athletes are going to be a plus, but being athletic is not a necessary requirement to join our cadre.
Who demonstrates?
Of course, some swimmers and lifeguards are on staff already. We have people who can demonstrate a flip turn or a backhand shot.
Lifelong skill opportunity?
Getting a weaker swimmer onto the staff give the opportunity of making a lifelong skill. Becoming a good swimmer, while young, is a valued venture for this summer. It is a noble way to spend the summer and time on the job.
We want some hardship and struggles with some of the kids who might be a weak swimmer on the first days. We will roll out the red carpet for the ‘weaker swimmers.’ Being a strong swimmer isn’t a factor for our expectations and joy.
Getting non-swimmers up to speed soon — is welcomed. Let’s not delay the start and have the days of summer pass without improvements.
Our first practice / interview was Friday, June 12, 5 to 8 pm at the Thelma Lovette YMCA. And, Monday and Wednesday nights from 6 to 7:30 at the Northside’s Sue Murray Swim Pool too. Those are, in part, tryouts for job candidates with me as much as the other way around.
What about more work when this ends?

The youth in the Learn & Earn Job Program could migrate to other jobs as soon as August. Working with the BGC Swim & Water Polo can put them into a great position to be employed with a different job with many additional hours and at a higher rate for next summer.

Some can choose to do year-round activities at their school by being a part of the water polo teams and swim teams. Or, they can be join other sports teams too and benefit from the conditioning and strength we’ll we working on this summer.

Some can move to get year-round jobs at the swim pool with our expanding aquatics programs that could and should continue in a year-round calendar. Plus, some can get hired to be a lifeguard elsewhere.

How many Learn & Earn workers are placed with the BGC Swim & Water Polo?
Thirty is the goal. The 2015 summer expectations are for getting 20 or more Learn & Earn students from NLA and 10 or more from the BGC.
Summer activities are jazzed for plenty of LEARN & EARN participants — even beyond the 30. It is sad to have so few that games are hard to form. Capacity isn’t much of a factor.
Where? What neighborhoods around town host these aquatic events?
Activities are scheduled throughout the city from east to west, from central to south: Homewood, Hill District, Northside, Mt. Washington, South Hills, West End, Polish Hill, are on the schedule now.
Location shouldn’t be a limiting factor, regardless of where you live in the city.
Can work happen out of the sun?
Swim & Water Polo happens in 2015 at three different school sites and some of them swim at indoor pools. If you work at Brashear High School, an indoor pool, it would be possible to be avoid the full day of outdoors activities.

About the author 

Mark Rauterkus

Swim, SKWIM and Water Polo coach and publisher in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Executive Director of SKWIM USA, a nonprofit advocate organization and webmaster to the International Swim Coaches Association. Head varsity and middle-school swim coach for The Ellis School. Former candidate for public office on multiple occasions.

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