Program Director; Middle School Boys

Title:
Program Director (Middle School Boys)

Note:

If you are interested in being considered for positions in more than one location, you only need to apply once! You will have the opportunity to indicate which cities you are interested in during the application process.

Start Date:
Winter/Spring 2026

Harlem Lacrosse Program Directors help students growing up in low‑income communities activate the skills and mindsets to reach their full potential. Program Directors are lacrosse coaches, tutors, and mentors. They maintain a daily presence in the lives of their students, and help them make connections between success on the field, growth in the classroom, and goals for the future. If you are passionate about lacrosse and committed to the belief that all students deserve equitable opportunities to achieve academically, athletically, and socially, the Program Director role could be an outstanding position for you to make an impact.

Harlem Lacrosse’s mission is to empower the children who are most at risk for academic decline and dropout to rise above their challenges and reach their full potential. Harlem Lacrosse inspires children to dream about tomorrow while working hard on the field and in the classroom today.

Founded in 2011 in New York, Harlem Lacrosse has grown to five cities, 20 schools, and 39 programs as of Fall 2025. In addition to developing crucial athletic and social‑emotional skills, our students consistently outperform their peers academically, passing their classes, graduating high school, and enrolling and persisting in college at a higher rate than other students in their schools. HL teams have won multiple city‑wide championships, and many alumni go on to play lacrosse in college.

Harlem Lacrosse’s unique school‑based model embeds full‑time Program Directors within our partner schools to run academic, athletic, and enrichment programming for middle and high school students. In addition to practices, study halls, tutoring and field trips, Program Directors are constantly present for students to offer high fives, pep talks, individualized push‑in and pull‑out support, and a listening ear as students navigate the day‑to‑day.

This is a full‑time, year‑round position.

• Recruiting the students most likely to benefit from participating in the Harlem Lacrosse program and working actively to understand participant needs and retain them in the program
• Establishing both a strong team culture and individual relationships with students to encourage attendance and engagement
• Setting goals and clear expectations for student participants around team behavior and conduct, and creating routines and structures to help students meet those expectations
• Creating an outcomes‑oriented program plan for each season and year, planning and delivering a meaningful set of academic, athletic and enrichment activities
• Scheduling clinics, games, and weekend events with partner towns and lacrosse clubs
• Traveling with the team to clinics, games, and tournaments as well as field trips to professional work environments, educational institutions, museums, cultural or historical sites, and outdoor activities (some overnight travel with the team is required)
• Supporting students on their path to college and/or career through application support with families, campus and career visits, and on‑going monitoring and counseling.
• Collecting data about participants' academic, athletic, and social emotional growth through the program, and ensuring that students meet the core growth metrics of our program: increased school attendance, improved academic performance, and growth in physical fitness

• Being present in the partner school throughout each day and maintaining strong relationships with school faculty, staff, and administrators to monitor student progress and foster a strong partnership between the school and Harlem Lacrosse
• Facilitating regular communication with parents and guardians, informing them of Harlem Lacrosse activities and partnering with them in supporting…